The National Institute for Transportation and Communities (NITC), one of five U.S. Department of Transportation national university transportation centers, is a program of the Transportation Research and Education Center (TREC) at Portland State University. NITC pursues their theme — improving mobility of people and goods to build strong communities — through research, education and technology transfer. Principal Investigators have to be a member of the consortium that includes the Portland State University, Oregon Institute of Technology, University of Arizona, University of Oregon, University of Texas at Arlington and the University of Utah.