DC Department of Transportation (DDOT) Transportation Research and Program Management Consortium.

The main objective of the DDOT Research Program is to support the broad mission of DDOT, which is to enhance the quality of life for the District residents and visitors by ensuring that people, goods, and information move efficiently and safely, with minimal adverse impacts on residents and the environment. As Howard University leads the effort to manage the DDOT Research Program, several universities are involved in performing the corresponding research tasks. The George Washington University, under the lead of Professor Samer H. Hamdar, is mainly involved in tasks related to “transportation systems operations and management”, “intelligent transportation systems” and “technology and data”. Special focus is on vulnerable travelers given the higher than average fatality and injury rates for pedestrians and bicyclists in the Washington DC Metropolitan Area (compared to other locations in the USA).