PacTrans News
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March 12, 2018
PacTrans Student Research Selected for the Eno Future Leaders Development Conference
Each year, the Eno Future Leaders Development Conference (LDC) gives twenty of the nation’s strongest graduate students in the transportation field, those with potential to become national-level leaders in the field, a first-hand look at how national transportation policies are developed. Students apply to the program early in the year, and those selected as “Eno Fellows” come to Washington, DC for a week in the spring of meetings with federal officials and leaders of business and non-profit organizations. Read More
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March 12, 2018
PacTrans Funded Research Leads to SCTL Pilot on Innovative Goods Delivery Systems
One of PacTrans’ ongoing research projects, lead by UW PI Dr. Anne Goodchild is titled, Final 50 Feet of the Urban Goods Delivery System: Pilot Test of an Innovative Improvement Strategy. Dr. Goodchild is the founding director of the Supply Chain and Transportation Logistics Center housed at the University of Washington, where this research is being conducted. Read More
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March 9, 2018
PacTrans Newsletter – Special 2017 Regional Transportation Conference – Now Available
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March 9, 2018
Two PacTrans PIs Named to Idaho Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Deployment Committee
The State of Idaho Governor, Butch Otter, has recently issued an executive order, NO. 2018-01, creating an Autonomous and Connected Vehicle Deployment Committee. PacTrans Associate Director and Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Idaho, Ahmed Abdel-Rahim, and PacTrans PI and Professor of Computer Science at the University of Idaho, Axel Krings, have been appointed to the technical advisory committee for this executive committee. Read More
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March 9, 2018
PacTrans Consortium Member UI Promotes Transportation Safety in Middle- and Elementary-Schools Through Art
In the past, PacTrans has reported on a recently completed, three-year safety education project that sought to raise teen awareness to some of the most common transportation safety issues facing this country. Read More