Center for Transportation Policy Studies

Overview

The Center for Transportation Policy Studies, headed by Dr. Edd Hauser, is an organization dedicated to the research and study of transportation issues and transportation related policy.

On August 2, 2002, the University of North Carolina Board of Governors officially created the Center for Transportation Policy Studies at UNC Charlotte. Chancellor James Woodward, Deans Bob Johnson and Schley Lyons, Associate Provost Wayne Walcott, and other top administrators at UNC Charlotte established the Center’s overall goal.

The goal was to gain recognition for the University as an expert resource for addressing and investigating transportation issues in the greater Charlotte area and the bi-state region.

Located in the McEniry Building on the campus of the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, the center serves as a resource for transportation policy-makers in North Carolina and nationwide.

The center conducts research and policy analyses that result in efficient and cost effective investments and sound decisions for developing and maintaining multimodal transportation systems and services.

The PhD program in Public Policy and the doctoral program in Infrastructure and Environmental Systems complement the research, strategic planning, management, and policy analysis studies at the Center.

The program areas of the Center for Transportation Policy Studies include transportation operations and management, disaster management, passenger rail transit development, travel information and tourism, and regional development.  A more complete list is shown under "Program Areas."