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The Center for Smart Streetscapes forges livable and safe streetscapes.

The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is a National Science Foundation Engineering Research Center taking a unique approach to streetscape research by uniting community members, researchers, students, government officials, and industry partners. We work across four foundational components:

Recent News

FAU REU 2026 Recap: Nine Weeks of Research, Discovery, and Growth

October 21, 2026

Empowering the Next Generation of Researchers Over nine intensive weeks, sixteen undergraduate researchers…

My Streetscape Summer Research Institute 2026: West Palm Beach, FL Recap

October 20, 2026

For nine Palm Beach County high school students, West Palm Beach became more…

Jeremy Klotz Takes Second Place in the Nation at NSF’s ERC Perfect Pitch Competition

October 2, 2026

Jeremy Klotz, a Ph.D. student at Columbia University representing the Center for Smart…

Rutgers WINLAB Summer Internship 2026 : From a Prompt to Verified Agent Applications

September 2, 2026

Professor Jorge Ortiz (Rutgers University) highlights the achievements of the 16 WINLAB summer…

Research Experience for Teachers 2026

August 7, 2026

Our Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program provides K–12 STEM educators with an…

CS3 Launches Fourth VALIDATE Accelerator Cohort with Community-Inspired Challenge Tracks

August 3, 2026

The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is now accepting applications for the fourth…

CS3 Awarded NSF Supplement to Advance Trustworthy AI for Street Safety

July 23, 2026

The Center for Smart Streetscapes (CS3) is pleased to announce a new supplemental…

Meet the Lehman College Students in REU Programs This Summer

July 8, 2026

This summer, five Lehman College students are expanding their research experience through hands-on…

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