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Intelligent Transportation
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University of Minnesota
200 Transportation & Safety Building
511 Washington Ave SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455

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The ITS Institute is a national University Transportation Center (UTC) funded through SAFETEA-LU and administered by US DOT's Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

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Research explores privacy, legal implications of emerging ITS technologies

Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) technologies can provide planners and engineers with new tools that produce a safer and more efficient transportation system. However, because many of these technologies rely on the ability to track and record the movements of individual citizens, scholars and legal advocates have begun to raise privacy concerns. More

Sleepy driver takes a test drive

KMSP-TV Fox 9 News, May 21, 2008

Using the University of Minnesota HumanFIRST virtual driving simulator, researchers can monitor how a sleepy driver isn't able to drive safely. More

High school students get an inside look at transportation technology

Blaine high school students touring the U of M's transportation-related research facilities

Twelve students and two teachers from the Blaine High School Center for Engineering, Math, and Science visited the Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) and the ITS Institute on April 23. The Center for Engineering, Math and Science is a specialty program within Blaine High School offering an integrated and rigorous, in-depth program in mathematics, science, and engineering. More

“Merge madness”

Fox 9 News, May 1, 2008

John Hourdos, director of the Minnesota Traffic Observatory, contributes to an analysis of merging behavior among Twin Cities drivers. More

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