September 29, 2023
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September 29, 2023

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Safety21/Mobility21 UTC researcher Swarun Kumar.  He discussed his UTC work, “Next Generation Radars: Toward Smart Vehicles That See What the Eye Can’t See.”  Watch the recording here.

April 21, 2023
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April 21, 2023

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC researcher Yorie Nakahira.  She discussed her UTC work, “Safety of Intelligent Systems Operating in Uncertain and Interactive Environments.”  Watch the recording here.

March 24, 2023
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March 24, 2023

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC researcher Justin Starr.  He discussed his UTC work, “Technician Interactions with Artificial Intelligence Systems.”  Watch the recording here.

January 20, 2023
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January 20, 2023

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured  Mobility21 UTC researcher Jeremy Michalek.  He discussed his policy brief, “Uber & Lyft in U.S. Cities: Findings and Recommendations.”  Watch the recording here.

December 2, 2022
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December 2, 2022

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured The Ohio State University Mobility21 UTC researcher Ümit Özgüner.  He discussed his project, “Vulnerable Road Users Dominating the Shared Spaces with Vehicles.”  Watch the recording here.

November 4, 2022
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November 4, 2022

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Justin Starr .  He discussed his project, “Student Applications of AI for Infrastructure Inspection.”  Watch his presentation here.

February 11, 2022
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February 11, 2022

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Mark McCord.   He discussed his project, co-authored with Rabi Mishalani, Benjamin Coifman, Harsh Shah, and Shahrzad Charmchi Toosi of The Ohio State University, “Monitoring Roadway Vehicle Miles Traveled using Video Imagery from Transit Buses in Operational Use.”  Watch his presentation here.

December 3, 2021
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December 3, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Sarah Fox.   She discussed her project, “Centering Operators’ Perspectives in Designing the Future of Transit Work.” Watch her presentation here.

November 12, 2021
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November 12, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Pulkit Grover.   He discussed his project, “Towards New Accessible Neural Sensing Technologies for Portable Use During Driving.”  Watch his presentation here.

October 29, 2021
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October 29, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researchers Keith Redmill and Ekim Yurtsever.   They discussed their project, “End-to-End Driving Automation with Deep Reinforcement Learning: Challenges and Promises.”  Watch their presentation here.

September 10, 2021
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September 10, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Allante Whitmore.   She discussed her project, “Opportunities for Shared Autonomous Mobility Technology in Public Transit Systems To Improve Equitable Transit Coverage.” Watch her presentation here.

August 30, 2021
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August 30, 2021

We are excited for the start of a new fall semester.  Please join us for the return of the Smart Mobility Connection (SMC) seminar series!

Friday, September 10, 2021 from Noon-1:00pm (eastern), hear Allanté Whitmore and Constantine Samaras speak on their project, “Opportunities for Shared Autonomous Mobility Technology in Public Transit Systems to Improve Equitable Transit Coverage.”

As automated transportation technology advances, public transit agencies are considering how automated vehicles can compete or complement existing transit systems as well as the subsequent impacts to transit equity. Capital and operating costs for automated vehicles managed by public transit agencies are uncertain since few deployments have occurred to date.

Their work identifies unmet transit service needs based on transit dependence and sociodemographic information, then performs a cost analysis on the operation of shared autonomous vehicles  and autonomous shuttles as a part of a public transit system. They explore  autonomous vehicle transit service across three transit systems in U.S. cities: New York City, NY, Pittsburgh, PA, and Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN. By comparing transit systems in different cities they reveal transit demand conditions most suitable for a cost-efficient and complementary service for shared automated mobility to improve equity and access.

To register for the September 10 SMC, click here.

Smart Mobility Connection seminar series:  As the nature of transportation continues to evolve, Carnegie Mellon University has students and faculty conducting transportation related research in data analytics, robotics, public policy, engineering, architecture and design, and more.  Since not all of these efforts are co-located in the same building, or even the same department, there was a need to help building a “community space” to bring together people interested in transportation on CMU’s campus.  This was the impetus for Mobility21’s launching of the SMC  One of the University Transportation Center  faculty is featured at each hour long session; half of the time is reserved for questions and answers as well as networking.

April 9, 2021
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April 9, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Justin Starr.   He discussed his project, “Using a Virtual Racing League to Learn Artificial Intelligence Autonomy as a Skilled Trade.”  Watch his presentation here.

March 12, 2021
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March 12, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Jeremy Michalek.   He discussed his project, “Uber/Lyft Implications: Vehicle Ownership, Transit, Electrification, Air Emissions, Traffic Externalities, and Equity.”  Watch his presentation here.

February 19, 2021
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February 19, 2021

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researchers Maxine Eskenazi, Alan Black and Yulan Feng.   They discussed their project, “GetGoing and Better Mobility for All.”  Watch their presentation here.

February 5, 2021
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November 13, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Rahul Mangharam.   Rahul discussed his project, “F1Tenth Autonomous Racing.”  Watch his presentation here.

January 25, 2021
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January 25, 2021

The Mobility21 UTC is resuming the Smart Mobility Connection Seminar Series (SMC) with the start of spring semester.

Please join us on Friday, February 5, 2021 from Noon-1:00pm, as we kick off the semester with Rahul Mangharam from the University of Pennsylvania, speaking on his project, “F1Tenth Autonomous Racing.”

To register for the February 5th SMC, click here.

Smart Mobility Connection seminar series:  As the nature of transportation continues to evolve, Carnegie Mellon University has students and faculty conducting transportation related research in data analytics, robotics, public policy, engineering, architecture and design, and more.  Since not all of these efforts are co-located in the same building, or even the same department, there was a need to help building a “community space” to bring together people interested in transportation on CMU’s campus.  This was the impetus for Mobility21’s launching of the SMC  One of the University Transportation Center  faculty is featured at each hour long session; half of the time is reserved for questions and answers as well as networking.

December 4, 2020
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December 4, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Carlee Joe-Wong.  Carlee discussed her project, “Incentivizing Taxi Movement for Balanced City-Wide Services.”  Watch her presentation here.

November 13, 2020
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November 13, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Peter Zhang.   Peter discussed his project, “Gaps and Opportunities in School Bus Transportation.”  Watch his presentation here.

October 30, 2020
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October 30, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher and the Ohio State University Professor Mark McCord.  Professor McCord discussed his project, “Time-of-Day Traffic Volumes Using Video Imagery Obtained from Transit Buses in Regular Operations,” which is co-authored by Rabi Mishalani, and Benjamin Coifman.  Watch his presentation here.

October 9, 2020
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October 9, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Mobility21 UTC Researcher Jon Peha, Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, in the Dept. of Engineering & Public Policy and the Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering.  Professor Peha discussed “Spectrum Policies for Connected Vehicles.”   Watch his presentation here.

September 25, 2020
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September 25, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Dr. Corey Harper, Mobility21 UTC researcher and Incoming Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Heinz School of Public Policy at Carnegie Mellon University.  Dr. Harper discussed “Advancing Towards a Smarter and More Sustainable Transportation System.”   Watch his presentation here.

September 11, 2020
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September 11, 2020

Today’s Smart Mobility Connection session featured Megan Ryerson, Mobility21 UTC researcher, UPS Chair of Transportation, an Associate Professor of City & Regional Planning and Electrical & Systems Engineering and the first Associate Dean for Research at University of Pennsylvania’s Weitzman School of Design .  Over 200 people signed up to hear her discuss “Building Novel Traveler-Centric Metrics to Design Safe and Efficient Transportation Infrastructure Systems.”  Watch her presentation here.

August 24, 2020
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August 24, 2020

Mobility21 is resuming the Smart Mobility Connection Series with the start of fall semester with a vast array of presentations.

Please join us on Friday, September 11 at Noon for our first session in the series featuring UTC researcher Dr. Megan Ryerson of the University of Pennsylvania.  She will be speaking on “Building Novel Traveler-Centric Metrics to Design Safe and Efficient Transportation Infrastructure Systems.”

Register here to join the webinar.

Smart Mobility Connection seminar series:  As the nature of transportation continues to evolve, Carnegie Mellon University has students and faculty conducting transportation related research in data analytics, robotics, public policy, engineering, architecture and design, and more.  Since not all of these efforts are co-located in the same building, or even the same department, there was a need to help building a “community space” to bring together people interested in transportation on CMU’s campus.  This was the impetus for Mobility21’s launching of the SMC  One of the University Transportation Center  faculty is featured at each hour long session; half of the time is reserved for questions and answers as well as networking.

July 17, 2020
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As the nature of transportation continues to evolve, Carnegie Mellon University has students and faculty conducting transportation related research in data analytics, robotics, public policy, engineering, architecture and design, and more. Since not all of these efforts are co-located in the same building, or even the same department, there was a need to help building a “community space” to bring together people interested in transportation on CMU’s campus. This was the impetus for Mobility21’s launching of the Smart Mobility Connections (SMC) seminar series. One of the University Transportation Center (UTC) faculty is featured at each hour long session.