2026 National Mobility Summit
SPECIAL EVENT: September 14, 2026, 8:00AM - 5:00PM PT
New Date Announced!
The 2026 National Mobility Summit will convene leaders from the USDOT, state & local government agencies, congressional offices, industry partners, and University Transportation Centers (UTCs) to advance a shared national objective: strengthening the mobility of people and goods as a foundation for economic competitiveness, supply chain resilience, and quality of life across the United States.
Organized by the National Center for Understanding the Future of Travel Behavior & Demand (TBD), in collaboration with the Pacific Southwest Region (PSR) and eight other UTCs, this Summit brings together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, industry leaders, and students to explore the forces shaping the future of mobility. It serves as a dynamic forum to share new insights, highlight emerging research findings to inform policy and practice, and strengthen partnerships across academia, government, and industry.
The focus of this year's Summit is on advancing knowledge and practice across key mobility domains, including travel behavior, freight & logistics, rural mobility, urban transit, data & AI integration, emerging technologies, and transportation system performance, and features a keynote address, panel discussions, fireside chat, and UTC Directors Roundtable aimed at building a coordinated national mobility research and deployment agenda.
Program Focus:
- Travel Behavior; Freight & Logistics
- Rural Mobility: Urban & Transit
- Emerging Technologies; Data & AI Integration
- Transportation System Performance
Who is TBD?
The Center for Understanding Future Travel Behavior & Demand is a national University Transportation Center (UTC) established in 2023 by the USDOT.
TBD’s vision is to undertake breakthrough research that fundamentally re-examines and transforms the scientific base for measuring, monitoring, modeling, and managing traveler behavior, fostering the design, development, and operation of a people-centric, multimodal, intelligent transportation system.
