transportation

  1. February 5, 2018

    Campus briefs

    News from around the university.

  2. January 31, 2018

    North Campus is first test site for hybrid transportation system

    A first-of-its-kind, on-demand transportation system is being piloted at U-M as the RITMO Transit urban mobility system begins a limited test deployment on North Campus.

  3. November 13, 2017

    Comparing emissions worldwide from gas, battery-powered vehicles

    Gasoline vehicles would produce lower emissions than the average battery-electric vehicle only if their fuel economy was higher than 51.5 mpg worldwide, U-M researchers say.

  4. October 23, 2017

    Detroit Connector to increase bus service’s time and scope

    The Detroit Connector, a U-M bus service connecting the Ann Arbor campus to Detroit, will provide service seven days a week, starting Oct. 30, to faculty, staff, students and, for the first time, the general public.

  5. July 24, 2017

    U-M invests $600,000 in advanced transportation technologies

    Seven technologies demonstrating high potential to help solve transportation issues will receive $600,000 from a U-M program to continue their advancement into the commercial market.

  6. May 23, 2017

    New way to test self-driving cars could cut most validation costs

    Mobility researchers at U-M have devised a new way to test autonomous vehicles that bypasses the billions of miles otherwise needed to consider the vehicles road-ready.

  7. April 6, 2017

    Survey explores why drivers don’t heed vehicle safety recalls

    A new national survey from the U-M Transportation Research Institute explores why many consumers don’t heed vehicle safety recalls and what steps might boost compliance.

  8. January 6, 2017

    SafeRide pilots new hours and unveils mobile application

    SafeRide, a free transportation service available to all U-M faculty, staff and students, recently launched a mobile application and began piloting extended hours of operation.

  9. December 13, 2016

    U-M leads new Center for Connected and Automated Transportation

    A new $2.47 million center led by U-M and funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation will explore the full picture of how communities can best transition to connected and automated vehicles.

  10. October 31, 2016

    University may begin testing new kind of on-demand transit system

    Passengers could be trying out a new urban mobility system — using high-frequency buses and on-demand shared shuttles — on North Campus as soon as summer 2017.