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Abkowitz plays key role in Tennessee climate change report
Oct. 3, 2012—Mark Abkowitz was involved in the development of a report commissioned by the Sustainable Tennessee Organization, Sustaining Tennessee in the Face of Climate Change: Grand Challenges and Great Opportunities. The report was presented at Vanderbilt September 11, 2012 and the event was hosted by the Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment. Click here to read...
Grad Student Openings for Fall 2013
Oct. 3, 2012—The Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research (VECTOR) is pleased to announce that we are actively seeking qualified graduate students for the fall 2013 semester. Please refer to the VECTOR website for information about the graduate program, current research, faculty members, and Vanderbilt University. We are looking for PhD students and will likely have funding for...
New UTCs announced!
Mar. 5, 2012—VECTOR was successful in its bid for a Tier I University Transportation Center (UTC) with the University of Wisconsin as part of its CFIRE consortium. The UTC will be focused on freight and work is expected to begin soon. The 2012 UTC recipients are listed here. Other members of the consortium include the University of...
VECTOR completes phase 2 of traffic and safety information dissemination project
Nov. 4, 2011—VECTOR has completed phase 2 of the traffic and safety information dissemination project. This work was sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Transportation. The final work product, a template that syndicates TDOT SmartWay information on a local city website, was deployed by the City of Franklin last month. The links may be found at the...
Janey Camp Integrates GIS into Metro Nashville Public Schools
Aug. 18, 2011—Janey Camp, Research Assistant Professor in Civil and Environmental Engineering, completed training of Metro Nashville Public School teachers in the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) August 1-5, 2011. Dr. Camp is the principal investigator of a research project that will implement a pilot project to provide GIS training to teachers at Stratford, Glencliff and...
Vanderbilt hosts transportation adaptation to climate change summit
Aug. 18, 2011—Despite the uncertainties surrounding climate change, it is time to start developing effective strategies that will keep the nation’s critical infrastructure, including our transportation systems, running in the face of the adverse impacts that are expected. This is the consensus that emerged from a landmark meeting that brought together major stakeholders in the freight transportation...
Two new research projects awarded to VECTOR
Jul. 26, 2011—VECTOR has been awarded two new research projects: Spatial Analysis of Safety and Security Vulnerability During Transport of Hazardous Materials – funded by the STC, this project looks to use GIS to quantify risks along transportation corridors and develop a means to route based on the critieria. Mark Abkowitz and James Dobbins are co-PIs on...
Vanderbilt Wins ITE TN Section Traffic Bowl!
Mar. 3, 2011—The Institute of Transportation Engineers hosts a series of Traffic Bowl Competitions across the U.S.A. and Canada. These Traffic Bowl competitions are Jeopardy-like competitions where the transportation “answers” are provided on a Jeopardy display board by category, and contestants must then be the first team to buzz in using traffic signal displays. The team controlling...
Google Traffic Overlay
Oct. 1, 2010—We are testing the Google Traffic Overlay for Google Maps. You can view the test page by clicking here. While the map is centered in Nashville, you may easily zoom out and pan to Memphis, Knoxville, Chattanooga, or San Francisco, CA (anywhere, for that matter!). Note that this information is coming from Google and is...
Shipping containers as office buildings
Sep. 23, 2010—Interesting story on NPR about dealing with the imbalance of shipping containers in the United States: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130027101&sc=fb&cc=fp