6th International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation On September 12th, the Master student Suzana Duran Bernardes, supported by the C2SMART, presented her work on women representation in transportation publications authorship in the 6th International Conference on Women’s Issues in Transportation. She presented her paper, titled Gender trends in transportation research publications over the last…
NYU Rudin Center Hosts Women Leaders in Transportation Panel The NYU Rudin Center hosted the “Women Leaders in Transportation” event on May 14th. Sarah Kaufman led a panel with four exceptional executive women to celebrate and discuss their leadership in the NYC transportation industry. The speakers explained how they became speakers, approaches to balancing responsibilities,…
Panelists spoke on ways to reduce the challenges women face in transportation in New York City. Presented by the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation. Sponsored by the C2SMART Center. Hosted by Company. October 30, 2018 6:30pm – 9:00pm Location: Urban Tech Hub @ Company, 335 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017 The “Pink Tax,”…
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…
COVID-19 and Transportation: C2SMART’s Transporation Data Dashboard C2SMART Integrating data sources from multiple agencies and industries, C2SMART researchers have developed a publicly accessible data dashboard that displays in real-time transportation trends such as subway ridership, bus speeds, freight activity, bike usage and, using computer image processing and publicly available NYCDOT traffic cam footage, pedestrian density…
Jingqin Gao Wins Dr. Louis J. Pignataro Memorial Transportation Education Award C2SMART congratulates Jingqin Gao, Ph.D., who was recently awarded the ITE Met Section 2019 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.…
Individuals AffectedAging Population Seniors face mobility issues and lifestyle changes, such as switching from driving to using carpool, tax or fixed-route or demand-responsive public transportation. Women 75% of female respondents in NYC reported experiencing harassment or theft on public transit, as opposed to 47% of men. The median extra cost of travel per month for…
A new study conducted by the Rudin Center for Transportation at NYU Wagner and supported by C2SMART revealed some insights into transportation’s “Pink Tax,” a term used for the extra cost for products and services for women. Some highlights from the study included: 75% of women surveyed reported experiencing harassment or theft on public transportation,…
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…
Public Traffic Cams and Computer Vision to Analyze Social Distancing Trends To investigate crowd density and the effectiveness of social distancing strategies, C2SMART researchers introduced a low-cost, AI-driven big data acquisition framework leveraging hundreds of public traffic cameras along with a deep learning-based video processing method. Object detection and distance approximation between pedestrian pairs were…