Given the critical infrastructure and energy issues facing our nation today, the need for collaborative research is at an all-time high.  Missouri Transportation Institute provides the coordination and seeks out research opportunities to respond to this need.

MTI brings private industry leaders to the table to partner on transportation research in response to MoDOT’s needs as well as national-level projects sponsored by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), and the U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technologies Administration (US DOT RITA).

What We Bring to Your Organization

MTI utilizes the multi-disciplinary resources of faculty, laboratories and students in the University of Missouri system and MoDOT. The interdisciplinary faculty and expert knowledge/skill sets available to MTI are:

• structural and geotechnical areas of engineering and transportation technology
• policy
• capital programming
• long range transportation planning
• urban transportation and land use planning
• business, management and finance
• economic development
• human factors and safety
• logistics
• performance measures and customer satisfaction
• transportation systems and modal experts in aviation, waterways, transit, freight, roadways, bridges and safety
• training
• data collection management
• transportation security and materials

Doing Business With Us

Downloadable links:

MTI/MoDOT Request for Pre-Proposal Process

MTI/MoDOT Research Proposal Process Flowchart

MTI/MoDOT Request for Unsolicated Proposal Process

MoDOT Research Vision

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