Center Description

Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Center (TPOL) at George Mason University conducts a balanced program of sponsored research, independent research, and education. The Center is housed in the School of Public Policy, and draws on the School's faculty in regional science, technology policy, governance, and international commerce.

Currently, SPP's Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics Center is
an umbrella for the following five programs:

INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATIONS SYSTEMS
RESEARCH CENTER

Since its founding in 1991, the Center has maintained an active sponsored research program in intelligent transportation systems (ITS). TPOL manages the National ITS Implementation Research Center, a consortium of George Mason University, the University of Virginia, and Virginia Tech. TPOL is carrying out sponsored research on ITS deployment in the Washington, D.C. region.

TRANSPORTATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH CENTER

The Center is a University Transportation Center funded by the U.S. Department of Transportation.
www.gmupolicy.net/transport-econ

AEROSPACE POLICY RESEARCH CENTER

The Center holds a Short Course on The US Government Space Sector. Now in its fourth year, the course provides an overview of the departments and agencies, both civil and military, involved with U.S. Government space programs.The two-and-one-half-day course was developed primarily for individuals who would benefit from a broad-based understanding of the overall extent of the U.S. Government's involvement in space. www.gmupolicy.net/space/).

SPONSORED RESEARCH

Independent work by TPOL scholars covers a broad range of transportation topics with particular emphasis on regional science, technology policy, governance, and international commerce.

MASTER'S DEGREE IN TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM

A Master's degree in Transportation Policy, Operations and Logistics has been offered since the year 2000. The program is taught in person at George Mason's Arlington, Northern Virginia, campus, and through interactive video-conferencing in six locations around Virginia and in Montana. The program works closely with the Virginia Department of Transportation, and roughly half the students are VDOT employees.