The University of Arizona has established the new Arizona Transportation Research Institute, or AzTRI, equipped with the interdisciplinary expertise necessary to address the challenges of an ever-evolving transportation ecosystem with an eye toward partnerships and innovation.

AzTRI, operating under the UA's Office for Research & Discovery, includes researchers from across the UA campus. Ann Wilkey, a researcher with the College of Engineering, has been named associate director of the institute and will be working with experts including Larry Head, professor of systems and industrial engineering; Sally Stevens, professor of gender and women studies; and Jeff Burgess, associate dean for research in the Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health.