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Studies on Fatal Crashes Involving Combination Unit Trucks Have Implications for Small Fleet Operators Researchers at the Institute for Transportation Research and Education (ITRE) at North Carolina State University recently completed a study that looked at fatal crashes involving combination unit trucks (CUT) in North Carolina. Read more...about fatal truck crash study |
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Transportation Founders Fund Graduate Scholarship Named for C.E. "Ed" Vick Jr. The Transportation Founders Fund (TFF), an outreach activity of the ITRE at NC State University and the University’s Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, has named the TFF Graduate Scholarship in memory of C.E. "Ed" Vick Jr., an original member of TFF and one of the first members of the TFF Executive Committee. Read more...about naming of TFF Graduate Scholarship |
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Michael to retire from ITRE Mickey Michael may be a Wolfpack fan, but his blood runs school bus yellow. This is evidenced by the collection of miniature school buses, school bus toys, and pictures of school buses housed in his office. His collection even includes a rock shaped and painted like a school bus. Read more...about TIMS program manager retirement |
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ITRE project team determines efficiency of statewide residential school bus routing The staff of the Pupil Transportation Group at the ITRE has been involved in bus routing and scheduling-related projects for school districts for over 20 years. This past summer, the group embarked on a project that has never been attempted before - school bus routing that covers the entire state of North Carolina. Read more...about bus routing story |
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ITRE graduate students carry traffic bowl team to international championship; reach final three A team of four graduate research assistants with ITRE recently placed second in the Institute of Transportation Engineers Traffic Bowl, a Jeopardy-style game in which college students from across the United States and Canada answer transportation-related questions. Read more...about traffic bowl story |
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NCLTAP director Martin elected president of national association James B. Martin, director of the North Carolina Local Technical Assistance Program at ITRE, was recently installed as the president of the National Local Technical Assistance Program Association (NLTAPA) at the LTAP/TTAP Conference held in Boston on August 4. Read more...about Martin story |