News All the latest from the Urban Transportation Center Alumni Profile: Shazal Afraaz Since its inception, the Urban Transportation Center has provided hands-on research opportunities for graduate and Ph.D. level students within the College of Urban Planning & Public Affairs and others at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Alumni Feature Profile: Moyin Li Research on ways to enhance mobility in urban areas — especially for the elderly and disadvantaged –have been a scholarly focus of Moyin Li, a graduate research assistant at the UTC who completed her… Alumni Profile: Jason Duba Incremental Approach May Have Given Green Light to Proposed 1990’s Chicago Central Area Circulator Project The Chicago Central Area Circulator, a planned light rail network serving downtown Chicago and surrounding areas, may have been built if the expansive new project had been initiated with service along one specific… Alumni Profile: Jake Rueter IDOT Employs Innovative Approach to Identify Public Priorities This spring researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) used an innovative web platform to conduct a survey that allowed residents across Illinois to share their priorities for the transportation system in… Alumni Feature Profile: Jane Wilberding Finding solutions to parking challenges in metro markets has been the focus of work completed recently by Jane Wilberding, AICP, MUPP, a former UTC graduate research assistant now working as a Transportation Planner in… Shared Vision and Mission, Consistent Measurement System Among Key Elements for Successful Integration of Regional Transportation Resources Transportation agencies can launch regional efforts to integrate busses, trains and other transit options by first deciding on the mission or vision from participating organizations or agencies and setting up a process to… Alumni Profile: CJ Bright Catching up to Automated Technology: How DOTs Can Stay Ahead of the Curve For Freight Much of the research and public discussion on the development of Automated Vehicle (AV) technology has focused on passenger vehicles but the widespread introduction of AV technologies will have major impacts on freight… Prev 1 … 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Next
