Housed in the Institue of Urban Studies, The Center for Transportation, Equity, Decisions and Dollars (CTEDD) is a USDOT (Tier-1) University Transportation Center funded through the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology. CTEDD provides the regions of consortium members and beyond with extensive research, educational, outreach and leadership programs and resources to fulfill the demand for the updated knowledge and improving the decision making for the transportation systems via identifying the cost-effective solutions for maintenances and the strategic guidelines for improving the equal transportation services. These guidelines address how to develop an equal and inclusive access for all community members to use the transportation systems and thus lead to the most inclusive and equal access to opportunities. CTEDD is a University of Texas at Arlington-led partnership with the California Polytechnic State University, Georgia Institute of Technology, University of Wisconsin-Madison and University of South Florida.