Insight from transportation leaders representing state, county and regional governmental agencies comprised the UTC Spring 2021 Seminar Series. These three hour-long virtual presentations were open to all interested in gaining knowledge of current and planned…
COVID-19 has opened wide America’s eyes to the many disparities in our cities, and the growing divide between rich and poor. While many strategies have been advanced to close the wealth gap –…
The outlook for public transportation in metropolitan Chicago was the focus of the March 17 webinar, “What’s Down the Line: Public Transit in a Post-Pandemic Chicago,” which was hosted by the UIC Alumni…
On March 31, the Biden Administration announced the American Jobs Plan, a $2 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s infrastructure, including the transportation system. In an article by John Greenfield published in the…
The INRIX Global Traffic Scorecard recently ranked traffic in metropolitan Chicago as the third most congested in the nation. In a news story aired March 9 by Spanish language television station Univision Chicago,…
Since its formation in 2012, the Urban Transportation Center has been a participant in NuRail Center, a US DOT OST-R Tier 1 funded national university transportation research consortium. Several UTC rail-centered research studies…
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…
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…
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…
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…
