• August 15, 2024

    RECAP: Future of Transportation Summit

    From Aug 13-15, 2024, the PacTrans team attended the Future of Transportation Summit in Washington D.C. Hosted by the US Department of Transportation (US DOT), the Future of Transportation Summit is an annual event organized by National University Transportation Centers led in its inaugural version by the Safety21 National UTC on Promoting Safety based at Carnegie Mellon University.

    With around 600 participants, ~250 in-person and the rest remote, the Summit brought together university researchers working across the following transportation research focus areas of the UTC program:

    • Improving the Mobility of Goods & People and Congestion
    • Promoting Safety
    • Reducing Transportation Cybersecurity Risks
    • Preserving the Environment
    • Improving the Durability and Extending the Life of the Transportation Infrastructure