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Research and Implementation - 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 the office's location online.

Expertise

Among the areas of research the Houston Research and Implementation Office has experience in includes the following:

  • 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,
  • Computer programming,
  • Database management systems,
  • Data communications,
  • Software systems design and integration,
  • Traffic management and traveler information systems software design,
  • Transportation and traffic systems modeling, and
  • Signing and pavement marking evaluation.

Cooperative Relationships/Sponsors

TTI's Houston Office maintains 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,
  • University of Houston,
  • Texas Southern University,
  • Prairie View A&M University, and
  • The City of Houston.

For More Information

Tony Voigt
Houston Office for Research and Implementation
Texas Transportation Institute
Texas A&M University System
701 N. Post Oak, Suite 430
Houston, TX 77024
ph. (713) 686-2971 · fax (713) 686-5396
t-voigt@tamu.edu

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