摘要: |
The Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Institute is a congressionally designated national University Transportation Center (UTC) funded through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), the federal surface continues the Institute's bill passed in 2005. This funding continues the Institute's efforts initiated under SAFTEA-LU's predecessors, the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). The ITS Institute plans and conducts activities that further the mission of the U.S. Department of Transportation's UTC program: to advance U.S. technology and expertise in the many disciplines that make up transportation's UTC program: to advance US technology and expertise in the many disciplines that make up transportation through education, research, and technology transfer activities at unversity-based centers of excellence. |