Update: Florida Congressman John Mica (R-7th) will join the symposium via teleconference from Washington, D.C.
Congestion Mitigation Symposium/Alumni & Friends Lunch (Nov. 6, 2009, 9 AM to 1 PM). As part of the 100th year Celebration of the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, the Transportation Research Center (TRC), along with the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS), will host a half-day symposium on congestion mitigation strategies and a lunch for alumni and friends of the TRC. The confirmed speaker line-up for the events include Laura Kelley of the Orlando-Orange County Expressway Authority, Steve Arrington of the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, Grady Carrick of the Florida Highway Patrol, Teresa Scott of Gainesville Public Works and UF Professor Emeritus Kenneth Courage as the lunch guest speaker. Congressman John Mica (R-7th) will join the symposium via teleconference from Washington, D.C.The cost for lunch is $25. RSVP by Nov. 2, 2009 to Ines Aviles-Spadoni at iaviles@ce.ufl.edu or call 352-392-9537, Ext. 1409. For more information, click here.
Innovations in Pricing of Transportation Systems: Workshop and Conference. May 13-14, 2010, Royal Plaza Hotel in the Walt Disney World Resort Lake Buena Vista, Fla. The workshop and conference will focus on new market-based approaches to encourage efficiency in the use of transportation systems. For more information, including event registration and hotel information, visit: http://conferences.dce.ufl.edu/pricing/.
November 2009
Congestion Mitigation Symposium/Alumni & Friends Lunch (Nov. 6, 2009, 9 AM to 1 PM). As part of the 100th year Celebration of the Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering, the Transportation Research Center (TRC), along with the Center for Multimodal Solutions for Congestion Mitigation (CMS), will host a half-day symposium on congestion mitigation strategies and a lunch for alumni and friends of the TRC. The speaker line-up includes experts from federal, local and state governments and representatives from industry and academia. The cost for lunch is $25 per person. RSVP by October 27, 2009 to Ines Aviles-Spadoni at iaviles@ce.ufl.edu or call 352-392-9537, Ext. 1409. A program agenda will be posted soon.
October 2009
Transportation Seminars. The first speaker for the fall Transportation Seminar Series is Mr. Philip Mann, traffic operations manager for the City of Gainesville Public Works Department. The title of Mr. Mann's presentation is "After the Game: Utilizing Advanced Traffic Management for Gator Football." Also in October, Charlie Wallace from Telvent Farradyne, Inc. and Anita Vandervalk-Ostrander from Cambridge Systematics, Inc. will be our guest speakers. For more information, including a brief description of the presentations, visit the Seminars page.
August 2009
Workshop on Roundabouts. A Workshop on Roundabouts was held on August 18, 2009 at the Sheraton Orlando North in Maitland, Florida. Over 40 people from the private and public sector were in attendance to hear about the latest in roundabout design and simulation software. The line up of speakers at the workshop included Ken Sides, Michael Wallwork, Mark Doctor, Dan Burden, Lee Rodegerdts, Rahmi Akcelik, Aaron Elias, and Daniel Shihundu. The workshop was co-sponsored by Dowling & Associates, Inc., McTrans and the CMS. Visit the Conferences/Events link for postings of the presentations and to view pictures from the event.
