PUBLIC LAW 103-272—JULY 5, 1994 108 STAT. 815 (2) to improve information systems for infrastructure construction and management; and (3) to study advanced materials and automated processes for constructing and rehabilitating public works facilities. (c) URBAN TRANSIT INSTITUTE. —The Secretary shall make grants to North Carolina A. and T. State University through the Institute for Transportation Research and Education, the University of South Florida, and a consortium of Florida A. and M., Florida State University, and Florida International University to establish and operate an interdisciplinary institute to study and disseminate techniques on the diverse transportation problems of urban areas experiencing significant and rapid growth. (d) INSTITUTE FOR INTELLIGENT VEHICLE-HIGHWAY CONCEPTS. — The Secretary shall make grants to the University of Minnesota, Center for Transportation Studies, to establish and operate a national institute for intelligent vehicle-highway concepts. The institute shall conduct research and recommend development activities that focus on methods to increase roadway capacity, enhance safety, and reduce negative environmental effects of transportation facilities by using intelligent vehicle-highway systems technologies. (e) INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH AND EDU- CATION. — The Secretary shall make grants to the University of North Carolina to conduct research and development and to direct technology transfer and training for State and local transportation authorities to improve the overall surface transportation infrastructure. (f) APPLICABILITY OF TITLE 23.— Amounts authorized by section 5338(d) of this title may be obligated in the same way as amounts are apportioned under chapter 1 of title 23. § 5317. Transportation centers (a) GRANTS FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION CENTERS.— (1) The Secretary of Transportation shall make grants to nonprofit institutions of higher learning to establish and operate regional transportation centers in each of the 10 United States Government regions that comprise the Standard Federal Regional Boundary System. (2) A nonprofit institution of higher learning interested in receiving a grant under this subsection shall submit an application to the Secretary in the way and containing the information the Secretary prescribes. The Secretary shall select each recipient on the basis of the following: (A) the regional transportation center is located in a State that is representative of the needs of the Government region for improved transportation and facilities. (B) the demonstrated research and extension resources available to the recipient to carry out this subsection. (C) the capability of the recipient to provide leadership in making national and regional contributions to the solution of immediate and long-range transportation problems. (D) the recipient has an established transportation program encompassing several modes of transportation. (E) the recipient has a demonstrated commitment of at least $200,000 in regularly budgeted institutional amounts each year to support ongoing transportation research programs. (F) the recipient has a demonstrated ability to disseminate results of transportation research and educational programs North Carolina A&T State University. University of South Florida. Florida A&M. Florida State University. Florida International University. University of Minnesota. University of North Carolina.
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