Mineta lends support to
Midwest Regional Transportation Center

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta (left) presents a check for $870,200 from the U.S. Department of Transportation to College of Engineering Dean Paul Peercy. (29K JPG)

From left: Joining Peercy and Mineta are UW-Milwaukee's Ed Beimborn, an engineering professor, and John Wanat, vice chancellor. UW-Madison and UW-Milwaukee are both members of the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center. (31K JPG)

U.S. Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta awarded the Midwest Regional University Transportation Center a USDOT grant of $870,200 during a visit to Milwaukee April 25. The grant will help fund a regional freight transportation workshop focused on increasing diversity in the transportation workforce, development of a regional information services concept, and research into asset management programs.

The center is housed at UW-Madison, and is affiliated with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.