March 24, 2023

Carnegie Mellon University doctoral student Lindsay Graff presented a poster on her Mobility21 project “A MultiModal Network Modeling Framework to Evaluate Time-Dependent Accessibility Under Generalized Costs” at the CMU Civil and Environmental Engineering Research Showcase.

March 23, 2023

Mobility21 Program Manager Lisa Kay Schweyer and 2021-2023 Women in Transportation Fellow Maggie Harger participated in the 6th Annual WTS Pittsburgh Chapter Scholarship Gala.  The event was an opportunity to network with current and future transportation industry professionals and leaders, and to celebrate the achievements of the scholarship recipients.

March 22, 2023

Mobility21 researcher Dr. Destenie Nock and her Ph.D. student Lily Hanig participated in CMU Energy Week activities, where Lily talked about her work during the poster session.

March 22, 2023

Mobility21 UTC researcher and CCAC professor Dr. Justin Starr discussed his role as coordinator of  CCAC’s new Spaceflight Experiment Program and how they are designing experiments for space.  Watch his interview here.

March 18, 2023

Today, Mobility21 UTC released its latest “Research Recap” for Carnegie Mellon University researcher Ray Gastil’s project “Connected Vehicle Infrastructure for a Smart City.” 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.

March 17, 2023

Members of the CMU Transportation Club hosted four transportation professionals for their annual career panel event.  Panelists represented the City of Pittsburgh, Department of Mobility & Infrastructure, WSP, Pittsburgh Regional Transit, and Hitachi Rail.  The panelists shared their experiences in planning transit-oriented communities, conducting right-of-way development, managing sidewalks and curbs, and rail wayside engineering.  Students asked questions of the panelists, as well as engaged in networking at the end of the event.

March 16, 2023

Mobility21 UTC academic partners and CCAC professors Dr. Justin Starr and Robert Koch discuss the need for understanding of artificial intelligence with Futurum as the future of transportation goes electric and drives itself.  Read the full article here.

March 10, 2023

Today, Mobility21 UTC released its latest “Research Recap” for Carnegie Mellon University researcher Katherine Flanigan’s project “Smart and Equitable Parks: Quantifying Returns on Investments.” 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.

March 8, 2023

The Association of Commuter Transportation Board of Directors members, Connie McGee, Jessica Alba, Roz Tucker, and Lisa Kay Schweyer (Mobility21 Program Manager) hosted an International Women’s Day discussion.  The conversation highlighted how empowering women in Transportation Demand Management means promoting and enabling their equal and meaningful participation, as historically, women have been underrepresented in the transportation sector.

March 4, 2023

Today, Mobility21 UTC released its latest “Research Recap” for Carnegie Mellon University researchers Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan and Varun Shankar’s project “Platooning for Improved Safety and Efficiency of Semi-Trucks (PISES-III).” 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.

March 2, 2023

Mobility21 UTC researcher Nik Martelaro participated in the Fifth Annual Conference on Autonomous Vehicles and Public Transport in San Francisco, CA, which was attended by a mix of individuals working in transit in both the public and private sectors.  Nik spoke about his work on the intersection of autonomous vehicle driving technology and the future of bus transit labor.  During the discussion, he highlighted recommendations from the recent policy brief, focusing on challenges to human-automation teaming and the potential impacts of automation on bus drivers.