$20M Grant Renewal for National Center for Sustainable Transportation
Research to Focus on Equitable Decarbonization of Transportation
"The U.S. Department of Transportation announced this week that the National Center for Sustainable Transportation, housed at the UC Davis Institute of Transportation Studies, will receive $20 million to lead a group of seven universities studying transportation effects on the environment. The award reinforces UC Davis’ standing as the nation’s leading university center on sustainable transportation.
The funding was granted as part of the Department of Transportation’s University Transportation Centers Program. This year’s grant competition drew 230 applications, the most ever in the program’s 35-year history. The Davis-based center is one of only five national transportation centers awarded under the University Transportation Centers Program, and the only one focused on the Department of Transportation, or DOT, research priority of “Preserving the Environment.”
The $20 million grant ($4 million per year over five years) will allow researchers at UC Davis and other consortium member universities to focus on accelerating equitable decarbonization that benefits both the transportation system and the well-being of people in overburdened and historically disadvantaged communities."