Western Transportation Institute

The center, SURTCOM, combines the talents of the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University, Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University, and the Urban and Regional Planning program at Eastern Washington University into an organization that can enhance mobility in small urban, rural and tribal communities and areas.

The mission of the Small Urban, Rural and Tribal Center on Mobility is to conduct research and provide leadership, education, workforce development and technology transfer in all transportation-related aspects of mobility for people and goods, focusing specifically on small urban, rural and tribal areas.

Mobility
SURTCOM works on improving the mobility of people and goods, while also addressing focus areas such as:

• Increase access to opportunities that promote equity in connecting regions and communities, including urban, rural and tribal communities;
• Innovations to improve multi-modal connections, system integration and security;
• Modal shifts;
• Ridesharing and alternative forms of transportation;
• Increasing active transportation modes, including walking and cycling;
• Land use and transportation planning;
• Smart Cities;
• Link between health and transportation;
• Workforce development and capacity building.