The Western Transportation Institute (WTI) is a center in rural transportation research and education located in the College of Engineering at Montana State University in Bozeman, MT. The WTI was founded in 1994 as a cooperative effort between Montana State University, the Montana Department of Transportation, and the California Department of Transportation, and has since been devoted to the improvement of transportation and travel in rural America.
The WTI has been affiliated with the engineering department at Montana State University since its inception, and the Institute has professional and student offices on the university's campus. Montana State University also leases the office space that house the WTI's primary off-campus facilities, which include meeting spaces, as well as state-of-the-art laboratories.
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