News All the latest from the Urban Transportation Center Gazette Chicago Report Updates Byrne Circle Interchange Construction The reconstruction of the Jane Byrne Interchange project is scheduled for completion in late 2022. In the February issue of the Gazette Chicago community newspaper, Dr. P.S. Sriraj, director of the Urban Transportation… Data Collection Process Provides Blueprint to Guide Revitalization of Aging and Declining Illinois Maritime Freight Network CHICAGO (February 2021) – Marine traffic along the more than 1,000 miles of navigable inland waterways that border or are within Illinois can be improved for barges and other vessels transporting freight through… UTC Welcomes Dr. Jaeyong Shin to Transportation Research Team The Urban Transportation Center welcomes the return of Dr. Jaeyong Shin, PhD, as Postdoctoral Research Associate. Dr. Shin, who earned his doctoral degree in Urban Planning and Policy at UIC in May of… UTC Adds LinkedIn Page The Urban Transportation Center at UIC launched a LinkedIn page in January. The purpose of the page will be to share UTC updates on research studies, faculty and staff achievements, news related to… Media Commentary on Public Transit Challenges in Wake of Pandemic In the final days of 2020, media reached out to UTC Director Dr. P.S. Sriraj to offer commentary on the outlook for public transit in the year ahead given the severe financial challenges… Read the Fall 2020 UTC Connector Newsletter The Fall 2020 issue of the UTC Connector newsletter contains Research Roundup reports on two recently-completed studies, an analysis of the three virtual Seminar Series presentations, a recap of the October 21 Urban… Analysis of Supply and Demand for Public Transit Availability to Chicago-Area Healthcare Facilities Results in Next Steps on Improving Access for Disadvantaged CHICAGO, December 2020 – Development of a framework for capturing the deficiencies of the transit system in connecting communities to healthcare facilities, as well as the development of supply side (availability) and demand… UTC Participation at 2021 TRB Virtual Annual Meeting The 2021 Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board will be held virtually in January. As in years past, faculty researchers and staff of the Urban Transportation Center will actively participate in this… Pandemic May Lead to Drastic Cuts in Public Transit Transit agencies across the nation will have challenges maintaining a basic operating schedule in the near future unless Congress offers financial support. UTC Director Dr. P.S. Sriraj offered that comment in an article… Darl Hall Scholarship Fund The Darl Hall Scholarship was announced in 2020 to honor the father of UTC Research Assistant Em Hall, who is now pursuing her PhD Studies in the UIC College of Urban Planning and… Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 11 Next
