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JUNE, 2009

CTS hosts Transportation Project Management Institute (TPMI)

Twenty-seven VDOT project managers recently completed an intensive training program conducted by...
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January, 2009
APRIL, 2009

Professor Smith Elected ASCE Fellow

Associate Professor Brian L. Smith, Ph.D., P.E., F.ASCE, has been elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers.
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January, 2009
JANUARY, 2009

Professor Demetsky Receives S. S. Steinberg Award

The award recognizes Demetsky's contributions to transportation education.
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January, 2009
AUGUST, 2008

CTS Research Featured on Energy Web Site

Web Site highlights valuable energy related research More >>

MAY, 2008

GraduateStudent Awarded Eno Fellowship

Nick Mazzenga was awarded...More >>

MAY, 2008

Park's signal timing research
promotes fuel efficiency

TV (video) and radio coverage...More >>

APRIL, 2008

CTS GraduateStudent Appointed
to TRB Committee

Amy Hearon was recently featured ...More >>

FEBRUARY, 2008

Undergraduate Research Featured

Chris Foley (CE '09) in Impact. More >>

DECEMBER, 2007

CTS/VTRC Pavements Program

CEE newsletter feature. More >>

DECEMBER, 2007

CTS Professor Featured in AutoCAD Ad

Dr. Brian Smith interviewed. More >>

NOVEMBER, 2007

Recent CTS Students Receive Awards

Matt Best and Elizabeth Abel..More >>

SEPTEMBER, 2007

STL Directors Featured in Magazine Article

Focusing on traffic congestion. More >>

June, 2007

CTS Faculty Receives S. S. Steinberg Award

Professor Nick Garber was honored... More >>

APRIL, 2007

CTS well-represented at the ITS Virginia Conference

Many CTS faculty, staff, and students attended the conference. More >>

APRIL, 2007

CTS Student Wins 2007 Dwight David Eisenhower Graduate Transportation Fellowship

Mr. Hyungjun Park was selected... More >>

APRIL, 2007

CTS LTAP Hosts the 2007 Roadway Management
Conference

At the Doubletree Hotel in Charlottesville, VA
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NOVEMBER, 2006

CTS Faculty Receives Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Award

At the Annual ASCE Meeting in Chicago More >>

October, 2006

University Transportation Consortium Wins Grant Re-competition

CTS awarded $1 million grant More >>

August, 2006

CTS Alumnus in the News

New York Times article More >>

July, 2006

U.Va. Center for Transportation Studies Assumes Responsibility for The Virginia Local Technical Assistance Program

Effective July 1, 2006 More >>

November, 2005

National Science Foundation selects CTS to study techniques to exploit vehicle-infrastructure integration data

NSF will provide $325,000 to support the effort.
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AUGUST 17 , 2005

Altavista's U.S. 29 bypass part of speed limit study

The Center for Transportation Studies and the Virginia Transportation Research Council are conducting a study that helps drivers observe the speed limit. More >>

July, 2005

CTS open house and reception during the 2005 Annual Meeting of the Intelligent Transportation Society of Virginia

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Virginia hosted a three-hour open house on June 6, 2005. More >>

April, 2005

Virginia's Smart Travel Laboratory Aggressively Pursuing Accurate Travel Predictions by Dr. Brian Smith and Dr. Michael D. Fontaine

This article appeared in the April issue of Transportation Management + Engineering.More >>

April 22, 2005

Center for Transportation Studies Adds Graduate Program in Transportation Pavements.

A new graduate-level program in transportation pavements will be listed in the University of Virginia's course catalog for the 2005 fall semester, which starts August 31.

The Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) in the Civil and Environmental Engineering department at the University of Virginia will offer this new masters program to complement its existing curriculum in transportation engineering and management. More >>

April 13, 2005

CTS and VDOT, Finalists in the ITS America 2005 Award Nomination

Each year, ITS America honors the top achievements in the ITS industry through the ITS America Best of ITS Awards program. The Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) at the University of Virginia and Virginia Department Of Transportation (VDOT) together became one of the 3 finalists for a Best of ITS award this year in the research category. More >>

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February 2005
Why Public Transit Deserves Our Support, by Dr. Lester Hoel

In February 2005, an editorial appeared in the Progressive Engineer Online Magazine and Information Source about the importance of public transit. For more information, please click on the link below. More >>

February 25, 2005
Evaluation of Red Light Cameras in Virginia

On February 25, 2005 after interviewing Dr. Nicholas Garber of the University of Virginia's Center for Transportation Studies, the Washington Post published an article regarding the implementation of a red light camera enforcement program in Virginia. Please click on the below link for more information. More >>

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