C2SMART Announces 12 New Research Projects C2SMART has designated funding for 12 new projects that seek to tackle a wide range of issues in transportation, both building on the center’s current work and investigating new challenges in the center’s research areas. With these new projects, NYU professors Anil K. Agrawal, Elizabeth Henaff, Zhong-Ping Jiang, and…
C2SMART researchers at NYU developed a virtual testbed for NYC using large-scale transportation simulation models built with the MATSim and SUMO open-source simulation platforms. In addition to the development of the integrated and open simulation platform, several algorithms and novel approaches for on-line calibration, real-time computation, etc. were developed using this new simulation tool. The…
Anil Yazici, Link Criticality Index (LCI) for Analysis of Large Transportation Networks Designing and maintaining resilient and robust transportation systems requires identification of links that are critical for the functionality of the network. Traditional traffic simulations techniques create a large computational burden, especially for larger traffic networks. This talk presented the recently developed Link Criticality…
Hani Nassif, Installation of a Smart Roadway Testbed in Brooklyn, NY to Measure the Impact of Overweight Trucks on Critical Infrastructure C2SMART Center researchers worked with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) to establish and implement a new smart roadway testbed along a cantilevered section of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (Interstate 278) in Brooklyn,…
Xuegang (Jeff) Ban, Traffic Signal Optimization and Coordination in Connected Cities Connected vehicles in smart cities, including vehicle to vehicle (V2V), vehicle to infrastructure (V2I), and vehicle to anything (V2X) communications, can provide more opportunities and impose more challenges for urban traffic signal control. This project webinar explored the basic research on developing signal control…
Hai Wang, Ride-sourcing Systems & Multi-objective Online Ride-Matching This talk proposed a general framework to study the on-demand shared ride- sourcing transportation systems and summarized the relevant research problems in four areas, namely, demand, supply, platform operation, and system problems. The problem of online matching in the ride-sourcing systems was the main focus of this…
Accessible Mobility Technology Showcase C2SMART Center and the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation, together with the Transit Tech Lab, hosted a showcase on new mobility technologies for people with disabilities. This program included a panel to discuss new mobility technologies and how they can work best in New York City. The panel was followed by…
Christian Claudel, Robust Control of Traffic Flow on Networks using Chance Constrained Optimization Traffic control on networks is one of the most cost-effective and scalable solutions to worsening urban traffic congestion. This talk discussed a novel formulation of robust network traffic control involving a first order traffic flow model, with initial condition, model parameter and…
Women Leaders in Transportation: Workshop for Students C2SMART Center and the NYU Rudin Center for Transportation hosted a Women Leaders in Transportation Workshop for Students. This half-day event provided attendees with the opportunity to grow their leadership skills and network with current women leaders in the transportation field. Featured: Jennifer Strasser Vice President Cambridge…
C2SMART Activity at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB 2020) C2SMART made a significant impact at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington D.C. on January 12th to the 16th, 2020. Once again, our members and affiliates presented a wide variety of research during lectern and poster…