This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under CFDA Program 47.041 (Engineering) provides $272,546 to support research on multimodal transit services that combine fixed-route public transit with shared mobility options. The objective is to develop an optimization framework that accounts for user behavior, systematic uncertainties, and the inherent complexity of different transportation modes. The research aims to (i) advance theories and computations in transportation and...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $158,000 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to the University of Connecticut (UConn) to explore the use of micromobility resources, such as dockless electric scooter sharing, to improve transportation access and equity in distressed neighborhoods in Hartford, Connecticut. The project aims to gather input from low-income riders, service providers, policymakers, and other stakeholders to co-design an equity-focused...
The National Science Foundation awarded the University of Massachusetts a $400,489 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to establish the Research for Inclusivity and Driving Equity Research Experience for Undergraduates site from September 1, 2022 through August 31, 2025. The site will engage 10 diverse undergraduate students annually in transportation research focused on improving mobility access and outcomes for underserved communities. Students will participate in...
This $250,045 National Science Foundation project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) will fund research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on developing technologies and policies to enable remote operation of long-distance trucks. The research team will develop data-driven systems to continuously monitor challenging traffic conditions for remote operators. They will also develop safety filters mediating commands between autonomous systems and remote operators. The project will...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $538,902 Project Grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan under the Engineering federal grant program (CFDA 47.041) for the period of March 15, 2021 through February 28, 2026. The grant funds the CAREER: PEER-TO-PEER MODELS AND MECHANISMS FOR THE NEXT GENERATION OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS project being conducted at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. The project will develop new peer-to-peer models and mechanisms to support...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $540,000 Project Grant to the University of Michigan under the Engineering (47.041) federal grant program. The three-year award runs from June 2021 through May 2024 and supports collaborative research to transform connected and automated transportation through intelligent networking, cooperative sensing, and edge computing. Specifically, the University of Michigan will work with Purdue University and the University of Minnesota to develop, deploy, and...
The National Science Foundation Division of Civil, Mechanical, and Manufacturing Innovation awarded Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute a $341,000 project grant under the Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) to conduct research titled "COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH: URBAN GOODS MOVEMENTS, PRICING, AND SOCIAL JUSTICE" from May 1, 2021 to April 30, 2024. The grant will support research examining pricing strategies and their social impacts related to urban goods movement and delivery. The...
This $599,784 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) supports research at George Washington University that will target and innovate system design and operational problems involved in the "final 50 feet" of urban delivery. The project will conduct economic and system-level analyses to characterize this problem, identify key drivers, and evaluate the effectiveness of new policies, designs, and operations to address challenges...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) awarded a $350,000 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to support research on prototyping, deploying, and testing data-driven analytics to improve the efficiency, availability, and affordability of community-based carshare services. The research project aims to develop and deploy a suite of data-driven decision support tools, including a demand estimation engine, network design engine, pricing and...
This $320,000 Formula Grant awarded on August 24, 2023 by the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration (CFDA 20.205 - Highway Planning and Construction) will fund the Milwaukee Citywide Mobility Plan, a planning study for the City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The grant recipient is the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT), who will oversee the project as the primary awardee. The study aims to support non-highway transportation planning and infrastructure...
The National Science Foundation awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee under the Engineering (CFDA 47.041) federal grant program. The grant aims to support the "SCC-CIVIC-FA TRACK A: USER-CENTERED MOBILITY SOLUTIONS (UCMS): A NEW VISION TO CONNECT JOBS AND THE LABOR FORCE" project from Oct 1, 2021 to Sep 30, 2023.
Under the award, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee will deliver a user-centered on-demand transportation service to connect workers to jobs. The project involves two sub-awards. The first provides $50,000 to the University of Florida to continue the work of the original principal investigator who transferred institutions. The second sub-award of $100,000 to the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission is to manage service delivery with the selected transportation provider. That provider will operate the on-demand transportation software and vehicles to implement the user-centered mobility solutions.