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Research and Implementation Division - Dallas, Houston

Description

The Research and Implementation Office in Houston assists local agencies and organizations through technology transfer and through the implementation and evaluation of advanced technologies in the urban transportation environment. Areas of research and implementation activities include highways, freight rail, transit (bus and rail), air, and ports & waterways. View a map to this office's location online.

The Research and Implementation Office in Dallas assists local agencies and organizations link research findings to implementation practices through the transfer of technology. TTI has operated an office in Dallas to serve that rapidly growing area of the state since 1968, when the Federal Highway Administration selected TTI to develop one of the first integrated freeway and surface street control and management systems in the United States.

Expertise

The Houston and Dallas Research and Implementation Offices have expertise in the following areas:

  • Freeway Operations,
  • Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS),
  • Ramp Metering Systems,
  • Automatic Vehicle Identifications (AVI) Systems,
  • Arterial Street System Operations,
  • HOV/Managed Lane Operations,
  • Hurricane Evacuation Planning,
  • Transportation and Traffic Systems Modeling, and
  • Signing and Pavement Marking Evaluation.

Research Initiatives

The division is currently pursuing the following research initiatives:

  • Dallas Freeway Management System,
  • Rural ITS Applications in TxDOT Dallas District,
  • North Texas Tollway Authority ITS Plan,
  • Regional Comprehensive ITS Plan, Dallas-Fort Worth Area,
  • Improved ITS Information Network for Incident Management, and
  • Freeway Traffic Operations Course Instructor.

Cooperative Relationships/Sponsors

The Houston and Dallas Research and Implementation Offices maintain cooperative relationships with the following sponsors:

  • Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
  • Houston-Galveston Area Council,
  • Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO),
  • Harris County,
  • Harris County Toll Road Authority,
  • The City of Houston,
  • Prairie View A&M University,
  • University of Houston,
  • Texas Southern University,
  • Federal Highway Administration (FHWA).

For More Information

Chris Poe
Research and Implementation Division - Dallas, Houston
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
9441 LBJ Freeway, Suite 103
Dallas, TX 75243
ph. (972) 994-0433 · fax (972) 994-0522
cpoe@tamu.edu

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