National Institute for Congestion Reduction – Finding innovation solutions to traffic congestion.

YEAR ONE PROJECTS

Read about NICR's Y1 projects, view abstracts and learn more about how NICR is solving congestion issues during its first year.

Learn More

NICR NEWSLETTER

The National Institute for Congestion Reduction sends out periodic updates about research initiatives, education, webinars, presentations, scholarships, community outreach, and more.

NICR WEBCAST SERIES

New webcasts are released every other Thursday beginning in February 2021 from 12:00 to 1:00 PM EST. For those unable to attend, the webinars will be recorded and available for viewing the following week.

view the schedule

54 distinguished faculty

46,000 citations

1,400 conference presentations

600 journal presentations

Mission Statement

The National Institute for Congestion Reduction (NICR) will emerge as a national leader in providing multimodal congestion reduction strategies through real-world deployments that leverage advances in technology, big data science and innovative transportation options to optimize the efficiency and reliability of the transportation system for all users. Our efficient and effective delivery of an integrated research, education, workforce Mission Statement development and technology transfer program will be a model for the nation.

Learn more

STUDENT NEWS

Texas A&M Transportation Institute announces 2021 NICR interns
April 1, 2021

NICR student activity meeting – January 2021
January 15, 2021

Two NICR students receive national awards from the Council of University Transportation Centers (CUTC)
January 11, 2021

Meet the Connected & Autonomous Transportation Systems (CATS) Laboratory
December 10, 2020

Taylor Dinehart – USF Graduate Student Spotlight
January 10, 2020

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Webinar: Meet the California Minimum GTFS Guidelines
May 5, 2021

RECORDED WEBINARS

Webinar: WSDOT’s Telework Transformation: Worker-Centered Change
April 22, 2021

Friday Transportation Seminar Series: Testing Autonomous Vehicles with Naturalistic and Adversarial Driving Environment
April 21, 2021

Friday Transportation Seminar Series: The Multi-Modal Intelligent Traffic Signal System – Using V2X Data for Priority-Based Traffic Control
April 10, 2021

Webinar: Commute Trip Reduction-Based Congestion Mitigation, What Works and What Doesn’t Work?
March 25, 2021

RECENT NEWS & EVENTS

Apr132021

Didier Valdés-Díaz, Ph.D. earns 2019-2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor Award

NewsApril 13, 2021

Congratulations to Didier Valdés-Díaz, Ph.D. for earning the 2019-2020 Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor Award from the Department of Civil Engineering and Surveying of the UPRM School of Engineering. This award is given to faculty members with outstanding performance in education, research, administrative, or service activities thru the past academic year. The award is selected by…

Apr12021

Texas A&M Transportation Institute announces 2021 NICR interns

News, StudentsApril 1, 2021

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) begins the 8th year of its internship program this summer. The National Institute of Congestion Reduction is a proud partner of the 2021 program. TTI has held internship programs with the Safe-D, CARTEEH, ATLAS (2014-2016), and other University Transportation Centers with a focus on health, safety, and transportation. Funding…

Apr12021

NICR’s Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D. earns the 2021 ASCE Wilbur S. Smith Award

NewsApril 1, 2021

Congratulations to Benjamín Colucci-Ríos, Ph.D., director of the Puerto Rico LTAP Transportation Technology Transportation Center and the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez Outstanding Civil Engineering Professor, on being selected as the 2021 ASCE Wilbur S. Smith Award recipient for his unending leadership and dedication to action for the improvement of road safety in Puerto…