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CTS at 40: Driving Innovation, Accelerating Discovery, Fueling Talent

New year brings new focus: CTS at 40

This year, CTS celebrates four decades since our founding. To kick things off, we've launched “CTS at 40: Driving Innovation, Accelerating Discovery, Fueling Talent." Check out a video roundtable with leaders past and present, notable milestones from our history, and more.

Read more about CTS at 40 

A group of people gathered around a planning model
Involving freight as a stakeholder in transportation projects
Congested traffic on a street in Los Angeles
Ten years of measurement reveals evolution of destination access across America
Researchers measuring a crack in pavement
Smoothing the ride: New strategies for combating pavement tenting
More news

CTS in the Media

  • Bridging the Mobility Gap
  • Study: MN needs better reporting of school bus 'stop-arm' violations
  • Deer crashes remain a concern as winter daylight stays short
  • After uptick in pedestrian fatalities, St. Paul urges drivers and walkers to step up, look out
  • Deer Highway: How the U.S. Route 14 Reconstruction was Retrofitted to Prevent Wildlife Collisions
More CTS in the media

Featured Events

January 22, 2026 Virtual
Research Radar Webinar: It's sNOw Problem—Snow and Ice Control
10:00am - 11:15am
March 18 - 19, 2026 In‑person
Minnesota Transportation Conference and Expo
St. Paul, MN
April 7, 2026 - April 8, 2026 In‑person
MnDOT Guardrail Identification and Inspection Workshop
Shoreview, MN
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CTS at 40: Driving Innovation, Accelerating Discovery, Fueling Talent

CTS at 40

Learn about CTS's 2026 annual theme, "CTS at 40: Driving Innovation, Accelerating Discovery, Fueling Talent."

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Annual Conference

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the 2025 CTS Transportation Research Conference on November 6. 

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