News

2025

August 2025:
- Rifa Tasnia graduated with her MS in Civil Engineering (Thesis) in Summer, 2025. Her thesis was titled "Express Lane Route Choice under Real-time Information: A Joint Revealed and Stated-Preference Study." Congratulations, Rifa!
- Welcome Akilah, who is joining as a graduate student, and Meray who is joining as an undergraduate researcher in the Transportation Modeling Lab.
- Two of our papers were accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record: "Investigating Automated Shuttle Readiness for Rural Areas: A North Carolina Case Study", led by Oladimeji Basit Alaka, and "A Comparative Analysis of Macro and Micro-Level Measures of Healthcare Access in Urban and Rural Areas", led by Komal Gulati. Links coming soon.
- Dr. Venktesh Pandey was appointed as the member of the Transportation Research Board's Standing Committee on Mobility Management (AEP 14).
July 2025:
- Our lab kickstarted a technical assistance project supported by NCDOT, synthesizing the "State of the Art on Auxiliary Lanes Between Freeway Interchanges."
- In collaboration with partners at CR2C2, ADTS Rockingham, Clemson University, and NC State University, our lab was awarded a Phase-1 Evaluation grant to investigate the potential of autonomous microtransit in Rockingham County through the Mobility, Access, and Transportation Insecurity (MATI): Creating Links to Opportunity Program, administered by the University of Minnesota and funded by the Federal Transit Administration.
June 2025:
- Komal Gulati was selected to receive the 2025 Emily Blount Honorary Scholarship offered by the North Carolina Section of Institute of Transportation Engineers. She also represented our lab at the 2025 Eno Center for Transportation Future Leaders Development Conference in Washington, DC. Congratulations, Komal.
- Our lab presented three research posters and three lectern presentations at the 2025 ASCE International Conference on Transportation Development. Kudos to all the students whose work was presented. See the LinkedIn Post.
- Muzan and Kayla will participate as undergraduate researchers over Summer 2025. Welcome, Muzan and Kayla!
May 2025:
- Our review paper titled "A Review of Mileage-Based User Fees for Sustainable Transportation Funding: Challenges, Opportunities, and Research Gaps" was accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record. Link coming soon.
- Congratulations to the following graduates from the TML lab: Mikal and Mustafa for earning their BS in Civil Engineering; Htet for completing his MS in Civil Engineering with a project option; and Basit and Ridwan for earning their MS in Civil Engineering with a thesis option.
Apr 2025: Our paper titled "Towards vehicle miles traveled reduction: Impact of mileage-based user fee on travel mode choices" was accepted for publication in Case Studies on Transport Policy. Read more on https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cstp.2025.101454.
Mar 2025: Komal Gulati was selected as the 2025 Eno Leaders Development Conference (LDC) Fellow. More information on ENO's website. Additionally, Neil secured an internship with the NCDOT's office in Asheville, North Carolina.
Feb 2025 :
- Our team presented three podium presentations and seven posters at the 2025 NCDOT Research and Innovation Symposium. See symposium agenda here for all presented talks.
- Oladimeji Alaka was awarded a $2500 scholarship through the North Carolina Department of Transportation for his poster presentation. See LinkedIn post.
Jan 2025:
- The TML team had a strong presence at the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting. See LinkedIn post.
- Ali Gorji has joined the TML team as a PhD Student in Computational Data Science and Engineering. Welcome, Ali!
- Neil Deshpande and Kayla Stevens joined the TML team as undergraduate researchers. Welcome, Neil and Kayla.
- Our paper titled "Combined Revealed- and Stated-Preference Survey to Understand the Impact of Multi-Source Real-Time Information on Travel Mode Choice" was accepted for publication in Transportation Research Record. Read more on https://doi.org/10.1177/03611981241311573.

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▶November 2024
- Oladimeji Alaka, in collaboration with CR2C2's Project 1-1 team, launched the rural autonomous vehicle readiness tool online. See Live Demo and source code.
- Rifa Tasnia was the recipient of the 2024 Roy D. Williams Memorial Scholarship offered by the North Carolina Section of Institute of Transportation Engineers. Congratulations, Rifa.
- NCA&T Student Chapter of Institute of Transportation Engineers, advised by Dr. Pandey, was awarded the 2024 Paul F. Cribbins Award for Outstanding Student Chapter at the 2024 NCSITE Annual Meeting.
- The Stage 3 of the Data Competition concluded successfully. Check out the CR2C2 LinkedIn Post. Congratulations to the TML team members who secured top positions: Oladimeji Alaka, Komal Gulati, Ridwan Tiamiyu, and Andre-Flores Fletes for winning first place, and David Quansah for earning third place.
▶October 2024
- TML team has nine accepted papers for presentation at the 2025 Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting. Kudos to all the students.
- Doreen Jehu-Appiah defended her Master's Thesis titled "Optimizing Demand-Responsive Transit: A Predictive Framework for Dwell Time and Integration of Value of Waiting Time" and is ready for graduating in Fall 2024. Congratulations!
▶September 2024
- Dr. Pandey leads the launch of CR2C2 center's Data Competition. More information available at: CR2C2 Data Competition 2024
▶July 2024
- TML team awarded NCDOT grant to design a data-driven compensation model for License Plate Agencies in North Carolina. Details can be found in the NCDOT Projects Database.
▶May 2024
- Ridwan Tiamiyu and Doreen Jehu-Appiah designed a Multimodal Trip Planner interface. Project available on GitHub.
▶April 2024
- Komal Gulati presents at the C2SMARTER Student Learning Hub on "Analyzing Scope and Limitations of Using GeoAI Toolbox in ArcGIS Pro/Online". More information available at the C2SMARTER Student Learning Hub.