Oklahoma Universities to Collaborate on Transportation Research

August 25, 2006 8:30 AM, EDT

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he University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Langston University will form a consortium to conduct transportation-related research in Oklahoma, the Tulsa World newspaper reported Thursday.

The universities will conduct their research at the Oklahoma Transportation Center, which is expected to be designated a university transportation research center by Congress and receive access to federal funds to conduct its studies, the World said.

Planned research at the center includes a study of freight hauled through Oklahoma as well as an analysis of traffic accidents.

The project will be managed by the research and technology division of the federal Department of Transportation, the World said.