Since 1993, researchers within the College of Engineering and Computing at Florida International University have conducted numerous research projects in the areas of public transportation, GIS, transportation demand modeling, land use planning, intelligent transportation systems, transportation safety, traffic simulation, and transportation databases. 

Located in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Lehman Center for Transportation Research (LCTR) at FIU is committed to conducting research and training to improve transportation mobility and safety, and educating a multidisciplinary workforce to plan, manage, and implement transportation systems.  LCTR is the only transportation center of its kind in South Florida (home to about a third of Florida's 18 million population.)  The Center currently has an active staff of over 20 full-time researchers and over 20 graduate and undergraduate research assistants. With over 50 graduate students, the educational program is currently the largest in the state of Florida and one of the largest in the nation.