In this research, Zhan Guo, a professor of urban planning and transportation policy at NYU, investigates whether the availability of street parking would affect the car ownership of households who already have a private garage or driveways.

Dr. Cohen is developing a digitized publication for the website of U.S. High Speed Rail Association (USHSRA). Jim’s research will provide the USHSRA with information on the history of trains, their financing from public and private sources, speed, corridor maps, and historical videos, on corridors where high speed rail is currently under consideration in the U.S., such as San Francisco to Los Angeles, Houston to Dallas, and Tampa to Orlando to Miami.

The award from the federal government and the renewal of our agreements with NYSDOT and NYMTC are a tremendous vote of confidence not only for us but also for the region we serve.

Sean Coffey, a graduate research assistant in the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at Rowan University was presented the 2013 UTC Student of the year award at the CUTC Banquet at 23rd Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards at TRB meeting, held on January 11, 2014 at Washington, DC. Sean was selected on the basis of his technical merit, research and academic performance. He graduated in May 2012 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with honors and anticipates completing his master’s degree in civil engineering in December 2013.

Two students have recently been selected to be 2013-14 participants in the NYMTC/UTRC September 11th Memorial Program Academic Initiative, a program which began in 2005 to honor three NYMTC staff members who died in the attack on the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001: Ignatious Adanga, Charles Lesperance and See Wong Shum. These students include Emily Grace Heard from Columbia University and Homer Hill from Hunter College.

The application review process has been finished and 12 recipients have been chosen for the UTRC 2013 Advanced Institute for Transportation Education (AITE) Program, a scholarship program with a competitive application process.

The Cornell Local Roads Program has been awarded a 2013 Roadway Safety Award by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration and the Roadway Safety Foundation. Their entry, Inexpensive Nighttime Inspection Kits to Improve Rural Sign Safety, was selected in the Operational Improvements category.

The 2012 conference was followed up by a visit to CCNY by UNEMI Chancellor/Rector M.Sc. Jaime Orozco and Vice-Rector Patricio Alvarez, November 12-13, 2012, during which a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed by the UNEMI Chancellor and CCNY’s Provost and Senior Vice-President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Maurizio Trevisan. The MoU specifically addressed UNEMI’s desire to create a field of research in Transportation, supply the infrastructure – offices, laboratories and auditoriums – and pay the costs of airline tickets, lodging and meals for visiting researchers.

Transportation, logistics and supply-chain management represents a field of inquiry with tremendous impact on businesses and society, coupled with remarkable job opportunities. Research and education related to that field, however, call for a trans-disciplinary approach which integrates both engineering and managerial skills. In response to that need, the University at Buffalo (UB), the State University of New York (SUNY) recently launched the Institute for Sustainable Transportation and Logistics (ISTL).