Transportations centers and other mechanisms to encourage interdisciplinary research and training efforts in transportation. Paper presented at the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Highway Research Board HRB, Washington, D.C., January 1973.

The concepts of interdisciplinary education in transportation and the mechanisms being used to establish such programs are discussed. Emphasized is the concept of transportation center as a means to enhance research and training opportunities in transportation. The results of a survey of 17 schools having transportation centers are presented.