transportation
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January 12, 2016
James Sayer named director of Transportation Research Institute
The Office of Research has announced that James R. Sayer has been appointed director of the U-M Transportation Research Institute.
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November 3, 2015
University invests $1 million in solving transportation challenges
U-M will award more than $1 million in grant funding to technologies that demonstrate high potential for solving transportation’s toughest challenges.
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October 9, 2015
White House honors James Sayer for innovation in transportation
U-M transportation researcher James Sayer will be honored at the White House for his leadership in advancing connected and automated transportation.
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July 20, 2015
U-M opens Mcity test environment for connected and driverless vehicles
The university has opened Mcity, the world’s first controlled environment specifically designed to test the potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies.
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July 9, 2015
University will test 3-D printed, autonomous ‘SmartCarts’
A fleet of autonomous “SmartCarts” — high-tech, 3-D printed, low-speed electric vehicles — could one day carry faculty, staff and students around North Campus.
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June 16, 2015
Detroit Connector bus will continue as alternatives are explored
A pilot program of bus service between the Ann Arbor campus and U-M Detroit Center will continue uninterrupted through the summer and throughout the coming academic year.
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June 10, 2015
MDetroit Center Connector to conclude service June 21
After a careful overall analysis of the current system, the MDetroit Center Connector will cease operations following its final run June 21.
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February 23, 2015
Major funding increase needed to fix roads, local leaders tell survey
Fewer than one in five local leaders surveyed by U-M’s Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy consider their roads to be in good condition.
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January 13, 2015
University’s M City will test driverless vehicles on North Campus
A 32-acre “mini-city,” designed expressly for testing connected and automated vehicle systems and other emerging 21st-century smart-city technologies, is taking shape on North Campus.
• U-M student develops lower-cost self-driving car navigation system
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February 7, 2014
Shifting innovation in reverse could solve urban transit issues
When it comes to urban transit, both emerging and mature markets have some things in common — diminishing public resources, infrastructure constraints and air quality concerns.
