Researchers test and implement online system for right-of-way (ROW) utility permits Try to think of an aspect of our lives that is not impacted by the Internet. The technology that brought us video on demand and faster-than-you-can-blink searches now offers an online system to benefit utility companies and transportation agencies. Researchers at the Texas Transportation [...]

Internal teamwork helps outreach of TMIP Pooling the talented resources of multiple programs located in multiple locations to support a single effort sounds ideal in theory, but is not always easy. The support and outreach program of the Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP) at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) pulls it off, though, and is [...]

Pipeline networks around the world are a vital part of our global infrastructure. Pipelines stretch across more than 1.5 million miles in the U.S. alone, so ensuring they remain an effective means for transporting fuel is a full-time job. As it strives to maintain and improve the safety of the world’s pipelines, Pipeline Research Council [...]

Researchers, team members supply strategies to ease congestion on Austin’s Loop 1, MoPac Expressway Austin, Texas, widely dubbed the “Live Music Capital of the World” has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years that transformed the town into a thriving and vibrant center of tourism, culture, higher-learning and technology. But accompanying Austin’s booming growth are gridlock [...]

The National Work Zone Information Clearinghouse is hosting the National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference in October. This conference will connect national transportation leaders with representatives from all levels of government and private industry to discuss the challenges of, and cutting-edge solutions to, work zone safety. “As a forum for information exchange, the [...]

In 2005, over 1,000 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes occurring in highway work zones across the United States. Better educating workers about safety issues can help them avoid dangerous, even deadly situations. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is part of a broad consortium awarded a grant by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) [...]

Agencies pool resources for national security The worst of situations brought out the best in collaborative research efforts for a group of agencies dedicated to making our nation safer. Since 2004, Sandia National Laboratories and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have collaborated on projects for several federal agencies including the United States Department of Energy, [...]

TTI Day 2007 In honor of his first TTI Day as Director of the Institute, Dennis Christiansen wore the shirt given to him several months earlier by plaid-adoring, outgoing director Herb Richardson at his retirement party. “This is the first time this shirt has been worn,” Christiansen announced, prompting laughs from the nearly 400 employees [...]

The Texas Transportation Institute is proud to announce the 2007 inductees of the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. They will be formally inducted in a ceremony on September 25 at the Texas Department of Transportation’s Greer Building in Austin. The Hall of Honor is located in the main conference room in Texas Transportation Institute’s Gibb [...]

The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and several paving contractors around the state to field test a new quality control system for asphalt paving. Not only does the system designed by TTI give an accurate evaluation of the quality of the asphalt, it also relieves the contractor’s [...]

Coordinated plans in three Texas cities, eight nationwide, aim to reduce congestion Congestion. It is the bane of the modern, busy and enterprising city. More than just an irritant for commuters, congestion is like a clogged artery that affects every aspect of a city’s “health” from air quality, to the economy, to quality of life. [...]

Many players involved in regional public transportation coordination What do you get when you combine public transportation and health and human service agencies in the same room with customers and citizen advocacy groups? This answer may surprise you: a coordinated transportation plan that meets the goals and objectives of all parties involved. Thanks to the [...]

Technical Reports “Preliminary Characterization of Aggregate Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Gradation for Paving Concrete,” by Anal (Anol) Mukhopadhyay, 0-1700-5, February 13, 2007. “Development of Content for a Flexible Pavement Forensics Knowledge Management System,” by Paul Krugler, 0-4505-2, February 20, 2007. “Investigation for Traffic Monitoring Equipment Evaluation Facility,” by Dan Middleton, 0-4664-3, January 19, 2007. [...]