April 15, 2020
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April 15, 2020

Mobility21 hosted the UTC faculty meeting today. The meeting highlighted research by the University of Pennsylvania, as well as discussion on the impact of alternative working arrangements on research.

February 11, 2020
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February 11, 2020

Mobility21’s Rick Grahn, Stan Caldwell and Chris Hendrickson published a new policy report entitled “Recommended Policies for the 21st Century Trends in US Mobility.”  The report analyzes the 2017 National Household Travel Survey which captured impacts of emerging technologies on the transportation system to learn about users of such technologies and shifting travel behaviors resulting from technology adoption.  Read the full report and review the team’s policy recommendations here:  21st Century Trends in US Mobility.

November 30, 2019
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November 15, 2019

This Smart Mobility Connection session featured Fei Fang who highlighted her research entitled “Efficiency and Fairness in Ride-sharing.” Fang discussed the growth in location-tracking technology, the popularity of smartphones, and the reduced cost in mobile network communications have led to a revolution in mobility and the prevalence of ridesharing. Fang covered both commercial on-demand ride-sharing and peer-to-peer ride-sharing, focusing on how to find efficient vehicle-rider matching. Furthermore, she showed how her team evaluated the fairness level of matchings and propose several approaches to balance fairness and efficiency. Watch the full SMC here.

November 11, 2019
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November 11, 2019

Traffic21 Director, Chris Hendrickson traveled to Washington DC to participate in the National Research Council Governing Board Meeting. Hendrickson, attended the meeting on behalf of the Transportation Research Board Division.

November 8, 2019
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November 7-8, 2019

The Traffic21 Institute celebrated its 10-Year Anniversary with a two-day Symposium at Carnegie Mellon University.  The symposium brought together expert panelists, keynote speakers and participants from industry, academia and government to discuss emerging transportation technology and deployment. Read the full recap >>>

November 1, 2019
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November 1, 2019

Mobility21 UTC Executive Director, Stan Caldwell, participated in the Girls of Steel Robotics Program at the CMU Robotics Institute. Caldwell worked with young women grades 4 to 8 who are interested in learning how to improve public transportation.  Their project is a part of the FIRST LEGO League City Shaper challenge.

November 1, 2019
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November 1, 2019

Roads Australia visited North America, including visits to the Mobility21 UTC at Carnegie Mellon University, Washington, Detroit and San Francisco to explore the future of transportation in smart cities.  Based on their findings from their tour, they published a report of their findings – Read the full report here.

November 1, 2019
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November 1, 2019

Mobility21 Executive Director, Stan Caldwell, presented on a panel at the 14^th Meeting of the American College of Business Court Judges in Pittsburgh. The panel was titled “The Law, Economics, and Ethics of Artificial Intelligence in Driverless Cars and Other Advanced Technologies.”

October 29, 2019
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October 29, 2019

The US DOT’s Access and Mobility for All Summit, hosted by Secterary Chao featured Mobility21 UTC Faculty developed app, PedPal, in a technology showcase.  PedPal  assists mobility impaired pedestrians in crossing signalized intersections. UTC Faculty Steve Smith and Aaron Steinfeld were in attendance.  Both faculty are using their research to aid people with disabilities move around their cities easier.

October 29, 2019
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October 29, 2019

UTC Faculty and Director of the Mobility Data Analytics Center at CMU, Sean  Qian, was interviewed by WPXI this morning for an upcoming story on the Smart Mobility Challenge project with the Airport Corridor Transportation Association.  Stay tuned for the interview.

October 27, 2019
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October 27, 2019

A new display has been installed at the Pittsburgh International Airport in Concourse A near gate A10 – and it’s featuring Traffic21-funded research, Surtrac Technology. To learn more and see the display, watch the full video.

October 25, 2019
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October 25, 2019

CMU News featured the history, accomplishments and partnerships of Traffic21 and Surtrac technology in a new article. The article highlights quotes from Mayor Peduto, Traffic21’s Stan Caldwell, and Mobility21 faculty, Steve Smith. Read how it all started here.

October 24, 2019
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October 24, 2019

Mobility21 Faculty, Steve Smith, hosted a visiting delegation from Hong Kong. During their visit to CMU, Smith introduced the delegation to Surtrac smart traffic signal technology, and a visit to a Surtrac inersection.

October 23, 2019
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October 23, 2019

NOVA is the most-watched prime time science series on American television, reaching an average of five million viewers weekly and on 10/23/2019, it featured Mobility21’s Director, Raj Rajkumar. The episode has a look at self-driving cars taking to the streets, investigates how they work, and if they are safe. Watch the full episode here.

October 21, 2019
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October 21, 2019

Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School of Webinar Series featured “The Future of Autonomous Vehicles is Running Through Pittsburgh” led by Robert T. Monroe, Teaching Professor of Business Technologies. During this session, Monroe walks attendees through the perspectives and developments in the space. You can watch the full webinar here.

October 18, 2019
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October 18, 2019

The American Scientist article “Bargain-Hunting Robocars Could Spell the End for Downtown Parking” was authored by Mobility21 Researchers, Corey Harper and Costa Samaras. Read the full article on how  AVs can help diminish parking troubles here.

October 18, 2019
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October 18, 2019

In fall 2019, Metro21: Smart Cities Institute, Mobility21 partner, teamed up with the Policy Innovation Lab, a new initiative at CMU’s Heinz College to offer a new course. Co-taught by Professor Christopher Goranson and Metro21 Executive Director, Karen Lightman, students investigated smart city policy, including intelligent transportation systems, using technology to predict landslides and smart traffic signal implementation challenges across different municipalities around the world. The Policy Innovation Lab is based on the premise of user-centered research through human-centered design. The goal is to connect students with actual policy challenges and through an agile, design-driven framework to rapidly create solutions to those challenges.

October 16, 2019
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October 16, 2019

Mobility21 Executive Director Stan Caldwell met with a group of 6 Indonesian professionals working with issues relating to improving cities and regional economies.  They are  participating in a project entitled, “Good Governance Through Technology.” They have been invited to the U.S. under the Department of State’s International Visitor Leadership Program for a 21-day project. Pittsburgh was the second city on their trip, the group will also visit Columbus, Denver and DC.  The themes for the Pittsburgh segment of the program were: Using technology to improve services and quality of life; and University and research partners in smart city development.

October 15, 2019
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October 15, 2019

Mobility21 Program Manager, Lisa Kay Schweyer, moderated “Transit and Metropolitan Planning Organizations: Partners in Regional Decision Making” session at the  American Public Transportation Association’s TRANSform Conference in New York City.

October 13, 2019
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October 13, 2019

Noel Lau, a Civil and Environmental Engineering graduate student at Carnegie Mellon University  traveled to New York City to attend the American Public Transportation Association’s (APTA) TRANSform conference and receive her scholarship award.  Lau was able to personally thank the sponsors of her scholarship, network with other scholarship recipients, participate in APTA’s mentorship program as a mentee, and sit in on committee meetings.  Attending workshops on critical topics such as the effects of mobility on community health, safe and secure deployment of new systems, and the goals of research in the field, gave her a sense of the organization and inclusivity of the transportation industry, as well as unique experiences into what real-world conversations between policy and technology look like.

October 11, 2019
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October 11, 2019

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection seminar featured Aaron Steinfeld, Associate Research Professor with the Robotics Institute at CMU. Steinfeld talked about “What’s Been Learned from the Tiramisu Transit Deployment.” Steinfeld was part of the team from the CMU Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center who researched, developed and deployed Tiramisu, a transit app with a universal design but focused on improving public transit for individuals with disabilities. Watch the full seminar here to learn more.

October 9, 2019
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October 9, 2019

Mobility21 hosted the second UTC faculty meeting of the Fall Academic Semester today. The meeting featured Reed McManigle, Mentor in Residence, Senior Manager, Licensing and Business Development for CMU who led a discussion on spin-offs, start-ups and opportunities to learn more about the business side of research.

October 7, 2019
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Varun Krovi, is Deputy Chief of Staff and Legislative Director for Congresswoman Brenda Lawrence  (D-MI) and Diem-Mi Lu from Rep Bill Foster’s (D-IL) office visited Carnegie Mellon University for a visit that was arranged through the US Army Office of Congressional Liaison.  The congressional staff had a packed full agenda that included meetings with  UTC Faculty, Ding Zhao and the Block Center faculty to discuss the Army AI Task Force and issues related to ethics and bias, privacy and the education and training imperatives created by the emergence of AI in fields ranging from cyber to transportation.

October 7, 2019
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October 7, 2019

Mobility21 Director, Raj Rajkumar met with Commerce Deputy Secretary Karen Kelly and provided an autonomous vehicle presentation, highlighted Mobility21’s research in the mobility and autonomous vehicle space.

October 3, 2019
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October 3, 2019

Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering has been chosen to be part of the U.S. Department of Energy Energy-Water Desalination Hub as a founding member of the National Alliance for Water Innovation . Mobility21 UTC Faculty, Venkat Viswanathan will participate in the new initiative researching new, more cost-effective ways to achieve a circular water economy from water sources alternative to the pre-existing ones.