{"id":851,"date":"2018-10-09T22:45:55","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T22:45:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/news\/?page_id=851"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:05:53","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:05:53","slug":"research-and-proposal-development","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/research-and-proposal-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Development"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Contacts<\/a>
Areas of Research<\/a>
Research Links<\/a>
TRAC Sponsors<\/a>
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Contacts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

For information about TRAC, contracting agencies, RFPs, or upcoming research possibilities, contact:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yinhai Wang<\/a>, Director, TRAC-UW, 206.616.2696
Mustafa Mohamedali<\/a>, Interim Research and Library Services Program Administrator, WSDOT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Information on proposal production<\/a> is available here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Areas of Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

TRAC researchers conduct projects in the areas of<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Airports
Bridges and structures
Construction management
Environment
Ferry systems
Freeway and arterial management
Freight transportation
Geotechnical engineering
Health and transportation
Highway design and safety
Intelligent transportation systems
Knowledge management
Maintenance
Multimodal travel
Pavements
Security
Technology transfer
Traffic engineering
Transportation planning
Urban design
Vehicle design and operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Please see our latest newsletter<\/a> to read about our most recent projects. <\/p>\n\n\n

Research Links<\/h2>\n

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Airport Cooperative Research Program<\/a>\u00a0
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials\u00a0<\/a>
Federal Highway Administration Research and Technology<\/a>
FHWA Research Opportunities
Funding Sources for Transportation Research: Competitive Programs (TRB)
Grants.gov Research Opportunities<\/a>
Mobility Innovation Center, UW\u00a0<\/a>
National Cooperative Highway Research Program<\/a>
National Science Foundation Research Opportunities<\/a>
PacTrans \/ Pacific Transportation Consortium<\/a>
Strategic Highway Research Program 2<\/a>
Transit Cooperative Research Program<\/a>
Transportation Research Board Request for Proposals<\/a>
Urban Freight Laboratory, UW<\/a>
Washington State Transportation Commission<\/a><\/p>\n

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TRAC Sponsors<\/h2>\n

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National Public Sponsors<\/h3>\n

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Nationally, we have prepared proposals for and conducted research with<\/p>\n

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European Commission
Federal Highway Administration\u00a0
Federal Transit Administration\u00a0
Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Programs Office
Joint Center for Aerospace and Technology Innovation
National Cooperative Freight Research Program
National Cooperative Highway Research Program\u00a0
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
National Institute on Aging
National Institutes of Health
National Science Foundation\u00a0
National Highway Institute\u00a0
National Traffic Safety Administration\u00a0
Pacific Northwest Transportation Consortium (PacTrans)
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Strategic Highway Research Program\u00a0
Transportation Research Board IDEA program\u00a0
U.S. Congress
U.S. Department of Energy
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. Forest Service\u00a0
Western Federal Lands Highway Division
and numerous other states.<\/p>\n

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Washington State Public Sponsors<\/h3>\n

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The Washington State Department of Transportation is a primary TRAC sponsor. We have also worked with many other agencies within Washington state:<\/p>\n

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City of Seattle and numerous other cities within the state
Challenge Seattle
Community Transit
King County Department of Transportation
King County Metro Transit
Mobility Innovation Center
Puget Sound Regional Council\u00a0
Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center
Seattle Department of Transportation
Snohomish County Public Works
Sound Transit
Washington State Energy Office\u00a0
Washington State Patrol\u00a0
Washington Traffic Safety Commission\u00a0
Washington State Transportation Improvement Board
Yakima Valley Council of Governments.<\/p>\n

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Private Partners<\/h3>\n

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TRAC has received private support from or worked as a subcontractor with<\/p>\n

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Amazon
Applied Research Associates
Battelle Memorial institute
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Booz Allen Hamilton
Cambridge Systematics
Chaparral Systems Corp.\u00a0
Commute Seattle
DKS Associates
Eco Resource Management Systems
ERES Consultants
Gaussian Solutions
Headlight, Inc.
Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute
Kittelson and Associates\u00a0
Microsoft
MORR Transportation Consulting
Pacific Northwest Laboratories
PACCAR
Pariveda Solutions, Inc.
Post, Buckley, Schuh & Jernigan, Inc.
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
Streetlight Data
Studio Pacifica
Texas Transportation Institute
The Bullitt Foundation
Urban Systems, Inc.
WAP Consulting
XR Navigation<\/p>\n

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