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Talk. Text. Crash. campaign launches statewide It happens every day. You get a text or a phone call and you feel the need to respond immediately, even when you’re driving. But what you may not know is a simple text or call can cost you your life or someone else’s. “Distracted driving is unacceptable, and [...]
At the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), researchers have the ability to take transportation studies even further using the Institute’s driving simulator. TTI’s portable desktop driving simulator is housed in the Center for Transportation Safety (CTS). The Realtime Technologies, Inc. system uses SimCreator, software that allows researchers to test real-world roadway scenarios. Most simulators (including [...]
Ask any transportation professional or decision maker from an urban area what the number one challenge is, and the answer you’ll likely get is congestion. Though the problem is nothing new, the approaches to solving it are evolving. One approach that is gaining in popularity throughout the country is active transportation and demand management (ATDM). [...]
Two years ago, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) made a major leap into social media to extend the Institute’s reach in telling our story. Communications Specialist Michelle Hoelscher was asked to lead the effort to establish a social media presence for TTI. In 2011, she created a TTI Facebook page and a Twitter account [...]
Using new methods for obtaining traveler information, researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) are using technology in new ways to conduct an external travel survey for Omaha, Nebraska, and neighboring Council Bluffs, Iowa. The survey will take place this spring. Instead of relying on traditional, more intrusive methods to obtain traveler information that [...]
If mileage-based user fees (MBUFs) become an accepted way to pay for transportation projects, technology will play a major role in implementing them. But, which technology will be used? Does current technology offer the best solution for collecting data and funds? On April 24, the 2013 National Symposium on Mileage-Based User Fees: A Technology Workshop [...]
TTI Graduate Student James Robertson and his two teammates will split a $5,000 educational scholarship for their participation in the 2nd Biennial Texas Energy Innovation Challenge. The Texas A&M University team competed against teams from The University of Texas and Texas Tech University. Their challenge: how to get power to all Texans, especially those living [...]
TTI researchers and staff contribute to the growth of the transportation profession by participating in, and leading, numerous local, state and national organizations. Many have recently won significant professional awards and hold elected offices or committee appointments in a variety of professional organizations. For example, more than 80 TTI researchers lead or serve on one [...]
The Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC) Household Travel Survey Symposium: From Tradition to Innovation was held in Dallas Nov. 8 and 9 and attended by more than 70 travel survey professionals from across the United States. Attendees represented an almost equal mix of agency, consultant and academic researchers. The symposium started with a poster [...]
The Texas Lyceum’s 27th public conference will be held on Friday, April 12, at the downtown Austin Hilton. The theme of this year’s conference is Texas Infrastructure: Building the Future. The conference will address many of the critical issues and questions facing our decision makers such as: More than 37 million people are projected to [...]
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