November 19, 2009
The Hartford Financial Services Group and the New England Center will be sponsoring a national symposium on November 19, 2009 to present current and on-going research to improve the safe mobility of older people. The daylong event will also address...
October 5, 2009
The New England Center announces the funding for projects for the Year 22 round of research projects. Principal Investigators from each of the New England Center schools developed proposals centered on the Center’s theme of the strategic...
September 18, 2009
"From the wood-paneled station wagon of the 1950s to the equally ubiquitous minivan of the 1980s, car companies have long designed products with baby boomers' life stages in mind. Now, with the oldest members of that generation eligible to...
August 17, 2009
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood visited the University of Maine August 18 to learn first hand about advanced transportation developments, including an innovative new bridge building technique. He met with University researchers,...
June 29, 2009
The University of Massachusetts, Amherst played host to the annual meeting of the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC), which included the CUTUC Executive Committee and general membership meetings. CUTC's membership represents over 70...
June 18, 2009
The New England Center organized a ‘safety special session’ at the ITS America Annual Meeting. The session Intelligent Transportation Applications to Driver Wellness and Well-Being included Joe Coughlin, Center Director, Maya Aboud Zeid...
April 6, 2009
The University of Michigan Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan 2009 Research & Education Conference was held on the Ann Arbor campus April 7, 2009. The event brought together a variety of researchers and...
October 27, 2008
The New England University Transportation Center contributed to the USDOT University Transportation Centers Programs and Transportation Research Board’s Spotlight Conference on Impact of Changing Demographics on the Transportation System....
February 2, 2008
Media coverage of serious accidents involving older drivers has captured our attention. On The Today Show, Joseph Coughlin talks with Matt Lauer about how current New England Center research is addressing decisions facing these drivers -- and the...
