UTC
In This Section
Improving the Functionality and Resilience of Roadway Tunnels
Road tunnels are an important component of transportation infrastructure. Increased urbanization, population density and traffic congestion demand greater investments in underground transportation infrastructure. Underground transportation offers better traffic efficiency and long-term...
Installation of a Smart Roadway Testbed in Brooklyn, NY to Measure the Impact of Overweight Trucks
Our January 2020 newsletter highlights the work of one of our USDOT Tier 1 University Transportation Centers, Connected Cities with Smart Transportation (C2SMART). C2SMART has been researching the damage caused by illegal overweight trucks on bridges and pavements in...
University Transportation Centers - Annual Outstanding Student of the Year Awards
Attitudes Towards the Future of Transportation
The Center for Teaching Old Models New Tricks(TOMNET), is a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) at Arizona State University (ASU). Aptly named, it is researching behaviors that affect mobility choices: how do people choose to get around; how many and what types of vehicles...
2019 Grant Deliverables and Requirements for UTCs
FAST Act General Provisions of Grants for UTCs
New Procedure with Dust Column for Measuring Effectiveness of Dust Control Palliatives
Surveys conducted by the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) in 2007, 2010, 2011 and 2016 indicate that 90% of Alaskan communities report road dust as a problem (DEC 2018). The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) (1998) estimates up to one inch of surface aggregate is lost on...
2018 UTC Annual Report to Congress
Smartphone App Uses Personalized Incentives to Nudge Commuter Behavior Changes in Washington DC and Baltimore
The National Center for Strategic Transportation Policies, Investments and Decisions (NTC) at the University of Maryland has developed a smartphone app that can be personalized for individual users to provide real-time multimodal traveler information. The “incenTrip” technology has now been...