Research is a major focus of UCTC’s activities. In the most recent Strategic Plan, the following areas were identified as priorities.

Reforming Local Government Transportation and Land Use Practices

New Urban Designs for Multimodal Transportation

Improving Traffic Surveillance, Data Collection and Processing, Modeling, and Operations

Alternative Strategies for Managing Congestion

Planning for Security in Urban Transportation

Improving Transit Operations and Encouraging Transit Use

Transportation Air Quality, Energy and Climate Change Concerns

Protecting and Enhancing the Built and Natural Environment

Transportation Asset Management

New Strategies for Transportation Finance

Understanding Travel Behavior

Improved Methods of Goods Movement

New Institutional Arrangements for Effective Transport Delivery

Improved Response to the Transportation Needs of Diverse Populations

Retrospective Analysis on the Impacts of Large-Scale Transportation Infrastructure (e.g., BART, port expansions, HOT lane networks) to Inform Design and Practice of Future Mega-Projects (.e., HSR)