August 3, 2015

TRANSPORTATION ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS EVENT

August

Birthdays

Tia Claridge

Noureddine Elmehraz

Jana Huss

Tyagi Ramakrishan

Brentin Mosher

Steven Stopiak

Phil Winters

Kristine Williams

Sara Osman

Yerrapati Raviteja

Valeria Compte

Ratna Seethala

Xuehao Chu

Alex Henry

Sean Barbeau

LaToyia Fipps

August

CUTR Anniversaries

Xuehao Chu — 22 yrs

Lisa Staes — 17 yrs

Sisinnio Concas — 15 yrs

Diana Byrnes — 12 yrs

Achilleas Kourtellis —11yrs

Reena Raturi — 9 yrs

Ela Bialkowska-Jelinksa – 3 yrs

Jodi Godfrey – 3yrs

Cagri Cetin — 1 year

Abhishikth Pasupuleti — 1 yr

CUTR will recognize Bill Johnson, Florida Secretary of

Commerce, President & CEO, Enterprise Florida, Inc. at

CUTR’s annual Transportation Achievement Awards event on

November 2, 2015 at the USF Marshall Student Center,

Tampa Main Campus. This year’s keynote speaker is

Jim Boxold, Secretary of FDOT. This award is presented annually

to an individual who has made significant contributions to the transportation field.

Bill Johnson became President and CEO of Enterprise Florida, Inc. on March 2, 2015

following a 35-year career with Miami-Dade County government. Governor Scott

appointed Bill to lead the agency that is the state’s principal economic development

organization serving as a public- private partnership between Florida’s business and

government leaders. The position also serves as Florida’s Secretary of Commerce.

During his tenure with Miami-Dade County, Bill served in a number of executive positions

including eight years as Director of PortMiami; and, as an Assistant County Manager, he

had oversight of Miami International Airport. Bill also served as Director of the Miami-

Dade Water & Sewer Department and has had management responsibility for a number of

the County’s large infrastructure projects including construction of the American Airlines

Arena and the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts.

A native of Akron, Ohio, Bill holds a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from the

University of Tennessee and has served in a number of leadership roles in business, mari-

time and economic development organizations at the national and international levels.

Previous award recipients include: Jim Sebesta, Florida Transportation Commissioner

and former State Senator, A. Wayne Rich, former Chairman, Orlando-Orange County

Expressway Authority, Jose Abreu, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Trans-

portation and Director, Miami International Airport Director, Florida Senator Malcolm

Beard, Ben Watts, former Secretary of the Florida Department of Transportation, Florida

Senator James T. Hargrett, Jr., Bob Burleson, President of Florida Transportation

Builders’ Association, James Ely, former Executive Director of Florida’s Turnpike Enter-

prise, K. Earl Durden, Chairman, CEO, and Director of Rail Management Corporation,

U.S. Representative John Mica, David Brown, former chair of the Florida Transportation

Commission, and Don Crane, former President of Floridians for Better Transportation.

Contact Grace Hunt at hunt@cutr.usf.edu for more details on registering for this event.

AEGIS Timesheets

Pay period 7/31/15 to 8/13/15

AEGIS submission date is Tuesday,

August 11 at 10 am.

Pay period 8/14/15 to 8/27/15

AEGIS submission date is Tuesday,

August 25th at 10 am.

Pay period 8/28/15 to 9/10/15

AEGIS submission date is Tuesday,

September 8th at 10 am.

Alma Mater Days

SHOW YOUR ALMA MATER

PRIDE: Wear your favorite college t-

shirt, sweatshirt, and the like (must

display the College’s logo or name)

the first Friday of every month.

Friendly banter on performance of

affiliated sports teams or alumni news

is also highly encouraged. If you want

to add a banner or anything to your

door, that’s great too. Dress code

restrictions on sleeveless shirts,

shorts or sandals will remain en-

forced. Jeans can, of course, be worn

(with a reminder that a contribution

($1) is appreciated).

GO BULLS!!!

Alma Mater Days:

August 7

September 4

October 2

November 6

December 4

WELCOME

Chanyoung Lee recently hired Francisco (Paco) Rodriguez and

Eeaman Iranmanesh . Welcome!

Christine Epps joins CUTR as a Training Support Specialist

for the Transportation Demand Management (TDM) team.

Christine was most recently the Education Coordinator and

Senior Research Compliance Administrator for the USF Insti-

tutional Review Board. She has extensive experience in

planning and coordinating educational activities and events,

handling registrations of participants, and creating informa-

tional materials. Prior to this, Christine served as a research

principal investigator for USF Louis de la Parte Florida

Mental Health Institute (FMHI). The TDM group is thrilled to have her on their

team to work on the TDM training contract, Best Workplaces for Commuters, and

the annual TDM Summit. Christine enjoys riding her bicycle and is working up the

nerve to bike to work. Maybe when the summer rain, heat and humidity subside,

she will give it a try! Welcome!

Tia Claridge is a graduate student from the Bahamas pursuing

her MS degree in Urban and Regional Planning; she is expected

to graduate on August 8th. She is currently working on a model

curriculum for a multimodal transportation course under the

direction of Kristine Williams, AICP.

Rui Guo is a Postdoc Scholar who received her PhD in Civil

Engineering with a concentration in Transportation at USF this

past May. She received her MS in Civil Engineering at USF and

her BS degree in Transportation Engineering from Southeast

University, Nanjing, China. During her study at USF, she

worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in Dr. Yu Zhang’s

research group; she did her internship in Albeck Gerken, Inc. on

modeling and data analysis and she was also involved in multi-

ple traffic operation projects as a Graduate Research Assistant

at CUTR. She presented her studies on urban traffic and airport operations at TRB

and published several research papers in the Transportation Research Part C peer-

reviewed journals . Her research interests focus on traffic control and operations,

intelligent transportation system (ITS), transportation safety, transportation sustain-

ability in urban and air transportation. She will be working with Dr. Pei-Sung Lin

with the ITS, Traffic Operations and Safety Program. Welcome!

UPCOMING EVENTS

August 4 CUTR Managers’ Meeting, CUT207, 1:30 pm

August 12 CUTR Advisory Board teleconference, CUT102, 9:00 am

August 18 CUTR Staff meeting, CUT102, 9:00 am

September 7 USF Holiday — Labor Day

CUTR WEBCASTS AT NOON TIME

August 20 A New Set of Equations to Address Urban Transportation: $ In = $ Out = Tolling for Transit,

Presenter: Joe Waggoner, Tampa-Hillsborough County Expressway Authority

September 3 Technology Application among Florida Community Transportation Coordinators,

Presenter: Nevine Georggi

KUDOS

Steve Reich presented “Integrating Transit with Managed Lanes Projects” at the IBTTA Summit on All-Electronic

Tolling, Managed Lanes & Interoperability in Miami. Hosted by the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority, the three-day

summit focused on the technology, business rules, and policies needed to achieve nationwide interoperability of all-

electronic toll (AET) collection systems. It also addressed the latest developments in managed lane projects, the migra-

tion to AET, sustainable transportation, and customer demographic changes.

Alexandria Carroll will be graduating with a MS in Urban and Regional Planning; she

accepted a faculty position at CUTR with the Planning and Corridor group;

Cagri Cetin will be graduating with a MS in Computer Science; he will continue to work with the

TDM group and pursue a PhD in Computer Science;

Valeria Compte will be graduating with a BS in Health Science with a concentration in

Biological Sciences. She will continue to work with the ITS group; she would like to find a job as a

field biologist or botanist at one of the State Parks.

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR CUTR STUDENTS

Left to Right: Dr. Seckin Ozkul, Matt Weaver, Ron Chin, Chester Chandler, Dr. Pei-Sung Lin

Personnel from the Florida Department of Transportation, District 7: Ron Chin, Traffic Operations Engineer,

Chester Chandler, ITS Program Manager, and Matt Weaver, Safety Engineer came to CUTR to meet with

Dr. Pei-Sung Lin and Dr. Seckin Ozkul. They visited the USF Research Park lab to view and discuss the

capabilities of the virtual reality CAREN system (through collaboration with the USF Mechanical Engineering Depart-

ment) and to discuss prospective projects using this system.

Dr. Pei-Sung Lin and Dr. Seckin Ozkul are members of a Thesis Committee for Mohammadreza Kamali, MS

Transportation Engineering candidate. His thesis is on The Measurement and Modeling of Truck Route Choice using

GPS Data.

THANK YOU — BACKPACKS FOR HEALTHY FAMILIES PASCO DUE ON WEDNESDAY, 8/5/15

A BIG THANK YOU to all those who provided backpacks,

school supplies, and monetary donations to help those chil-

dren less fortunate. The “Backpacks for Healthy Families

Pasco” was successful because of the following people who

made a difference in a child’s life: Patricia Ball, Alex Carroll,

Melissa De Leon, LaToyia Fipps, Nevine Georggi, Lucy

Gonzalez, Rob Gregg, Sarah Hendricks, Dennis Hinebaugh,

Grace Hunt, Si-won Jang, Ann Joslin, Matthew Kessler,

Stephanie Lewis, Pei-Sung, Vicky Perk, Steve Polzin, Matthew Rechkemmer, Ken Short, Lazara Stinnette, Cheryl Thole,

and Roberta Yegidis.

Ice Cream Social

July 9, 2015

KUDOS

Alex Henry, a Walkwise outreach specialist at CUTR, spoke at a Crickette Club

meeting last month in regards to the Walkwise program. This program was started

five years ago by the Florida Department of Transportation. Originally it was started

to tackle the problems in the Hillsborough County and Pinellas County areas and now

it is starting to branch out into central Florida and eventually throughout the state.

Its goal is to teach people about pedestrian and bicycle safety; one of the ways it does

this is going out into the community to spread the word on the rules of the law to help

reduce the number of accidents.

CUTR AWARDS/CONTRACTS

CUTR PROPOSALS

Project Florida MPOAC Transportation Planning & Research Services

Sponsor MPO Advisory Council

PI(s) Kramer

Value $55,000

Project Florida MPOAC Transportation Planning & Research Services

Sponsor MPO Advisory Council

PI(s) Kramer

Value $37,500

Project Pedestrian Bicyclist & Driver Safety Education

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation

PI(s) Bond

Value $150,000

Project Safe Route to School Walking School Bus & Bicycle Train Prog

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation

PI(s) Bond

Value $19,823

Project Florida Transit Operator Trainer Training Program

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation

PI(s) Gregg

Value $186,900

Project Improving Knowledge of Safe Pedestrian Behavior through WalkWise Grassroots Education in Sarasota

and Manatee Counties-District One

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation

PI(s) Lin

Value $249,766

Project St. John’s Comprehensive Operations Analysis (COA) Sponsor St. John’s County BOCC

PI(s) Gregg/Mistretta/Pessaro

Value $117,435

CUTR PROPOSALS—CONTINUED

Project Beyond Sidewalks and Bike Paths: A Guide to What Influences People to Walk, Bicycle and Access

Transit

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation-District Seven

PI(s) Bond/Lester

Value $150,000

Project Successful Practices and Training Initiatives to Reduce Accidents and Incidents at Training Agencies

Sponsor Transportation Research Board

PI(s) Staes

Value $4,500

Project Civil Rights Suite (Title VI, ADA, EEOC, DBE) Training and Technical Assistance

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation

PI(s) Gregg/Mistretta

Value $55,630

Project Transit Corridor and Block Grant Program Assessments

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation- District One

PI(s) Gregg/Joslin

Value $45,953

Project Continued Heartland Rural Mobility Plan Implementation and General Rural Mobility Technical Assis-

tance

Sponsor Florida Department of Transportation

PI(s) Gregg/Staes

Value $221,031

INFORMATION

Parking Permits for 2015-2016 can be ordered on-line.

Current Permits Expire on August 7th.

Instructions to order on-line:

· MyUSF Users: Log on to your MyUSF account, click on the USF Parking and Transportation Services icon at the

bottom left of the main page or under the MY RESOUCES tab, select PARKING PERMITS

· Affiliates: Log on to your parking account using your email address and the password previously provided

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· All permits will be mailed, please verify your address when ordering online

· We will not mail to campus addresses, except for resident housing

· Remember to print the temporary permit to use until your permit arrives in the mail

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Telephone information:

When the phone system was upgraded last year, the zero out contact on the phone needed to be reinstated. To set the

zero out contact on your phone, or the Alternate Contact, enter your phone's main menu, select Setup Options,

then select option 5.

The extension calls will be sent when a caller presses the "0" key to get out of your voicemail box.

For further information on phone settings please see the Quick Reference Guide at

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