Georgia DOT provides matching funding for the Georgia Transportation Institute (GTI) University Transportation Center.
The GTI-UTC is a consortium of Georgia universities active in transportation research
and education and is a Tier I University Transportation Center with Federal sponsorship.
GTI is headquartered at the Georgia Institute of Technology and coordinates
activities of researchers at the following universities:
- Albany State University
- Clark Atlanta University
- Georgia Southern University
- Georgia State University
- Southern Polytechnic State University
- University of Georgia
More than 40 researchers are active in research on topics including policy and planning,
environmental issues, transportation technology, transportation infrastructure,
and traffic operations. GTI-UTC, in cooperation with GDOT, sponsors annual research
conferences to discuss research needs.