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COVID-19 Transportation Data Dashboard: White Paper #5

COVID-19 Transportation Data Dashboard and White Papers The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing social distancing orders have had dramatic impacts on the use of every mode of transportation. C2SMART researchers have developed an interactive data dashboard that investigates changes in mobility patterns and travel trends as the crisis evolves. Through this dashboard, policymakers and researchers can examine the…

Survey: Mobility for All during the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery

Survey: Transportation & Mobility for All during the COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact in all areas of life, including transportation and mobility. Researchers at NYU’s C2SMART Center have been studying how transportation/mobility options and patterns have changed and continue to change as the situation evolves. This pandemic has disproportionately affected the…

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C2SMART Congratulates 2020 Graduates!

C2SMART faculty and staff proudly recognize the following graduates. These students were not only crucial to day-to-day research activities at C2SMART, they also contributed in myriad ways to a sense of levity, innovation, and mission, making C2SMART a wonderful place to work, learn, teach and conduct research. C2SMART is collectively grateful for their efforts on…

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Collective Behavior over Social Networks

Yan Leng, Collective Behavior over Social Networks Social networks are ubiquitous and shape individual behaviors; yet, behavioral data over networks are complex and stretch the limit of conventional analysis and models. In this talk, Dr. Leng presented two complementary projects that extend existing prediction and inference methods over social networks. First, she investigated how social…

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Open Source Multi-Agent Virtual Simulation Test Bed in NYC

C2SMART researchers at NYU developed a virtual testbed for NYC using large-scale transportation simulation models built with the MATSim and SUMO open-source simulation platforms. In addition to the development of the integrated and open simulation platform, several algorithms and novel approaches for on-line calibration, real-time computation, etc. were developed using this new simulation tool. The…

Link Criticality Index for Analysis of Large Transportation Networks

Anil Yazici, Link Criticality Index (LCI) for Analysis of Large Transportation Networks Designing and maintaining resilient and robust transportation systems requires identification of links that are critical for the functionality of the network. Traditional traffic simulations techniques create a large computational burden, especially for larger traffic networks. This talk presented the recently developed Link Criticality…

C2SMART Research on the Effect of COVID-19 on Transportation Systems

Background The outbreak of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 has brought profound changes to almost every aspect of transportation. C2SMART researchers have launched new initiatives to observe how transportation systems are being affected. Current research efforts have focused on: Short-term passenger travel trends in affected cities during the pandemic Long-term changes to mode choice and travel…