Gallatin County Approves Money for Skyline
WTI’s David Kack, Skyline Bus Coordinator, went before the Gallatin County Commision to request $75,000 in support of the bus service connecting Bozeman and Big Sky. Skyline has made budget requests for the last seven years, but never had any funding approved by the Gallatin County Commission. In a split vote, the commission approved a […]
Center for Health and Safety Culture Receives Official Designation
The Center for Health and Safety Culture has been approved as an official university center by the Montana State University Board of Regents. Professor Nicholas Ward from the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering has been appointed as the Director of the Center. With this official designation, the Center is pleased to announce the launch […]
WTI has Bikes to Share
Need to attend a meeting on campus? Need lunch from Town and Country? Need to run an errand downtown? Need some exercise and fresh air? Hop on a WTI BikeShare bike! The five bike fleet can be found on the bike racks below the WTI building and they are marked with yellow tape or WTI […]
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V.I.P. Guest John West – Founder of WTI
WTI was honored to have John West, founding father of the Western Transportation Institute, visit for the first time in 15 years. John served as Caltrans Deputy Director as well as the Research and Innovation Division Director. He visited the WTI facilities at MSU last week and caught up with Steve Albert and met with […]
WTI Celebrates 20 year anniversary
UTC Partnerships Highlighted in National Transportation Magazine
(Article from WTI eNews April 2011) Successful research partnerships developed by the University Transportation Center program were the focus of a cover article in the January/February 2011 issue of Public Roads magazine. WTI Director Steve Albert and O. A. Elrahman, head of Research Coordination & Technology Transfer in the Transportation R&D Bureau at the New […]
The Road Less Traveled: Can well-informed visitors help ease congestion in gateway communities and near or within our National Park Roads?
(Article from WTI eNews April 2011) As winter comes to a close and the days become longer, summer travelers begin looking for places to wander. Despite the recession, or maybe because of it, national parks stand poised to receive yet another summer of near record visitors. A National Park in the Colorado Rockies is investigating […]
“One-Stop Shop” Website to Display Rural Traveler Information Across Four State Region
(Article from April 2011 eNews) Real-time weather information is a valuable resource for highway travelers making long distance trips, especially when they are faced with snow, ice or other challenging driving conditions. While there is plenty of weather and road information available on the Internet, it can be scattered over numerous websites, especially if a […]
Winter Maintenance and Effects – It’s not just about moving snow…
(Introduction from April 2011 eNews) The calendar tells us it is spring, but for those of us in the northern regions of the country, it may be wishful thinking and a bit premature to remove the snow tires on our vehicles just yet. As we reflect on this winter, we remember hazardous Thanksgiving driving, Christmas […]