The James E. Clyburn University Transportation Center (JECUTC) was established in 1998 as a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC) under the Transportation Equity Act of the 21st Century. Its purpose is to assist federal, state, and local governmental agencies in meeting their goals to develop a highly skilled workforce to meet the future needs in transportation. The major focus of the JECUTC's intermodal research, education, and technology transfer programs is
The goal of the JECUTC is to assist federal, state, and local agencies.