Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI)
Advancing knowledge and practice in sustainable transportation and development.
Established in 2002, the Transportation & Development Institute (T&DI) is one of the nine technical institutes of ASCE. Representing the community of transportation professionals and expertise within the 160,000+ strong global membership of the Society, T&DI serves as the home for all transportation & development-related activities at ASCE.
New and notable
ASCE’s flagship conference in transportation and development
ASCE’s longstanding specialty conference on pavement engineering
Created to address the most immediate needs of the profession through leadership in key technical and nontechnical areas.
Contending with thawing permafrost in northern latitudes as climate changes
Warming is causing permafrost in Arctic regions to degrade, affecting structures built...
Machine learning algorithms fuse data to forestall urban growing pains
Deep machine learning techniques are found to offer valuable insights and improve...
May 2025 TDI Presidents Message
Recent incidents have raised concerns about the safety of the US Air...
Manuel Bejarano Announced as 2024 Recipient of the Airfield Pavement Practitioner Award
The ASCE Transportation and Development Institute (T&DI) is pleased to announce Manuel...
Stuck at an intersection? You may need a ‘leading pedestrian interval’ for safety
The Federal Highway Administration’s recommendation to make crosswalks safer gives pedestrians extra...
House Democrats propose sweeping climate change bill
A March 2 House bill sets ambitious national targets for achieving net...
April 2025 T&DI President's Message
These conferences are being held in partnership with the Arizona Department of...
Improve railway safety with new way to analyze track conditions
Find out where train track maintenance is most needed by aggregating inspection...
ASCE2027: The Engineering and Infrastructure Experience
Something new is coming from ASCE in the spring of 2027. For...
Predict pavement conditions on a budget using datasets and AI
Researchers show how combining openly available datasets with artificial intelligence can help...
