Apply Now for the 2021 Outstanding Student of the Year Award! Each year, the C2SMART Center acknowledges one student from any of its member institutions as a Student of the Year as chosen by the Center’s executive leadership committee. The chosen student will be acknowledged and awarded: Cash prize of $1,000 and a certificate from…
DetailsRemnants of Hurricanes Ida and Henri caused torrential rain and flash flooding across New York City this summer, highlighting the city’s urgent need for more resilient infrastructure. Between the two storms, Manhattan weathered the greatest influx of rainfall since 1943, registering 1.94 inches per hour with Henri, and a record-shattering 3.15 inches per hour during…
DetailsC2SMART 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…
DetailsCycleBack 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…
DetailsITS-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…
DetailsA 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…
DetailsNYU 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…
DetailsLeveraging Bicycle Safety through Emerging Data Collection Technologies Reliable cycling data is critical for addressing the increase in cyclists fatalities observed in recent years in New York City, and for moving closer to Vision Zero goals. Researchers have made outstanding advances in motor vehicle safety through new technologies in data collection, and it is now…
DetailsAI-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…
DetailsSarah 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…
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