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located at the Center for Urban Transportation Research (CUTR) at the
University of South Florida. CUTR is recognized as one of the country's
Best Workplaces for CommutersSM
This 10 minute video provides a brief introduction to jobs in
public transportation. Produced by the National Center for
Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research
at the University of South Florida in conjunction with the
Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority in Tampa, Florida.
2009 NCTR Student of the Year
NCTR
is pleased to announce Martin Akerman as the NCTR 2009 Student of the Year.
He is a Graduate Research Assistant at the National Center for Transit Research at CUTR at the University of South Florida (USF) and a Masters student in Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences in the USF College of Business. He has served as lead application developer in several projects during 2009 that focused on innovative uses of the
Internet and information technologies in order to increase efficiency, maximize mobility options, and promote safety and security in transit. These projects include “Expanding the Google Transit Data Feed Specification to Support Operations and Planning”, “Survey of Staffing and Administrative Capacity of MPOs” and “Florida Transit Information Emergency Reporting System (TIERS)”. More
The Concept of a Regional Maintenance Center
Mario G. Beruvides, James L. Simonton, Natalie M. Waters, Ean Ng, Siva
Chaivichitmalakul, Cheng-Chu Chiu-Wei, Pelin Z. Altintas, and Phil Nash Texas
Tech University, Luis Barroso, Instituto Tecnologico de Monterrey - San Luis
Potosi, Paul Moon, Texas Department of Transportation
Evaluation of Electronic Data Recorders for
Incident Investigation, Driver Performance, and Vehicle
Maintenance
The objective of this
research project was to evaluate the benefits that Event Data Recorders
(EDRs) could provide to
transit agencies in three areas: incident investigation, driver
performance, and vehicle maintenance. Due to the problems experienced
with the installation of the unit, software issues, and the operation of
the EDR unit in new and existing buses since the beginning of the vendor
contract, researchers have been unable to identify transit agencies in
Florida that are using EDR unit data. Transit agencies in Florida that
have attempted to use EDRs quickly became frustrated due to poor
customer service from the vendor, poor manufacturer installation of the
unit, software problems, and operational issues with the EDR unit that
took significant time to resolve. More
A summary of the project and orientation training on using
the TRIMMS model will be conducted online over 2 1-hour sessions
on October 14 and October 28 under the Florida Commuter Choice
Certificate Program Training is free for Florida residents
and $50 for out-of-state residents. For more information and to
register, please go to
www.commuterservices.com
09.21.09
Evaluation of Smart Video for Transit Event Detection
Transit agencies are increasingly
using video cameras to fight crime and terrorism. As the volume of video
data increases, the existing digital video surveillance systems provide
the infrastructure only to capture, store and distribute video, while
leaving the task of threat detection exclusively to human operators.
More
The theme of NCTR is
to make public transportation and alternative forms of
transportation, including managed lanes, safe, effective,
efficient, desirable, and secure.
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Circulators
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Safe Routes to School: Why They Matter to Kids, to
Communities, and to TDM Professionals
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USF Cart Safety Training Program
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NCTR
is pleased to announce Martin Akerman as the NCTR 2009 Student of the Year.
He is a Graduate Research Assistant at the National Center for Transit Research at CUTR at the University of South Florida (USF) and a Masters student in Management Information Systems and Decision Sciences in the USF College of Business. He has served as lead application developer in several projects during 2009 that focused on innovative uses of the
Internet and information technologies in order to increase efficiency, maximize mobility options, and promote safety and security in transit. These projects include “Expanding the Google Transit Data Feed Specification to Support Operations and Planning”, “Survey of Staffing and Administrative Capacity of MPOs” and “Florida Transit Information Emergency Reporting System (TIERS)”.
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