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LTRC conducts short-term and long-term research and provides technology assistance, engineering training and continuing education, technology transfer, and problem-solving services to DOTD and others in the transportation community.

📢 LTC hotel room blocks are filling quickly! Join us March 7-10, 2027, at Baton Rouge's Raising Cane's River Center for ...
10/15/2026

📢 LTC hotel room blocks are filling quickly! Join us March 7-10, 2027, at Baton Rouge's Raising Cane's River Center for LTC '27 "Transforming Transportation: Moving Louisiana Forward."

💻Register today:
🔗: https://www.ltrc.la.gov/ltc_27/registration.html

🛎️Reserve your hotel:
🔗: https://www.ltrc.la.gov/ltc_27/acc.html

👩‍💻Join the tradeshow:
🔗: https://www.ltrc.la.gov/ltc_27/exhibitors.html

🧑‍💼Become a sponsor:
🔗: https://www.ltrc.la.gov/ltc_27/sponsors.html

We hope to see you there!

📢 New Research Project Underway: "Geotechnical Database Phase VI: Enhancing Public Access and Utilizing Artificial Intel...
10/01/2026

📢 New Research Project Underway: "Geotechnical Database Phase VI: Enhancing Public Access and Utilizing Artificial Intelligence to Digitize and Grow the Louisiana Database" by Nick Ferguson, P.E.

This research will enable DOTD to improve public transparency and access to valuable geotechnical information by converting historical documents into a structured, searchable, and accessible format. It will also provide DOTD personnel, consultants, engineers, planners, and other stakeholders with standardized tools for locating, reviewing, analyzing, and sharing geotechnical data. By reducing the need for manual data extraction and document searches, the framework will save time and resources, improve data consistency and informed decision-making, and help preserve valuable historical information. The resulting search and visualization tools will support more efficient project planning, infrastructure maintenance, design, and development.

🔗: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/IoUnh3F5ltLYm

🔍 New Study Published: "Statewide Non-Motorized Traffic Monitoring Study" by Ruijie “Rebecca” Bian, Ph.D., P.E.The growi...
09/23/2026

🔍 New Study Published: "Statewide Non-Motorized Traffic Monitoring Study" by Ruijie “Rebecca” Bian, Ph.D., P.E.

The growing emphasis on creating a multimodal transportation system in the U.S. requires high-quality multimodal traffic data for planning success. This research investigated strategies for integrating non-motorized (e.g., bicyclist and pedestrian) traffic monitoring into routine motorized traffic monitoring practices in Louisiana.

🔗: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/RevOFZm85adTf

🔍 New Study Published: "Trip Generation for Various Sites" by Ruijie “Rebecca” Bian, Ph.D., P.E.The purpose of this proj...
09/21/2026

🔍 New Study Published: "Trip Generation for Various Sites" by
Ruijie “Rebecca” Bian, Ph.D., P.E.

The purpose of this project was to determine whether ITE trip rates, published in the ITE Trip Generation Manual, are appropriate for use in Louisiana for a selection of land use types. Based on previous work conducted by LTRC for strip malls, it was anticipated that the published trip rates may not be applicable in Louisiana for a number of different land use types, six of which are investigated in this project (i.e., apartment complexes, urgent care facilities, dollar stores, car washes, drive-thru banks, and drive-thru daiquiri/boil shops). Further, the rates may be affected by contextual factors not included in the ITE Manual.

🔗: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/GHFXB5TtK2A6Y

Happy Workforce Development Day! At LTRC, our team helps thousands of transportation professionals each year expand thei...
09/17/2026

Happy Workforce Development Day! At LTRC, our team helps thousands of transportation professionals each year expand their skills, learn new technologies, and stay current in an ever-changing industry. From engineering and safety to IT, leadership, software, and professional development, our programs give Louisiana’s transportation workforce opportunities to grow.

Today, we’re celebrating our team, our instructors, our partners, and the professionals who make workforce development possible.

🔍 New Study Published: "Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities" by Bethany Stich, Ph...
09/16/2026

🔍 New Study Published: "Truck Parking Shortage: Improving Efficiency and Identifying Opportunities" by Bethany Stich, Ph.D. and Faisal Mallum, Ph.D. with the UNO Transportation Institute.

This study evaluated truck parking conditions in Louisiana to identify short-term operational improvements and long-term policy and planning solutions. The research incorporated a review of national best practices, stakeholder surveys and outreach, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and spatial regulatory analyses, and an economic impact assessment to assess the development of truck parking and the associated cost of not investing in parking facilities.

Findings provide actionable recommendations for state and local government officials and freight stakeholders in Louisiana.

🔗: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/eDIKWuFPAN08

LTRC research was recently featured in TRB Weekly! 🚧 The featured research, "LiDAR for Geotechnical Applications," focus...
09/15/2026

LTRC research was recently featured in TRB Weekly! 🚧 The featured research, "LiDAR for Geotechnical Applications," focused on the utilization of Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) technology within DOTD for various geotechnical applications.

Read the full research study:
https://www.ltrc.la.gov/pdf/2026/FR_727.pdf

Welcome back, Amar! LTRC is excited to welcome Amar Raghavendra, P.E., back as our new Associate Director of Research. A...
09/15/2026

Welcome back, Amar! LTRC is excited to welcome Amar Raghavendra, P.E., back as our new Associate Director of Research. An LTRC alumnus and longtime Louisiana DOTD Materials Lab team member, Amar brings nine years of experience to his new role, where he’ll help oversee the research happening across the center.

He recently sat down with our Publications Team to talk about the experience he brings to the role and his vision for building on LTRC’s distinctive research legacy.

🔗: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/mGAOWwahn4BTR

🔍 New Study Published: "Evaluation of Saturates/Aromatics/Resins/Asphaltenes (SARA) Fractionation of Asphalt Binders in ...
09/14/2026

🔍 New Study Published: "Evaluation of Saturates/Aromatics/Resins/Asphaltenes (SARA) Fractionation of Asphalt Binders in Louisiana" by Saman Salari, P.E.

The objective of this project was to evaluate asphalt binder characterization using SARA fractionation via Thin-Layer Chromatography with Flame Ionization Detection (TLC/FID), and to analyze these results alongside available Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC) data. The primary focus of this study was to investigate the sensitivity and capability of the TLC/FID-based SARA method in detecting variations in the chemical composition of asphalt binders.

🔗: https://new.express.adobe.com/webpage/Q3aie2TjHOZLc

This Labor Day, we celebrate the engineers, professionals, researchers, and technicians at LTRC, along with our partners...
09/07/2026

This Labor Day, we celebrate the engineers, professionals, researchers, and technicians at LTRC, along with our partners in state government, industry, and academia, who make our work possible. Thank you for all you do every day.

Our offices will be closed Monday, September 7, in observance of the holiday.

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4101 Gourrier Avenue
Baton Rouge, LA
70808

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

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+12257679154

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