C2SMART USDOT Tier 1 Designation Extended Through 2023

C2SMART Center has been awarded an additional year of funding worth $1.4 million by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), extending C2SMART’s Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) designation to September 2023. With this additional year of funding and designation, C2SMART aims to continue and expand its slate of funded research projects in transportation in smart cities, big data analytics, infrastructure…

CycleBack NYC

CycleBack NYC: Scaling Employer-Based Bike Access Cycling as a commuter option is growing rapidly, and New York City seeks to build on this momentum by introducing a new affordable way for New Yorkers to obtain bicycles. Employer bicycle leasing in Europe has allowed employees to obtain a new bicycle as a fringe benefit and repay…

ITS-NY Presents: Emerging Trends

ITS-NY Presents: Emerging Trends As we continue to move forward toward a post COVID-19 world, the residual impacts will be felt for a long time to come. ITS-NY convened on June 23, 2021 to discuss important topics such as the global impacts of ridership on transit and rail, travel behavior, reopening strategies for the New…

Kuilin Zhang

A Data-driven Optimization-based Control Model for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Under Uncertainty

A Data-driven Optimization-based Control Model for Cooperative Adaptive Cruise Control Under Uncertainty Motivated by connected and automated vehicle (CAV) technologies, this talk presented a data-driven optimization-based Model Predictive Control (MPC) model for the cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC) of a string of CAVs under traffic uncertainty. The proposed data-driven MPC modeling framework aimed to improve…

All the volunteers for Transportation Camp pose in orange safety vests for the camera

NYU ITE Student Chapter Wins Northeastern District Award

NYU ITE Student Chapter Wins Top Prizes The Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) is an international educational and scientific association of transportation professionals who are responsible for meeting mobility and safety needs. NYU’s ITE-ITS student chapter, supported by C2SMART, has been awarded the ITE Northeastern District Student Chapter Award during the District’s virtual conference on May…

AI-based Navigation for Accessible Cities: Challenges and Opportunities

AI-based Navigation for Accessible Cities: Challenges and Opportunities Visual place recognition (VPR) is an AI-based technology that is critical in not only localization and mapping for autonomous driving vehicles, but also assistive navigation for the visually impaired population, both of which are important topics for urban transportation systems. In this talk, after a quick overview…

Sarah Kaufman Wins Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award

Sarah Kaufman Wins Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award C2SMART congratulates Sarah Kaufman, who was recently awarded the ITE Met Section 2020 Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award. The award is presented annually to an Institution of Transportation Engineers (ITE) member demonstrating outstanding performance in their studies or in teaching. The…