 Prof. Monsere Participates in Second FHWA/UTC/RITA Workshop on ITS and Operations • May 2009 Prof Monsere represented OTREC and the ITS Lab at the second conference on traffic management sponsored by FHWA, Office of Research and Development and USDOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The workshop, designed to help coordinate and guide research at university transportation centers (UTCs), featured presentations from Federal staff and university researchers in adaptive signal timing, microsimulation, traffic data, intelligent infrastructure and vehicles. Robust discussion identified potential collaboration and research areas. Prof. Monsere highlighted related research by OTREC faculty. The workshop concluded with a tour of the related research laboratories at the Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center, which hosted the conference. Proceedings of the workshop should be available shortly. |