2026 National Mobility Summit: Advancing the Movement of People and Goods

The 2026 National Mobility Summit will convene leaders from the U.S. Department of Transportation, state and local government agencies, congressional offices, industry partners, and University Transportation Centers (UTCs) within the USDOT strategic area of Improving the Mobility of People and Goods 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.

📅 Date: Monday, June 8, 2026

⏰ Time: 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM

📍 Venue: University of Southern California Capital Campus

📌 Address: 1771 N St NW, Washington, DC 20036

Organized by the National Center for Understanding the Future of Travel Behavior and Demand (TBD) in collaboration with the Rural Safe Efficient Advanced Transportation Center (R-SEAT) Center and eight other UTCs, the Summit will bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, industry leaders, and students to explore the forces shaping the future of mobility. It will serve 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 program will focus on advancing knowledge and practice across key mobility domains, including travel behavior, freight and logistics, rural mobility, urban transit, data and AI integration, emerging technologies, and transportation system performance, and will feature a keynote address, panel discussions, a fireside chat, and a UTC Directors Roundtable aimed at building a coordinated national mobility research and deployment agenda.

For more information about the event and to complete the Expression of Interest form to attend,  please visit the Summit website.