TxDOT’s Renewed Focus on Safety Emphasized at 86th Annual Short Course

Short Course at Rudder Auditorium

Change was the dominant theme for the 86th Annual Short Course, which took place at Texas A&M University, October 16-17. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) event, which is hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) each year, provides a unique opportunity for the two agencies to collaborate on a common goal: improving the [...]

Partnership, Change Are Themes at Transportation Short Course

(l-r) John Sharp, chancellor of The Texas A&M University System; Dennis Christiansen, executive director for TTI; John Barton, TxDOT interim executive director.

With a new executive director, chancellor, chairman and commissioner sharing the same stage, change was the dominant feature of the 85th Annual Transportation Short Course’s opening session. Short Course was held at the Brazos County Expo Complex October 11-12. Hosted by TTI, the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) yearly gathering  began with a 10-minute video [...]

Short Course Long on History, Achievements

TxDOT commissioners seated at Short Course.

With the theme “one DOT,” the 84th Annual Transportation Short Course attracted more than 1,800 professionals for the two-day event at Texas A&M University Oct. 12–13. Rich with history — the first Short Course occurred when President Calvin Coolidge occupied the White House — Short Course is cosponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) [...]

TTI-TxDOT partnership highlighted at Short Course

The historic relationship between Texas Transportation Institute and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) was the focus of Agency Director Dennis Christiansen’s remarks to the 82nd Annual Transportation Short Course, Oct. 14-15, held at Texas A&M University. “The universities in this state take great pride in the relationship we have with TxDOT,” Christiansen, the Short [...]