About the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

The Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI) continues to serve as Virginia Tech's largest university-level research center and is dedicated to conducting research to save lives, save time and save money in the transportation field by developing and using state-of-the-art tools, techniques, and technologies to solve transportation challenges. Its cutting-edge research is effecting significant change in public policies in the transportation domain on both the state and national levels.

VTTI continues its success by employing an elite team of multi-disciplinary researchers, engineers, technicians, support staff, and students. The Institute conducts applied research to develop new techniques and technologies to study transportation challenges from various perspectives: vehicle, driver, infrastructure, and environment. To accomplish its ground-breaking research, the Institute has at its disposal a wide-range of tools to explore transportation problems including facilities such as the Virginia Smart Road and VTTI's internally-developed Data Acquisition System (DAS). These capabilities have earned VTTI a unique standing in the transportation research field and have made the Institute a "one-stop-shop" for transportation research, evaluation, analysis and development.

VTTI Background

In 1996, the Institute was designated as one of three Federal Highway Administration/Federal Transit Administration Intelligent Transportation Systems (FHWA/FTA ITS) Research Centers of Excellence. Since then, VTTI has grown tremendously and has garnered a reputation as one of the leading transportation research institutions in the nation. Its cutting-edge research is effecting significant change in public policies in the transportation domain on both the state and national levels. In 2005, due to VTTI's continued research leadership, VTTI was designated the National Surface Transportation Safety Center for Excellence (NSTSCE).