Maritime freight transportation was a hot topic in Fort Smith when stakeholders from across Arkansas and the United States gathered at the event co-organized by the U.S. Department of Transportation Maritime Administration, Western Arkansas Intermodal Authority, Western Arkansas Planning & Development District and Frontier Metropolitan Planning Organization.

We are developing a novel application of Lidar sensing technology. Our sensor detects trucks and identifies their body type.

Each summer we host a workshop at the MarTREC sponsored summer camp for middle school girls. We introduce future engineers to traffic engineering with interactive activities with driving simulators

Students from the Freight Transportation Research Data Lab host an after school workshop for 4th and 5th grade students that introduces them to traffic engineering, transportation planning, and road design.