Registration is now open for the December 18, 2024 webinar, "University Transportation Centers 101: An overview of the UTC Program and exploring how practitioners can engage the process" hosted by the Association of Pedestrian and Bicycle Professionals (APBP). This webinar will provide an overview of the U.S. Department of Transportation University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program and will be presented by directors of the Tier-1 UTC Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS), including UC Berkeley Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) director Julia Griswold.
University Transportation Centers 101: An overview of the UTC Program and exploring how practitioners can engage the process
Wednesday, December 18, 2024 | 12pm PST, 3pm ET
This webinar will provide an introduction to the University Transportation Center (UTC) program. UTCs are consortia of colleges and universities across the United States that are funded by the US DOT. UTCs aim to advance the state-of-the-art in transportation research and technology and develop the next generation of transportation professionals. Directors from the Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) will discuss their experience with the UTC program and give an overview of research, technology transfer, workforce development, and education efforts that they have been pursuing. The webinar will also explore how practitioners can engage with the UTC process. After a presentation by the UTC directors, there will be an open discussion aimed at developing collaborations between practitioners and UTCs.
Presenters:
- Nick Ferenchak, PhD, PE, director, CPBS, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico
- Julia B. Griswold, PhD, associate director, CPBS, director, UC Berkeley SafeTREC
Fee: $50 APBP member, $85 APBP non-member.
Learn more and register for the webinar here.
About the CPBS
The Center for Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety (CPBS) is a Tier-1 University Transportation Center (UTC) supported by the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and led by the University of New Mexico (UNM). CPBS’s goal is to eliminate pedestrian and bicyclist fatalities and serious injuries through research, education, technology transfer, and workforce development.
The UC Berkeley team, led by SafeTREC director Julia Griswold, is one of five partnering institutions, along with the University of New Mexico, San Diego State University, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.