February 28, 2021 Carnegie Mellon University’s Traffic21 announced the Township of Shaler, the City of Monessen and Heritage Community Transportation as the winners of its third Smart Mobility Challenge. Traffic21, a research institute operated out of CMU’s Heinz College of Information Systems and Public Policy and Mobility21, its affiliated USDOT National University Transportation Center in … Continue reading “CMU’s Traffic21 Announces Winners of Third Smart Mobility Challenge”

February 25, 2021 Stan Caldwell provided a private briefing on emerging transportation technologies and the Mobility21 National UTC to Pennsylvania State Senator Wayne Langerholc, Chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee and discussed transportation policy research.

February 18, 2021 “The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, has awarded 52 teams of civic and academic partners $50,000 to support refinement of their civic concepts for ready-to-implement, research-based pilot projects addressing ‘Communities and Mobility’ or ‘Resilience to Natural Disaster’.” Two … Continue reading “NSF Civic Innovation Challenge Stage 1 Awardees Announced”

February 2, 2021 Chris Hendrickson, director of Traffic21, has been working with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) study committee and has written a report on decarbonization, “Accelerating Decarbonization of the U.S. Energy System,” in hopes to provide policy ideas to the new Biden administration regarding transportation.  View other Traffic21 policy papers … Continue reading “Traffic21 Director Writes Report Featured by NASEM Study Committee on Decarbonization”

January 6, 2021 Camille Boggan was honored tonight as Mobility21 University Transportation Center’s “Student of the Year” at the Council of University Transportation Center’s annual awards banquet. Annually, the United States Department of Transportation honors the most outstanding student from each participating University Transportation Center for his/her achievements and promise for future contributions to the … Continue reading “Carnegie Mellon University’s Mobility21 UTC Honors “Student of the Year” at 30th Annual Awards Ceremony”

January 6, 2021 Carnegie Mellon University has been named one of the ten US Department of Transportation Inclusive Design Challenge $300,000 semi-finalist award winners. The Inclusive Design Challenge focuses on innovative design solutions to enable people with physical, sensory, and cognitive disabilities to use automated vehicles to access jobs, healthcare, and other critical destinations. This theme was … Continue reading “Mobility21 Researchers Win US Department of Transportation Inclusive Design Challenge Award”

November 30, 2020 Mobility21 academic partner, the Ohio State University, hosted a workshop today on Pedestrians on the Roadway: Autonomous Vehicles Encountering Pedestrians.  Mobility21 UTC researcher Dr. Umit Ozguner kicked off  the event.  He was followed by presenters sharing their research projects to understand how vehicles and pedestrians interact with each other.  Dr. Ozguner’s UTC … Continue reading “The Ohio State University Hosts Pedestrians on the Roadway: A Workshop on Autonomous Vehicles Encountering Pedestrians”

September 21, 2020 Today, Mobility21 UTC released its latest “Research Recap” for the project “Data-driven mobility service design: a case study for Moon Township.”  The recaps are one-page overviews of the UTC funded research that describe the research project’s purpose, approach, key findings, conclusions, contact information for the research team and a link to the … Continue reading “Research Recap: Data-driven mobility service design: a case study for Moon Township”

September 18, 2020 Traffic21 Director Chris Hendrickson has been selected by the ASCE Subcommittee on Technical Advancement as the recipient of the 2020 Richard R. Torrens Award “…In recognition of excellent editorial leadership and for contributions to the enhancement of the Journal of Transportation Engineering, Part A: Systems.” Dr. Hendrickson responded when learning of the … Continue reading “Traffic21 Director Chris Hendrickson Honored as Recipient of the 2020 Richard R. Torrens Award”

September 15, 2020 Today, Mobility21 UTC released its latest “Research Recap.” The recaps are one-page overviews of the UTC funded research that describe the research project’s purpose, approach, key findings, conclusions, contact information for the research team and a link to the final research report. Check out the one page recap to learn more about … Continue reading “Research Recap: Smart Multi-modal Transportation Solutions for North Huntingdon Township in Response to Roadway Construction Project on Route 30”

Carnegie Mellon University’s Traffic21 Institute and its affiliated US DOT National University Transportation Center, Mobility21, are inviting representatives of municipalities and public transit operators in southwestern PA to request research assistance by submitting their real-world mobility problems to be considered for the Third Smart Mobility Challenge.  Learn more here.

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 … Continue reading “Smart Mobility Connection Seminar Features Megan Ryerson”