For more than 15 years, researchers at the Western Transportation Institute (WTI) at Montana State University (MSU) have focused on using technology to address the unique transportation challenges in rural areas. In particular, WTl's Systems Engineering Development and Integration program...

Innovative Solution Helps NEXTRANS Model Travel-Time Reliability

Researchers at Purdue University and the NEXTRANS Center (Region V Regional University Transportation Center) are applying cutting-edge technology to develop a model that can accurately measure travel-time reliability. This model may provide a new basis for transportation professionals to...

Livability, a Transportation "Threefer"

Livable communities are places that achieve economic prosperity, environmental quality, and social equity -the "three Es" of sustainability. In terms of transportation, they are places where transportation modes other than driving are viable for activities such as walking or biking to school....

Mitigating Crash Fires with Fuel Additives

One of the most serious factors in major accidents is fuel fire, which can kill or injure those involved in an accident and prevent rescuers from getting to those in need. This was the case on September 12, 2008, when a California Metrolink train slammed into a freight train, killing...

Innovative Use of Spatial Data Assists in Solving Truck Parking Shortage

Adequate truck parking at public rest areas and commercial truck stops and travel plazas is a nationwide concern for the freight transportation industry. Most of the nation's freight moves by truck, and experts project that this traffic will increase significantly in the coming years. A shortage...