The City of Chattanooga and the UTC Research Institute (UTCRI) secured a $1.06 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to advance roadway safety research and smart city infrastructure. This funding supports UTC’s work with local partners to develop innovative transportation solutions, enhance data-driven roadway improvements and protect all road users. The award reflects UTC’s growing…
Chattanooga lands $1.06 million grant to enhance roadway safety with smart technology
The City of Chattanooga and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Research Institute secured a $1.06 million U.S. Department of Transportation grant to develop a Roadway Safety Design Technology Platform. The project will use smart technology to analyze crash patterns and risk factors along entire corridors — not just intersections — helping officials identify hazards…
Chattanooga, UTC Research Institute awarded $1.06M for roadway safety technology platform
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Research Institute and the City of Chattanooga secured a $1.06 million U.S. Department of Transportation Safe Streets and Roads for All grant to develop a Roadway Safety Design Technology Platform. Led by UTC’s Center for Urban Informatics and Progress, the project will combine crash data with continuous roadway imagery…
Digitizing United Hosiery Mills: UTC Students Help To Preserve Chattanooga Industry
Students at University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC) are digitizing archival records of the local textile firm United Hosiery Mills, thanks to a $1,900 state grant from the Tennessee Historical Records Advisory Board. The collection, which charts the company’s founding in 1904 and its pioneering use of the comic-character Buster Brown for marketing children’s clothing,…
UTC will digitize United Hosiery “Buster Brown” character
UTC has received a $1,900 state grant to help preserve Chattanooga’s industrial history by digitizing materials from United Hosiery Mills. Founded by the Miller Brothers, the company operated nearly a century and was among the first to license the “Buster Brown” character to market children’s clothing. UTC students are preparing the records for preservation, and…