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The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI)
Linköping University

The Centre for Traffic Research celebrates its 25th anniversary!

CTR 25 year anniversary
Published Oct 05, 2021

The Centre for Traffic Research (CTR) was established in 1996 by the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) on the initiative of the then Swedish Road Administration (Vägverket) to gather and develop expertise in road traffic processes.

Xiaoliang Ma (left) and former director of CTR, Ingmar Andreasson (right) on a conference visit in X
Researcher Xiaoliang Ma and former CTR-director Ingmar Andreasson on a conference in Xi'an, China.

The original name was Center for Traffic Simulation. Linköping University (LiU) soon joined as a partner.

CTR-doctoral students Jeffery Archer and Wilco Burghout at Stockholm City Hall (2005).

Until 2012, Professor Ingmar Andreasson led CTR. Since Ingmar's retirement in 2012, Dr. Wilco Burghout has been the director of CTR, where he himself has researched and completed his doctorate.

CTR-doctoral students Jeffery Archer and Wilco Burghout at Stockholm City Hall (2005).
CTR-doctoral students Jeffery Archer and Wilco Burghout at Stockholm City Hall (2005).

CTR's research areas range from data-driven traffic predictions to modeling of multimodal transfer nodes, motorway traffic control, connected vehicles and micromobility.

Hitherto, CTR's research has produced over 200 research reports and scientific articles, as well as 17 doctoral degrees. Today, 22 researchers are linked to CTR, which has an annual budget of SEK 9 million with the Swedish Transport Administration (Trafikverket) as the largest financier.

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