Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.

Improving traffic signal timing with a handful of connected vehicles

Communities could reduce costs and cut vehicle emissions—all in the name of shortening your trip

Traffic at one of the intersections in Birmingham, MI.
Traffic drives through one of the 34 intersections that was part of the connected vehicle data study in Birmingham, MI on Friday, December 8th, 2023.
Photo by: Jeremy Little/Michigan Engineering,
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Imad Al-Qadi Receives Transportation Research Board’s Roy W. Crum Award

Imad Al-Qadi Receives Transportation Research Board’s Roy W. Crum Award

Research team wearing masks standing on fresh pavement

The Illinois Center for Transportation Director will be presented with the award at the 103rd annual meeting


Named for Roy W. Crum, who served as the Board’s director from 1928 until his death in 1951, the Crum Award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of

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CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

CCAT Renewed as USDOT Region 5 University Transportation Center

Photograph of an automated research vehicle moving through the American Center for Mobility Test track.
Test vehicle at the American Center for Mobility in Ypsilanti, MI

As part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, the U.S. Department of Transportation has renewed the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT) as the Region 5 University Transportation Center. It is the first time that

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Zachary Jerome Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2023

Zachary Jerome Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2023

Headshot of Zachary Jerome, President of the Michigan Transportation Student Organization (MiTSO) for 2022-2023.
Headshot of Zachary Jerome, the 2023 Student of the Year from the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student of the Year which is awarded at the Council of University Transportation Centers

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Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

Neda Masoud Receives CUTC and Cambridge Systematics New Faculty Award

Photo of NEda Masoud in a striped shirt
Neda Masoud, Ph.D., Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Principal Investigator at the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Neda Masoud, CCAT PI and Assistant Professor for the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at the University of Michigan has received the CUTC –

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Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022

Alexander Sundt Receives Outstanding Student of the Year Award (SOYA) for 2022

Headshot of Alexander Sundt
Alexander Sundt, the 2022 Student of the Year from the Center for Connected and Automated Transportation (CCAT)

Every year, each USDOT-funded University Transportation Center (UTC) selects a Student of the Year which is awarded at the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC) banquet

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CCAT Director Receives ITS Outstanding Paper Award from INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society

CCAT Director Receives ITS Outstanding Paper Award from INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society

Screenshot from the INFORMS Meeting Zoom call
Screenshot of the INFORMS Transportation Science and Logistics Society meeting Zoom call

On October 18th, the Transportation Science & Logistics (TSL) society business meeting took place in a virtual setting. The group received a record number of best paper submissions from

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