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System Management Division

Description

The System Management Division, as part of the Transportation Operations Group at TTI, conducts a wide variety of activities in the advanced areas of transportation engineering. The core research areas for the System Management Division are corridor management, applications integration, technology development, Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), system monitoring, and interoperability testing and assessment. This division consists of:

In addition, the System Management Division maintains a website dedicated to the study of managed lanes, one if its principal research areas.

Expertise

The Systems Management Division has a diversified transportation research staff with experience in the following areas:

  • Advanced Communication Technologies
  • Advanced Traveler Information Systems
  • Arterial Traffic Management (Signal System Optimization, Arterial/Freeway Optimization, etc.)
  • Commercial Vehicle Operations,
  • Data Archiving / Data Management,
  • Freeway Management (Incident Detection, Incident Management, ATMS applications, etc),
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems for Transit Applications,
  • Interoperability and Standards Testing,
  • Isolated Signalized Intersection Improvement (Dilemma Zone Protection, Advance Warning-EOG, Detection Improvements),
  • Managed Lanes Operations,
  • Multi-Modal Information Integration,
  • Performance Measurement,
  • Rail Monitoring and Prediction,
  • Regional Operations,
  • Sensor Testing and Evaluation,
  • Traffic Management, and
  • Workforce Development.

Research Initiatives

The System Management Division maintains initiatives in the following research areas:

  • Advanced Communication Technologies
  • Advanced Traveler Information Systems
  • Arterial Traffic Management (Signal System Optimization, Arterial/Freeway Optimization, etc.)
  • Commercial Vehicle Operations,
  • Data Archiving / Data Management
  • Freeway Management (Incident Detection, Incident Management, ATMS applications, etc),
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems for Transit Applications,
  • Interoperability and Standards Testing,
  • Isolated Signalized Intersection Improvement (Dilemma Zone Protection, Advance Warning-EOG, Detection Improvements),
  • Managed Lanes,
  • Multi-Modal Information Integration,
  • Performance Measurement,
  • Rail Monitoring and Prediction,
  • Regional Operations,
  • Sensor Testing and Evaluation,
  • Traffic Management, and
  • Workforce Development.

Cooperative Relationships/Sponsors

The System Management Division maintains cooperative relationships with a wide array of sponsors.

Federal Government

  • American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
  • National Cooperative Highway Research Program
  • U.S. Department of Transportation — Federal Highway Administration
  • U.S. Department of Transportation — Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

State and Local Government

  • Texas Department of Transportation
  • Arizona Department of Transportation
  • Brazos County
  • California Department of Transportation
  • California Partners for Advanced Transit and Highways
  • City of Bryan
  • City of College Station
  • Dallas Area Rapid Transit
  • Iowa State University
  • Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County
  • Minnesota Department of Transportation
  • New Jersey Department of Transportation
  • North Texas Tollway Authority
  • Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
  • Washington State Department of Transportation

Other

  • Battelle Science and Technology International
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers
  • Intelligent Transportation Society of America
  • Instant Recall, Inc.
  • Korea Road Traffic Safety Association
  • Lee Engineering
  • PB Farradyne
  • Queensland University of Technology
  • Rockwell International
  • Science Applications International Corporation
  • Southwestern Bell Technology Resources
  • Transportation Research Board
  • Trinity Industries
  • University of Arizona
  • University of Maryland

For More Information

Beverly Kuhn
System Management Division
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 845-9898 · fax (979) 845-9873
b-kuhn@tamu.edu

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