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Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University selected as "Innovation Center" by U.S. Department of Transportation

January 25, 2017 /

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Early this month, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced that the Western Transportation Institute at Montana State University has been selected as one of the agency’s new "Beyond Traffic Innovation Centers."

WTI is one of 18 university centers nationwide to receive the designation, and is one of only three centers selected to focus on addressing transportation challenges in rural areas.

"Most of the centers were selected to focus on urban mega-regions," said WTI Director Steve Albert. "We’re very excited that U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx also recognized that rural areas face their own unique mobility challenges. We need to ensure that people and goods can continue to move through the vast rural regions of the country."

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