research
CTRE staff members Reg Souleyrette (left) and Dan Gieseman work on innovative research in information systems, remote sensing, and GIS.
CTRE ensures that research will be oriented toward real-world results and applications by structuring its research activities around interdisciplinary and interorganizational teams. CTRE regularly publishes research reports and other products of research such as manuals and handbooks. See the full list of publications.
Can’t find what you're looking for? See also the Institute for Transportation, CTRE’s administrative home at Iowa State University.
Areas of research
Research at CTRE focuses on the following:
- Planning, design, and operations of transportation facilities
- Safety
- Asset management
- Sustainable transportation systems
- Transportation economics
- GIS tools
Projects
CTRE project information includes brief descriptions of research, researchers' contact information, a list of sponsors, and links to online reports and related publications. Projects are grouped according to the following listings:
- Research in progress
- Completed research
- Research reports
- Research sorted by principal investigator
- Research sorted by sponsor (ie., FHWA, Iowa DOT)
- Research sorted by project title
- Research sorted by keyword
- Project pages maintained by PI
To locate a specific project, you may want to use the Google-powered search page.
Sponsors/partners
CTRE's major sponsor is the Iowa Department of Transportation.
CTRE actively partners with public, private, academic, and professional organizations. In addition to city, county, and state-level partners, CTRE's national-level partners include
