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TransLink® Research Center

Description

The TransLink® Research Center is a national, multi-modal, multi-agency public-private program of research, development, and professional education. It is designed to advance surface transportation system management to help bring about the effective and efficient movement of people and goods in an environmentally sensitive manner.

TransLink® performs research in the area of Intelligent Transportation Systems, or ITS. By improving and linking together the various facets of the surface transportation system, the overall efficiency can be increased, which produces system-wide benefits.

The TransLink® Research Center is located within the Texas Transportation Institute, an internationally recognized leader in transportation research and a member of the Texas A&M University System.

Expertise

The researchers in the TransLink Laboratory have experience in the following areas of research:

  • transportation management
  • transportation management,
  • traffic operations,
  • traffic signal systems,
  • freeway management,
  • operational effects of geometric design,
  • motorist information systems,
  • performance measures,
  • ATMS integration,
  • automatic vehicle location,
  • ITS communications,
  • information technology,
  • ITS data management,
  • utility corridors, and
  • transit priority.

Cooperative Relationships/Sponsors

The TransLink® Research Center maintains cooperative relationships with the following sponsors:

  • Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris Country (METRO),
  • Rockwell International,
  • Texas Department of Transportation,
  • Texas Transportation Institute,
    • and
  • U.S. Department of Transportation.

For More Information

Kevin Balke
Gibb Gilchrist Building, Room 158
TTI/TransLink® Research Center
Texas A&M University System
3135 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3135
ph. (979) 845-9898 · fax (979) 845-9873
k-balke@tamu.edu

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