MnDOT 2026 Transportation Research Showcase
Tuesday, October 6, 1-3 p.m., MnDOT Library
The MnDOT Office of Research & Innovation hosted the first ever Transportation Research Showcase, an event featuring poster sessions from MnDOT and Local Road Research Board research projects completed in 2025-2026. It was an opportunity for researchers and MnDOT staff to meet and discuss findings from recent projects.
The presentations included:
Bridges and Structures
- Evaluation of Corrugated HDPE Pipes Manufactured with Recycled Content
- Understanding Causes of Concrete Culvert Pipe Joint Separation
Environmental
- Investigating Real Storms and the Impact of Potential Climate Change Adaptations
- Assessing the Deterioration of Pedestrian Assets
- Comparison of Compost and Proprietary Soil Amendments for Vegetation Establishment
- Wet Pond Modeling for Contaminant Retention and Maintenance
- Sustainable Application of TDA in Stormwater Infiltration and Treatment
Maintenance Operations
- Harnessing Solar Energy through Solar Snow Fences
- Sustaining Performance of ASR-Affected Pavements: Effective Practices and Insights
- Haul Road and Detour Maintenance
- Mitigation of Tenting of Transverse Cracks and Joints in Asphalt Pavement
- Using Electric Vehicle Onboard Data for Pavement Quality Assessment and Management
Materials and Construction
- Pavement Design: Performance of Base versus Subbase
- Pavement Marking/Colored Pavement Friction Differential and Product Durability
- Standardization of SIP Calculation for Hamburg Wheel
Tracking Test - Taconite as a lower-cost, alternative high-friction surface treatment to calcined bauxite for low-volume roads in Minnesota
- Improving and Developing Pavement Design Inputs and Performance Functions for Cold Recycled Pavement Layers in Minnesota
- Investigation on Mix Design of Recycled Asphalt Pavement (RAP) Materials
Multimodal
Policy and Planning
- Advancing Equity in Capital Investment Decision-Making
- Grand Rapids GoMARTI Self-Driving Shuttle Pilot Program: Data and Research Support
- Mitigating Community Harms of Dense Highway Infrastructure - "Spaghetti Junctions"
- TRS: Culture Building and Behavior Change Strategies for VMT Reduction
- Behavioral Investigation of Temporary and Permanent Pedestrian Infrastructure
Traffic and Safety
- Assessment of Pedestrian Safety and Driver Behavior Near Automated Vehicles
- Assessment of Travel-Time Reliability and Operational Resilience of Metro Freeway Corridors
- Development and Demonstration of a Novel Red Light Running Warning System Using Connected v2i Technology
- Development of a System to Report School Bus Stop-Arm Violations
- School Times Impact on Students Walking or Biking to School: Safe Routes to School
- Understanding Risks and Opportunities for Ramp Metering Control in a Mixed-Autonomy Future
- Multi-Method Investigation of Pedestrian Safety Impacts of Right-Turn Lanes
- User-Centered Smart Traffic Sign Implementation Development Study
- TRS: Design an Impact of Rural Roundabouts
Page updated 10/14/26.