{"id":2240,"date":"2025-01-08T16:41:40","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/?p=2240"},"modified":"2025-01-08T16:41:40","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T23:41:40","slug":"pacific-southwest-region-9-university-transportation-center-consortium-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/pacific-southwest-region-9-university-transportation-center-consortium-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Southwest Region 9 University Transportation Center Consortium Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sponsor: USDOT, through USC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>PI: Edward Smaglik<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Co-PIs: Steven Gehrke and Brendan Russo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center is the Region 9<br \/>\nUniversity Transportation Center funded under the US Department of Transportation\u2019s University<br \/>\nTransportation Centers Program. Established in 2016, the Pacific Southwest Region UTC (PSR)<br \/>\nis led by the University of Southern California and includes nine partners:<\/p>\n<p>California State University, Long Beach<br \/>\nNorthern Arizona University<br \/>\nPima Community College<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Berkeley<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Davis<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Irvine<br \/>\nUniversity of California, Los Angeles<br \/>\nUniversity of Hawaii<br \/>\nUniversity of Nevada, Las Vegas<br \/>\nThe Pacific Southwest Region UTC conducts an integrated, multidisciplinary program of<br \/>\nresearch, education and technology transfer aimed at improving the mobility of people and<br \/>\ngoods throughout the region. Our program is organized around four themes: 1) technology to<br \/>\naddress transportation problems and improve mobility; 2) improving mobility for vulnerable<br \/>\npopulations; 3) Improving resilience and protecting the environment; and 4) managing mobility<br \/>\nin high growth areas.<\/p>\n<p>Region 9 includes four diverse states as well as the Pacific Island territories. The region is<br \/>\nhome to eight metropolitan areas in excess of one million in population (including the nation\u2019s<br \/>\nsecond largest), four of the seven most visited U.S. cities on the globe, four of the nation\u2019s 10<br \/>\nbusiest airports, the nation\u2019s largest port complex, and the largest high tech region on the<br \/>\nplanet. At the same time the region is home to vast, sparsely settled desert regions, and some<br \/>\nof the most remote pacific islands. The region has the nation\u2019s highest proportion of non-native<br \/>\nborn populations, large concentrations of native American and native island populations, and<br \/>\nconcentrations of extreme poverty and disadvantage.<\/p>\n<p>The PSR UTC supports research that addresses the unique combination of problems in the<br \/>\nregion, serves as a clearinghouse for curriculum to improve transportation education programs,<br \/>\naddresses workforce development through targeted training, community college partnerships<br \/>\nand professional development, and conducts a comprehensive, multimedia dissemination<br \/>\nprogram.<\/p>\n<p>The PSR UTC is structured to have a truly regional focus and is intended to build a strong<br \/>\nuniversity-government-industry partnership. Our consortium of universities and community<br \/>\ncolleges, together with partnerships with state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and<br \/>\nMetropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs), forms a region-wide network to guide the<br \/>\ndevelopment and implementation of the center\u2019s research, education, and technology transfer<br \/>\nprograms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sponsor: USDOT, through USC PI: Edward Smaglik Co-PIs: Steven Gehrke and Brendan Russo The Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center is the Region 9 University Transportation Center funded under the US Department of Transportation\u2019s University Transportation Centers Program. Established in 2016, the Pacific Southwest Region UTC (PSR) is led by the University of Southern California [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2839,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5,15,35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-az_trans","category-current-research","category-research"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2839"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2240"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2241,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2240\/revisions\/2241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/aztrans\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}