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Traffic Congestion in Cities is Getting Worse

The challenge of managing traffic in major global cities demands interdisciplinary research. At NYU Abu Dhabi, researchers like Monica Menendez, associate professor of civil and urban engineering, are working to understand and improve the complex and interrelated networks that make up urban life.

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Dubai’s population is surging. How can it prepare?
An increase of about 90,000 in 12 months requires further careful planning, experts say.
The National | June 17, 2023

UAE: New tool to help predict, ease traffic
Researchers used a year of high-resolution traffic data to demonstrate that any daily traffic pattern observed that year fell within a few representative patterns.
Khaleej Times | May 19, 2021

Covid-19: Researchers design innovative solutions to tackle virus
A host of innovative solutions are being put on the table by researchers and experts from the Center for Interacting Urban Networks (CITIES) at New York University Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) to help the government and communities combat the Covid pandemic.
MSN News | May 15, 2021

Covid-19: Researchers design innovative solutions to tackle virus
Four projects initiated by different teams at New York University Abu Dhabi.
Khaleej Times | May 15, 2021

UTD19 - Largest multi-city traffic dataset publically available
Monica Menendez, in close collaboration with her colleagues Lukas Ambuhl, Allister Loder, and Kay Axhausen from ETH Zurich, just published a large-scale traffic dataset from over 23,541 stationary detectors on urban roads in 40 cities worldwide, making it the largest multi-city traffic dataset publically available.
September 7, 2020

Monica Menendez, NYU Abu Dhabi – Sharing the Road
Monica Menendez, associate professor of civil and urban engineering at NYU Abu Dhabi, looks into the best way to move people around a city.
Academic Minute | April 14, 2020