Graduate School of
Science and Engineering

Transportation systems are one of the most essential infrastructures for our social activities and daily life. However, in densely populated area, traffic congestion, air pollution, traffic accidents and delayed public transportation annoy our daily life, while, in rural area, city area has been widely spreading due to motorization and the city center has been empty. It causes our society to decline sustainability, livability, and eco-friendliness. Our mission is to come up with smart and optimal transportation systems with “intelligence” and to achieve livable society. The fundamental research consists of the following three steps; i) getting better knowledge about the nature of transportation network dynamics, ii) developing methods to acquire these in sights, and iii) using this knowledge to come up with innovative traffic management approaches. The current research topics cover the following area: modeling traffic flow and driving behavior, developing traffic data collection technique and active traffic management systems, and analyzing traffic safety and travel behavior.