UTC SAFETEA-LU Accomplishments (June 2014)

This booklet highlights the activity and significant accomplishments of the 60 University Transportation Centers (UTCs) reauthorized under the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). SAFETEA-LU reauthorized the UTC Program, which is...

University Transportation Centers: Celebrating 25 years of innovation in transportation research and education

America’s investment in transportation research and education through the University Transportation Centers (UTC) Program since 1987 has paid huge dividends. Thousands of graduates supported by the UTC Program are leading, designing, building, managing, and improving our...

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The history of the UTC Program begins in 1988, when the US DOT initiated the UTC Program as authorized in the Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act of 1987. After a nationwide competition, US DOT awarded grants to create a UTC in each of the ten standard Federal regions....

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