Experts in the News

February 28, 2020 |

Dr. Findley Discusses the Effect of Lane Width on Safety Dr. Daniel Findley was interviewed by Raleigh local news station WRAL to speak as an expert on the effect of...

Bike/Ped Services

February 2, 2016 |

...has provided include: Establishment of a Vision Zero program at the state level Creating bicycle maps for local communities NCDOT Planning Grant Initiative development and administration Safe Routes to School...

Highway Systems

September 16, 2015 |

ITRE has a long-standing commitment to addressing pressing surface infrastructure challenges on state and national highway systems. Research, training, and technical services focus in five key areas: operations, safety and...
ITRE research assistant Jonah Freedman, presenting at the NC Public Transportation Association conference, with a projector presentation showing that reads "Digitizing bus schedules for the 21st century. Jonah Freedman, Walter Jenkins, Jimmy Jones"

Moving Public Transit into the Digital Age

June 29, 2016 | News, Transit News

...from the three organizations led a session on “Digitizing Bus Schedules for the 21st Century” in June at the North Carolina Public Transportation Association annual conference. With the use of...

Downloads

March 10, 2016 |

...Bus Program During the past three years ITRE has assisted NCDOT/PTD to conduct an assessment of intercity bus needs and to develop recommendations for new services to receive federal and...
an instructional image of a zipper highway on-ramp merge method, with an example of the regular merge on top and an example of a skewed one-to-one zipper merge on the bottom

ITRE Studying How Zipper Merges Reduce Congestion at Sites Across North Carolina

September 12, 2016 | News, Transit News

...where the lanes merge, to both reduce congestion for all vehicles and improve safety. “While this goes against the grain of what we like to do as drivers, the zipper...

WalletHub / News & Observer on best states for summer road trips, featuring ITRE’s Daniel Findley

June 26, 2023 | News

...previous years? In evaluating the best states for summer road trips, which are the top 5 factors? How can local officials enhance safety and promote tourism during the busy summer...
cars stop at the red light of a diverging diamond intersection

ITRE Delivers National Guidance on Diverging Diamond Interchanges

February 11, 2021 | Highways News, News

...Highway Research Program (NCHRP). This latest edition of the guide includes major updates on signal timing options, geometric considerations, and a nationwide safety evaluation. The diverging diamond interchange (DDI) is...

Aviation Training

July 24, 2017 |

...for mapping with drones in a range of applications. Individuals and groups who want to learn how to turn data captured by UAS into maps and 3-D models. Airport Safety...

Bicycle and Pedestrian

September 23, 2015 |

...increasing safety. Key to improving bicycle and pedestrian transportation is the need to gather baseline data. Volume data and existing or planned facilities data are two types of data programs...