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Center for Transportation Research
Collaborate, Innovate, Educate
The Center for Transportation Research (CTR) is a multidisciplinary and multimodal research institute at The University of Texas at Austin. Recognized as one of the leading university-based transportation research centers in the world, our researchers, faculty members, and students work together to promote cutting-edge developments in transportation science and technology.
In addition to its own staff researchers, the center taps into an extraordinary range of expertise in multiple disciplines by collaborating with affiliated research centers across The University of Texas at Austin.
The Texas Autonomous Trucking Research Symposium
The inaugural Texas Autonomous Trucking Research Symposium was hosted by CTR on December 2, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The one-day symposium focused on understanding the factors enabling near-term deployment of autonomous trucking and identifying what still needs to be solved to scale safely. The sessions provide a practical snapshot of current deployment status in Texas, the evolving policy landscape, and a focused set of research and implementation priorities for 2026.
The inaugural Texas Autonomous Trucking Research Symposium was hosted by CTR on December 2, 2025, in Austin, Texas. The one-day symposium focused on understanding the factors enabling near-term deployment of autonomous trucking and identifying what still needs to be solved to scale safely. The sessions provide a practical snapshot of current deployment status in Texas, the evolving policy landscape, and a focused set of research and implementation priorities for 2026.
