The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Irvine (ITS Irvine) specializes in the application of advanced analytical techniques and technologies to contemporary transportation problems. Established in 1974, ITS Irvine's programs currently involve nearly 75 faculty members, professional researchers and graduate students from a variety of disciplines.

Research at ITS Irvine covers a broad spectrum of transportation issues including:

energy and the environment
alternative-fueled vehicles
transportation pricing and demand management
transportation/land use relationships
transportation safety
freight and logistics
advanced transportation management systems
advanced traveler information systems
transportation network optimization
real-time simulation of intelligent transportation systems
microsimulation models for transportation planning
activity-based approaches to travel behavior
GPS/GIS for transportation data collection and analysis

ITS Irvine is part of a University of California (UC) multicampus organized research unit with branches on the Berkeley, Davis, Irvine and Los Angeles campuses, and the University of California Transportation Center (UCTC), a federally-designated center for research on transportation systems and policy. The Institute also plays a major role in the intelligent transportation and telematics research component of the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Cal IT2) and in the ZEVNET hybrid-vehicle station car demonstration program of UCI's National Fuel Cell Research Center.

UC Irvine Institute of Transportation Studies

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