{"id":1039,"date":"2018-11-14T07:19:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T07:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/?page_id=1039"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:42:41","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:42:41","slug":"washington-state-department-of-transportation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/washington-state-department-of-transportation\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington State Department of Transportation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In 1983, WSDOT, the University of Washington, and Washington State University formed a partnership that established TRAC. TRAC provides a link among the government, university researchers, and the private sector. For WSDOT, TRAC acts as a liaison, connecting those who need applied research with those at the universities best suited to conduct it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WSDOT Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wsdot.wa.gov\/about\/library-research-reports\/library\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library Services<\/a><br><a aria-label=\"Research Office\nResearch Reports\n (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wsdot.wa.gov\/Research\/Reports\/default.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Reports<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/images\/fountain_dot.jpg\" alt=\"Fountain on the Washington State Department of Transportation campus.\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Areas of Research<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Operations: Emergency management, finance, freight mobility, ITS\/congestion, maintenance operations, NCHRP review, passenger rail, public-private partnerships, security, snow and ice removal, tolling, traffic operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Engineering: Construction, materials, pavement, geotechnical, water resources, design safety, geometrics, bridge engineering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Multimodal: Air quality, aviation, bicycle\/pedestrian, biology, environment, noise, public transportation, student studies, sustainability, Washington State Ferries, wildlife passage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WSDOT Webinar Wednesdays<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WSDOT\u2019s Research &amp; Library Services Office hosts Webinar Wednesdays, a series of bimonthly, one-hour webinars highlighting WSDOT research results. Each webinar showcases a research project whose results could eventually be implemented statewide or in other states. Since March 2017 this popular program has covered a wide range of transportation topics, from engineering to the environment, construction to conservation, and policy to preservation. <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gotostage.com\/channel\/0abd9eb61c7144baa4141b1c1af8b53d\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Access to previously recorded webinars<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">WSDOT Helpful Documents<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Research Procedures<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/pdf\/WSDOT_Research_Procedures_Manual_October2023_(0426).pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Procedures Manual (2023 v2)<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Proposal Preparation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/pdf\/Research_CONTRACT_scope_of_WORK_PREPARATION_Guide_v2026.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Research Contract Scope of Work Preparation Guide (2026)<\/a>\u00a0(MS Word proposal template will download)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Report Production<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/pdf\/WSDOTResearchReportGuidelines_April2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WSDOT Research Report Guidelines (2025)<\/a>&nbsp;(PDF)<br><a href=\"https:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/pdf\/ADA_508_Compliance_for_TRAC_Authors_2026.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ADA Section 508 Accessibility Compliance Guide (2026)<\/a> (PDF)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 1983, WSDOT, the University of Washington, and Washington State University formed a partnership that established TRAC. TRAC provides a link among the government, university researchers, and the private sector. For WSDOT, TRAC acts as a liaison, connecting those who need applied research with those at the universities best suited to conduct it. WSDOT Links &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/washington-state-department-of-transportation\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Washington State Department of Transportation<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1039","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1039","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1039"}],"version-history":[{"count":39,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1039\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7354,"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1039\/revisions\/7354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/trac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1039"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}