A UTA study is aimed at helping seniors lead more active lifestyles. Our research project was featured in Arlington Today.

Mehrdad is selected as a graduate scholarship winner for 2021 from TexITE! Congrats to Mehrdad.

The research team will make four presentations at TRB including poster presentations of Boni and Mehrdad. Stay tuned for their presentation schedules!

Our U.S. Department of Transportation (TranSET) grant was featured in the UTA newsletter. “With this grant, we’ll roll into the transportation equation whether people are older residents or from lower socioeconomic status,” Hyun said. “We’re trying to build some transportation equity into the decision-making process.” Link to the article: https://www.uta.edu/news/news-releases/2020/11/11/environmental-justice

The research team presented four papers at TRB 2020. Congratulations, Mehrdad, Mintu, Shirin, and Farah for your successful presentations!

Dr. Hyun’s research featured in UTA newsletter, “UTA TAKES ON US LONELINESS CRISIS”. The news release focuses on the causes of chronic loneliness and social isolation encompassing mobility challenges, age, and socioeconomic status.

Link to the article 1

Link to the article 2

Farah and Utsav attended International Conference on ​Transport & Health (ICTH) 2019 in Melbourne, Australia, and presented three research projects.

The research group attended 11th annual Transportation and Communities Summit 2019. This annual event at Portland State University (PSU) in Portland, Oregon connects national mobility-focused research to local practice through breakout panel presentations, PechaKucha, posters, and networking between academics and practitioners. We presented five posters, one podium and two PechaKucha presentations!