The University of Minnesota's Center for Transportation Studies (CTS) and ITS Institute conduct a wide range of transportation-related research, education, and outreach activities. The ITS Institute is a federal funded University Transportation Center. The Institute's activities are guided by its theme of enhancing the safety and mobility of road- and transit-based transportation through a focus on human-centered technology. This human-centeredapproach allows for new developments in the core ITS technologies of computing, sensing, communications, and control systems, which address significant safety and mobility problems. Additionally, the Institute addresses transportation issues related to a northern climate, investigates technologies for improving the safety of rural travel,and considers social and economic policy issuesrelated to the deployment of ITS technologies. For more information visit http://www.its.umn.edu/ or contact Max Donath at donath@me.umn.edu.