Center for Health and Safety Culture Hosts Traffic Safety Culture Training
The Center for Health and Safety Culture (CHSC) hosted the annual in-person meeting for the Traffic Safety Culture Transportation Pooled Fund at WTI on September 28th and 29th. The meeting is part of a 5 year pooled fund program for which the Center is the principal research entity and management support. There are 11 states […]
Center for Health and Safety Culture Provides Training to 60 Professionals.
Jay Otto and Katie Dively of the Center for Health and Safety Culture trained 60 professionals on the new Positive Culture Framework designed to serve communities and organizations in their efforts to improve health and safety. The 2.5 day training held in Portland, Oregon last week hosted attendees from Canada, Palau, and thirteen states across […]
Get out and Bike, Use our Bike Share!
Need to get to campus during the day? Don’t want to drive? The WTI Bike Share is at your service. Bikes are marked with yellow tape on the racks in front of the building. WTI’s Taylor Lonsdale has worked hard to build this fleet equipped with accessories including racks, baskets, and fenders. Helmets are available […]
David Kack Leads Livability Webinar
Livability Webinar – Last week, David Kack led a webinar for the Sonoran Institute entitled “Livability and the Connection Between Housing and Transportation.” More than 130 people participated in the webinar, which is part of a series from the Institute’s Community Builders project. David provided an overview of the six principles of livability, with a […]
Safety Center Makes NRITS Debut
This year’s National Rural ITS Conference, Elevate ITS, was held last week at the Snowbird Resort, just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah. WTI attendees participated in sessions, networking opportunities, and recreation. WTI’s National Center for Rural Road Safety made its NRITS debut….the new booth was on display and Jaime Eidswick was on hand to […]
Former WTI employee, Amanda Hardy, Op-Ed contribution in The New York Times (online).
Amanda Hardy formally employed at WTI in the Road Ecology program shares here opinion “Our Highways’ Toll on Wildlife” in The New York Times (online).
Production of a Documentary Film on Road Ecology: Division Street
WTI worked with Eric Bendick of the MSU Graduate Science and Natural History Film Program to create a film for national distribution that was entered in film festivals around the U.S. to increase public awareness about road ecology and its scientific solutions. It was selected for showing at eight film festivals. Film available at: http://www.videoproject.com/divisionstreet.html […]
Marcel Huijser, Going the Extra Mile
Thanks to Marcel Huijser for going the extra mile – as he also does – preparing for a US Highway 93 excursion. The following letter was submitted to WTI by Rebecca Lloyd, U.S. Director of Conservation, Science and Action for the YELLOWSTONE TO YUKON CONSERVATION INITIATIVE: “I just wanted to send you a quick note […]
WTI will be initiating a Road Dust Institute
December 2009 — The Western Transportation Institute will be initiating a Road Dust Institute. This initiative will foster partnerships and promote research, education, and technology transfer to ensure best management practices for dust control. The Road Dust Institute is a part of the Western Transportation Institute’s strategic direction, aiding growth of the Road Dust Management […]
CSIL & WTI staff host a field site visit at Transcend
Researchers from the Corrosion and Sustainable Infrastructure Laboratory (CSIL), WTI, hosted a field site visit at Transcend, in conjunction with a project meeting, for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Association (PNS) members. There is currently a project underway that is being conducted by WTI researchers for the PNS members which focuses on the longevity of stored […]