The Center for Transportation Innovation - A Study for the State of California

In 1992, the California State Legislature passed Assembly Bill (AB) 3096, directing the State Department of Transportation (Caltrans) to conduct a study of a transportation research and development (R&D) center for the State. To do this study, Caltrans issued a contract to the California Council on Science and Technology (CCST). CCST in turn recruited a panel of transportation experts to conduct the study. This paper describes the results of the study that CCST did for Caltrans, and discusses some of the most important issues involved.