The U.S. Department of Transportation has awarded a $3.5 million grant to the National Center for Freight and Infrastructure Research and Education (CFIRE), a consortium led by the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The grant will fund research, outreach and education on multimodal freight systems and will allow CFIRE to continue its innovative freight research as a Tier I University Transportation Center (UTC).
Researchers in the center aim to make multimodal freight systems work for economic recovery and quality of life. “Freight moves by truck, water, air and rail,” says Teresa Adams, a UW-Madison professor of civil and environmental engineering and CFIRE director. “This grant will allow us to identify strategies for better connecting the networks.”
The CFIRE consortium is a collaborative partnership among 10 universities arranged into northern and southern “hubs.” Led by UW-Madison, the northern hub includes the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, University of Wisconsin–Superior, University of Illinois–Chicago, University of Toledo, and Michigan Technological University. The University of Memphis will lead the southern hub, which also includes Vanderbilt University, University of Alabama–Huntsville, and University of Southern Mississippi. [click to continue…]
