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...

UTC Program 2017 Grant Solicitation

UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS PROGRAM

2017 GRANT SOLICITATION

For Regional Centers in Federal Regions 1, 2, 3

Eligibility to apply under this solicitation is limited only to a consortium of two or more eligible non-profit institutions of higher education located in one...

UTC National Comp NOFO

FY 2018 NOTICE OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY for NATIONAL CENTER FOR CONGESTION RESEARCH and NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFRASTRUCTURE RESEARCH

Opening Date: September 21, 2018Required Letter of Intent Due: October 12, 2018Application Due: December 3, 2018 

draft-defect-with-doc-UTC Program 2017 Grant Solicitation

UNIVERSITY TRANSPORTATION CENTERS PROGRAM

2017 GRANT SOLICITATION

For Regional Centers in Federal Regions 1, 2, 3

Eligibility to apply under this solicitation is limited only to a consortium of two or more eligible non-profit institutions of higher education located in one...

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces More than $60 Million in Funding for Leading Transportation Research

U.S. Department of Transportation Announces More than $60 Million in Funding for Leading Transportation Research

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of...

Research Helps City Improve Crash-Prone Bike Lane

Dozens of cyclists have crashed on a slice of railroad tracks in Knoxville, Tennessee. Researchers at the Southeastern Transportation Center at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK), developed a cost-effective solution.

According to a recent study published in the Journal of...

Research Helps Local Agencies Predict Accidents to Make Rural Highways Safer

New data collection methods and computing techniques are powerful tools for improving the safety of the nation’s roads. Researchers and road agencies use those tools to predict accidents so they can focus efforts on designing highways and making improvements that minimize crashes.

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Surtrac for the People: Upgrading the Surtrac Pittsburgh Deployment to Incorporate Pedestrian Friendly Extensions and Remote Monitoring Advances

With research funding from the Traffic21 Institute’s Mobility21 University Transportation Center Program, Dr. Stephen Smith, Director of the Intelligent Coordination and Logistics Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon University, developed the Scalable Urban Traffic Control (Surtrac), the world’s first...

Q&As about Notice of Funding Opportunity for Two National UTCs

Question:  Per the guidelines, Federal funds under 23 USC § 504(b) or 505 may be used as match.   I reviewed all of our awards that flow down from the Federal Highway Administration...