• MIT transportation research addresses the broad issue of sustainable accessibility, not just the mechanics of mobility.

  • “Our aspiration is nothing less than to pioneer transportation technology for the twenty-first century.”

    Subra Suresh, Dean of Engineering

Transportation@MIT news:

A Global Collaboration to Chart the Future of Urban Mobility

MIT and the National Research Foundation of Singapore announced the launch of a project to develop new models and tools for the planning, design, and operation of future urban transportation. Aimed at making urban transportation systems more environmentally sustainable — first in Singapore, and ultimately on a global scale — these new models will be developed and deployed by nearly 60 researchers from four academic institutions... (see full release)

Transportation@MIT Rethinks Everything

A new program applies MIT’s collective smarts to the problem of moving around... (see full story from ArchitectureBoston)

 

Upcoming events:

Next up in the Transportation@MIT Seminar Series

December 1

Algorithmic Game Theory and Transportation: A Survey
Andreas Schulz, Patrick McGovern Professor of Mathematics of Operations Research, Head of Operations Research and Statistics Group at the Sloan School of Management



About the initiative:

Transportation@MIT is a coordinated effort to address one of civilization’s most pressing challenges: the environmental impact of the world’s ever-increasing demand for transportation.

Building on MIT’s rich tradition of engineering research and interdisciplinary collaboration, the initiative knits together the wide-ranging, robust research already under way at the Institute and creates new opportunities for education and innovation.

A recent survey of 1,300 MIT faculty and research staff found that researchers across the Institute are conducting research in nearly every area of modern transportation. Over 230 faculty and research staff are working in areas related to transportation, from motor vehicles to urban infrastructure planning to aviation efficiency to adaptive technologies and their influence on personal behavior.

The initiative will start as a two-year pilot program with initial support from its three participating schools. Plans are under way for the development of two labs, one in Cambridge and one outside the United States, where researchers can apply and test new processes, technologies and policies.

Transportation@MIT is led by Associate Dean of Engineering for Academic Affairs Cynthia Barnhart and draws on the strengths of three schools at MIT: the School of Engineering, the School of Architecture and Planning, and the MIT Sloan School of Management.