WTI News
Rob Ament to Speak in Crucial Habitat Webinar
WTI’s Rob Ament will be a featured speaker and panelist for an upcoming webinar, Crucial Habitat Assessment Tools (CHAT) and Wildlife Data. The program is part
Utah DOT Research Newsletter highlights WTI work
The Summer 2015 issue of the Utah DOT Research Newsletter highlights the valuable research made possible by Clear Roads, the Pooled Fund Project led by the
WTI to work with City of Bozeman
WTI will be working with the City of Bozeman on the development of a Travel Demand Forecast Model (TDM) as the City has just begun working
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
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
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
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
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
David Kack Presents to Bozeman Transportation Coordination Committee
David Kack made two presentations at a recent City of Bozeman Transportation Coordination Committee meeting, attended by members of MDT, Gallatin County, City of Bozeman, engineering
Geosynthetics testing
Eli Cuelho’s work in Geosynthetics in Subgrade Stabilization project, Geosythetica.net announces TenCate Mirafi® RS580i outperformed all geosynthetics tested by WTI. TenCate Geosynthetics develops and produces synthetic
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
Invited to Alaska for the International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation
WTI was well represented at the International Symposium on Systematic Approaches to Environmental Sustainability in Transportation last week, which was held at the University of Alaska
Clear Roads Pooled Fund publishes Best Practices Manual
The Clear Roads Pooled Fund has published a best practices manual for winter maintenance agencies to help them prevent corrosion in their vehicles and equipment. The
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).
Rob Ament’s work featured on MSU News
WTI’s Rob Ament interviewed by MSU News Service about roadside vegetation carbon sequestration. “MSU biologist says plants growing along roadways capture carbon, help mitigate auto emissions.“
WTI’s Marcel Huijser advises on Habitat Connectivity across Transportation Corridors in Bulgaria
WTI’s Marcel Huijser reviewed monitoring plans for expansion of Bulgaria’s transportation network and its impact on the environment conducted by the Dutch institute, Alterra, at Wageningen
ITE Feature Article: A Primer for Traffic Safety Culture
Article featured in the ITE Journal. ITEJMay TrafficSafetyCulturePrimer Ward Otto Linkenbach
Road Ecology work in Banff National Park featured in research highlights
“Bears use animal bridges to breed” featured in NATURE, Vol 506, 27 February 2014. Sawaya Et Al Nature 2014 Related project Banff DNA
MSU study proves that wildlife crossing structures promote ‘gene flow’ in Banff bears
WTI Road Ecology work is featured in MSU news. Read the story “Wildlife crossing structures promote ‘gene flow’ in Banff bears”
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
Update from TRIPTAC
TRIPTAC – Transit In Parks Technical Assistance Center To date, after almost four years of providing technical assistance to Federal Land Management Agencies (FLMAS), TRIPTAC has
National Rural ITS Conference
Article from WTI eNews April 2011 Coeur d’Alene, Idaho –August 28-31, 2011 Named by French-speaking fur traders, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho has long been a hub for exchanging
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
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
“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,
A View from the Window – the Locomotive Windshield
While defogging and chipping ice off of automobile windshields can be slow, tedious work, motorists typically have the tools and the ability to pull over to
Winter Maintenance and Effects Update
(Article from April 2011 eNews) As regions across the United States braced for snow storm after snow storm this winter, transportation in areas typically unaccustomed and
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
2nd Road Dust Best Management Practices Conference—Save the Date!
Article from WTI eNews April 2011 Las Vegas, Nevada – November 7-9, 2011 The 2011 Road Dust Best Management Practices Conference will bring together local, state and
Girl Scouts Engineering Day
(Article from WTI eNews, April 2011) Approximately one hundred Girl Scouts from Bozeman and surrounding communities visited MSU on Saturday, February 26 to explore engineering careers and activities. The
Safe Passages Research Experience for Undergraduates
(Article from WTI eNews, April 2011) The Western Transportation Institute completed the final year of its three-year NSF-funded Safe Passages Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program this
Colter Roskos presents at National Science Foundation conference
Civil Engineering graduate research assistant Colter Roskos presented a poster at the National Science Foundation’s Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation Division Grantees Conference, which was held January 3-7,
Sommer Roefaro presents at TRB
Sommer Roefaro, WTI Graduate Fellow and Master’s Candidate in Civil Engineering, presented Effectiveness of Signal Control at Channelized Right Turning Lanes: An Empirical Study during a poster session
WTI Hosts Bike Sharing Program Webinar
More and more cities around the country are considering bike sharing to help achieve environmental, public health, and transportation related goals, while also improving a community’s livability.
Jessica Mueller successfully defends thesis, “Safety Evaluation of a Medic’s Work Environment during Rural Emergency Response.”
Jessica Mueller successfully defended her thesis “Safety Evaluation of a Medic’s Work Environment during Rural Emergency Response,” completing all requirements for her Masters degree in Industrial
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
New data communications tower arrives for installation
DATA TOWER: The data communications tower was delivered to Transcend on 9/8/10. This tower will be constructed in the coming weeks and will be outfitted with
Safe Passages: Highways, Wildlife and Habitat Connectivity” featured in Bozeman Daily Chronicle’s “Out There” magazine.
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Transcend Facility Update: Snow guns
Does your project need an open road? Located in Central Montana at the former Lewistown airport, Transcend’s research facility offers four miles of real-world paved test
Researchers complete a man-made snow event.
WTI researchers completed a man-made snow event for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters Inhibitor Longevity and Deicer Performance Study. The goal of this event was to evaluate
WTI staff held a snowmaking event in February
Snowmaking: WTI staff held a snowmaking event in February to check and tune the snowmaking equipment. Based on data from this event, the fan guns will
Instrumentation boxes and conduit have been installed on the data tower
Data Tower: Instrumentation boxes and conduit have been installed on the data tower. Pending good weather, a camera and antennas will be installed on the tower
WTI personnel completed the third Field Operational Test.
WTI personnel completed the third Field Operational Test for the Caltrans Establishing Best Practices of Snow and Ice Removal research project. Similar to previous tests for
Washington State DOT donates two Halliday RT3 friction trailers for use at Transcend
Washington State DOT donated two Halliday RT3 friction trailers to Transcend and one was recently installed on a truck. The friction trailer will be used this
Transcend Advisory Committee Meeting February 24, 2010
The Transcend Advisory Committee met on February 24, 2010 via the web to review the history of the facility as well as projects underway and the
WTI researchers initiate a “Black Ice” event for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters
WTI researchers initiated a “Black Ice” event for the Pacific Northwest Snowfighters. The goal of this event is to evaluate the duration corrosion inhibitors last when
First Field Test for Snow and Ice Removal
WTI crews completed the first Field Operational Test for the Caltrans Establishing Best Practices of Snow and Ice Removal research project. Chemicals were applied late in
TRANSCEND Lab Aquires Portable Lighting Equipment
Transcend researchers acquired portable lighting equipment and additional snow removal equipment to facilitate snow making and winter research. The portable lighting equipment is used for nighttime
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