The National Institute for Transportation and Communities program (NITC) has selected its latest round of general research projects. The NITC executive committee chose to fund six projects out of the 22 proposals submitted.

The new projects feature principal investigators from five of NITC’s partner schools: the University of Arizona, the University of Oregon, the Oregon Institute of Technology, Portland State University and the University of Utah. Two projects involve collaboration between universities.

Each of the selected proposals advances NITC’s core theme of improving mobility of people and goods to build strong communities:

• Updating and Expanding LRT/BRT/SCT/CRT Data and Analysis; Arthur C. Nelson (University of Arizona)
• Life-space mobility and aging in place; Ivis Garcia Zambrana (University of Utah)
• Understanding Factors Affecting Arterial Reliability Performance Metrics; Avinash Unnikrishnan and Sirisha Kothuri (Portland State University)
• Planning in gateway and amenity communities: understanding unique challenges associated with transportation, mobility, and access to opportunity; Danya Rumore (University of Utah) and Philip Stoker (University of Arizona)
• Developing Data, Models, and Tools to Enhance Transportation Equity; Amy Lubitow and Julius McGee (Portland State University), Raoul Liévanos (University of Oregon)
• ADA Accessible Trail Improvement with Naturally Occurring, Sustainable Materials; Matthew Sleep (Oregon Institute of Technology)