CITT News

The Center for International Trade and Transportation is excited to announce our inclusion in a new U.S. Department of Transportation Climate and Transportation Research Center. This $1.7 million award will allow CITT and partner institutions to advance research and technologies to support the nation’s clean energy goals, accelerate decarbonization of the transportation sector, strengthen the resilience of the nation’s transportation infrastructure, and address environmental inequities created by the transportation system.

“Tackling the climate crisis and making our infrastructure more resilient has never been more urgent,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg in an official press announcement. “The funding and the new research center we’re announcing today will help develop the solutions we need to reduce carbon pollution from transportation and improve the resiliency of our infrastructure—and help turn those findings into national policy.” 

The Center will be led by Kari Watkins, an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and faculty affiliate at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies. Other member institutions of the Center include University of California, Davis, Texas Southern University, University of California, Riverside, University of Southern California and the University of Vermont. 

For more information, reach out to ClimateResearch@dot.gov.