PacTrans News
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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
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March 8, 2018
OSU Student Traffic Control Devices Challenge Team Places 2nd

Each year, the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Standing Committee on Traffic Control Devices (AHB50) and the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) join together to sponsor and conduct an exciting design competition, the Traffic Control Device (TCD) Challenge, to promote innovation and stimulate ideas in the traffic control devices area with a goal to improve operations and safety. This year, twenty four teams from around the country participated, one of which was a group of four students from Oregon State University (OSU). Read More
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March 8, 2018
PacTrans Sponsors ITE Western District Student Leadership Summit

This past January, PacTrans had the distinct opportunity sponsor the Oregon-State-University-ITE-student-chapter-hosted Western District Student Leadership Summit in Corvallis, OR. Read More



