The Transport Research Centre (TRANSyT) is an organisation launched in 2004 by the "Universidad Politécnica de Madrid" (UPM) with the aim of:
• Generate management capacity and participation in programs, proyects and vanguard investigation within the transport area, with special interest in the European Research Area in the VI Frame Programme.
•Promote the relationship with centres of similar characteristics; national, European and worldwide, in order to exchange experiences, advising and the development of prototypes or pilot actions.
•Transfer technology to other countries, in particular to Eastern Europe, Northern Africa and Latin America, where collaborating tradition is of special importance.
•Transfer knowledge to the scientific community and the society as a whole within the transport sector.
•Serve as a link between universities and different transport authorities: administrations, companies and students and citizens interested in the subject.
