NYU Students Learn to Predict the Effects of Pandemics on Transportation Networks Using Agent-Based Simulation In a recent class, NYU Tandon graduate students learned how to create an agent-based simulation (ABS) model to predict the effects of pandemics using software called NetLogo, a java-based modeling and simulation tool. ABS models are micro-scale models that simulate…
Development and Tech Transfer of an Integrated Robust Traffic State and Parameter Estimation and Adaptive Ramp Metering Control System Overview Timely updated knowledge of traffic state and traffic flow parameters is essential for effective traffic control. Because of its simplicity, the Cell Transmission Model (CTM) has been widely used to serve as the underlying traffic…
Securing Intelligent Transportation Systems against Spoofing Attacks Overview An intelligent transportation system (ITS) is a system of vehicles and infrastructure that exchange information in real time and make decisions fully or partially automatically. The operations of ITS heavily rely on data collection and transmission, which is subject to prevalent remote and/or on-site attacks. Actual incidents…
Learning to Drive Autonomously Overview Autonomous vehicles (AV) and connected vehicles (CV) technology has been much of the focus of transportation industry lately, and they will likely make a vast impact on the future of transportation systems. This project will combine AV and CV technologies for connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) to reduce congestion and…
Hani Nassif, Installation of a Smart Roadway Testbed in Brooklyn, NY to Measure the Impact of Overweight Trucks on Critical Infrastructure C2SMART Center researchers worked with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to establish and implement a new smart roadway testbed along a cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) in Brooklyn,…
Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, Traffic Signal Optimization and Coordination in Connected Cities Connected vehicles in smart cities, including vehicle to vehicle (V2V), vehicle to infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle to anything (V2X) communications, can provide more opportunities and impose more challenges for urban traffic signal control. This project webinar explored the basic research on developing signal control…
Hai Wang, Ride-sourcing Systems & Multi-objective Online Ride-Matching This talk proposed a general framework to study the on-demand shared ride- sourcing transportation systems and summarized the relevant research problems in four areas, namely, demand, supply, platform operation, and system problems. The problem of online matching in the ride-sourcing systems was the main focus of this…
Spectrum of Public Transit Operations: From Fixed Route to Microtransit Overview With advances in emerging technologies, options for operating public transit services have broadened from conventional fixed route service through semi-flexible service to on-demand microtransit. Guidelines for deciding between these services remain limited. This study serves two primary objectives. The first is to provide an…