{"id":26449,"date":"2026-08-24T12:19:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T16:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/?p=26449"},"modified":"2026-08-24T13:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T17:19:54","slug":"spotlight-civil-engineering-students-contribute-to-michigan-public-transit-technology-guidebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/2026\/08\/24\/spotlight-civil-engineering-students-contribute-to-michigan-public-transit-technology-guidebook\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight: Civil Engineering students contribute to Michigan public transit technology guidebook"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-26464\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/08\/Annie-and-Tia.jpg?resize=300%2C187&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Headshot of Annie Peter and Tia Jokic\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/08\/Annie-and-Tia.jpg?resize=300%2C187&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/08\/Annie-and-Tia.jpg?w=310&amp;ssl=1 310w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>UDM Civil Engineering students Annie Peter and Tia Jokic are helping improve public transportation services across Michigan through research, guide development and professional training.<\/p>\n<p>Peter and Jokic were part of a Detroit Mercy team led by Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/ces\/math\/zhong-xiaohui.php\">Xiauhui Zhong<\/a> and Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udmercy.edu\/about\/people\/university\/ces\/civil\/dutta-utpal.php\">Utpal Dutta<\/a>. The team worked on a project funded by the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to develop a guidebook to help public transit agencies implement new technologies that improve public transportation efficiency, service reliability and the rider experience statewide.<\/p>\n<p>The University served as a partner on the MDOT project and is recognized on the cover of the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.emailmeform.com%2F1127386%2FJWuINrpc%2FTransit%2520Agency%2520Guidebook%2520%2520MDOT.pdf&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjerwin%40udmercy.edu%7C62f75bf5d5ac45fa581a08defec3a786%7Cc8a4c2d8bd6840bab8b67522be9a7171%7C0%7C0%7C639228313478094191%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=JrqTDLuw4OVCAV3i%2Bdfd1Jf8Y5541cAjCyyxVSWNK8s%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Transit Agency Guidebook<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Peter and Dutta are currently working to train transit agencies to effectively use the guide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Detroit Mercy CES students Annie Peter and Tia Jokic are helping Michigan transit agencies implement technology solutions that improve transportation services statewide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":677,"featured_media":26464,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4083],"tags":[2723,972,2577,4223],"class_list":["post-26449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student-spotlight","tag-ces","tag-civil-engineering","tag-college-of-engineering-science","tag-student-spotlight"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/106\/2026\/08\/Annie-and-Tia.jpg?fit=310%2C193&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbwnTV-6SB","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/677"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26449"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26465,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26449\/revisions\/26465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.udmercy.edu\/campusconnection\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}