{"108131":{"#nid":"108131","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Tech to target highway safety and other transportation issues","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ELast month\u2019s designation of the Georgia Institute of Technology as the lead for one of 10 national Tier One University Transportation Centers (UTC) by the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) represents a positive step toward developing solutions to transportation challenges facing the state and region. The UTC will bring together a consortium of universities in Georgia, Florida and Alabama. Known as the National Center for Transportation System Productivity and Management, the Georgia Tech UTC will focus on transportation issues of importance to the nation, state and metropolitan areas.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27215","created_gmt":"2012-02-09 12:17:51","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:25:23","author":"Mike Alberghini","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"RadioBio","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"http:\/\/midtown.patch.com\/articles\/tech-to-target-highway-safety-and-other-transportation-issues","dateline":{"date":"2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2012-02-07T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1221","name":"College of Design"},{"id":"1224","name":"School of City \u0026 Regional Planning"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"15134","name":"University Transportation Center"},{"id":"15138","name":"UTC"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}