{"id":1727,"date":"2018-08-29T10:49:38","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T14:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/its-cuthemedev1.carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/?page_id=1727"},"modified":"2026-01-14T11:40:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T16:40:20","slug":"transportation-research-centre","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/research\/transportation-research-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Transportation Research Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/enhancing-public-transport-efficiency-1600x700-1.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Transportation Research Centre\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1400\" height=\"933\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-1400x933.jpeg\" alt=\"Two women using their smartphones to rent shared bicycles\" class=\"wp-image-34739\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-1400x933.jpeg 1400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-600x400.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-400x267.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-700x467.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Two-women-using-smartphones-to-rent-shared-bicycles-200x133.jpeg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1400px) 100vw, 1400px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The objectives of the Transportation Research Centre are to contribute knowledge and solutions to transportation issues and problems; to foster interdisciplinary, inter-departmental, and inter-university research; to provide opportunities for graduate students to gain research experience; and to provide information to the public on transportation solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Research interests include policy and planning challenges of increasing automation in driving, trustCAV, shared and sustainable mobility, intelligent transportation systems, automated vehicles and infrastructure, transition to electrification, eco-drive, risk in infrastructure investment, resilience of traffic network, resilience of transportation supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"application\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Application<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Urban and intercity transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Multimodal transportation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The new mobility era modes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Traffic management and control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Road safety<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sustainable development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Urban planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Modelling travel decisions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Shared-mobility-and-automated-vehicles.jpg\" alt=\"Shared Mobility and Automated Vehicles\" class=\"wp-image-34740\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Shared-mobility-and-automated-vehicles.jpg 600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Shared-mobility-and-automated-vehicles-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Shared-mobility-and-automated-vehicles-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/Shared-mobility-and-automated-vehicles-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"contact\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cee\/people\/ata-m-khan\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/engineering-design\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/63\/2026\/01\/ata-khan-1.jpg\" alt=\"Ata Khan\" class=\"wp-image-42245\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cee\/people\/ata-m-khan\/\">Contact Ata M. 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