November 21 is the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. An estimated 1.3 million people world-wide die each year from traffic crashes. Awareness is growing about the critical development and public health challenge posed by road traffic deaths and injuries. This greater awareness has prompted governments and their partners to step up their response. Earlier this year, the UN General Assembly declared the first-ever … [Read more...]
Enforcement begins for new booster seat law
October 29, 2010 -
Members of TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety helped educate parents about the enforcement of a new booster seat law, which began June 1. As part of her work with Safe Communities, Assistant Research Specialist Irene Rodriguez took part in a Safe Kids Austin Booster Seat Tour event in May. The Booster Seat Tour is an effort to make sure parents know that the September 2009 Texas law requires children younger than eight years of age be … [Read more...]
Bush School summer interns investigate safety issues for CTS
October 6, 2010 -
Three students from the Bush School of Government and Public Service researched three critical transportation safety issues as part of their internship at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) this summer. They studied sobriety checkpoints, ignition interlock systems and traffic safety culture, in preparation for the upcoming legislative session. This was the first time the CTS internship program … [Read more...]
Center expands expertise in two key areas
September 28, 2010 -
Distracted driving A specialist in distracted driving issues has joined the CTS staff, supporting a broader effort to build knowledge in a rapidly growing area of national interest and concern. Joel Cooper earned his Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from the University of Utah, where he studied with Dr. David Strayer, one of the world’s foremost experts in the area. While a student, he led projects investigating the impact of cell phone use on … [Read more...]
CTS assisting Legislative safety review
August 30, 2010 -
State lawmakers are taking a close look at roadway safety, and the Center for Transportation Safety is serving as a resource in that process. CTS Director John Mounce and Senior Research Scientist Quinn Brackett testified before the House Subcommittee on Vulnerable Road User Safety at the panel’s public hearing in Irving on August 10. The two addressed the big picture of traffic safety in Texas, and then reviewed conditions for each of the … [Read more...]
