TRB Poster Session Highlights I-35 Model Outreach Effort

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It’s common, even required at stages, to engage the public during the planning and development of a transportation project. But to continue that effort throughout the construction phase is rare. TxDOT’s I-35 Mobility Initiative lets motorists and business owners along the interstate know what improvements are coming, what the impacts will be during construction, and [...]

TTI Wins Multiple Outstanding Paper Awards at TRB

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Several employees have received Outstanding Paper Awards at this year’s Transportation Research Board (TRB) Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C., Jan. 13-17. Lead authors Stacey Bricka, Nauman Sheikh and Adam Pike were the respective winners of the Charley V. Wootan, K.B. Woods and Young Professional awards. Established in 2004, the Charley V. Wootan Award is [...]

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TTI and Texas A&M University Zachry Department of Civil Engineering researchers were selected to present papers at the annual Transportation Research Board meeting this month on multiple topics, ranging from infrastructure and safety, to economics and the environment.

Updated Geometric Design Research Report Released

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A report that builds on research conducted by Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers over a decade ago has recently been released. Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 432: Recent Roadway Geometric Design Research for Improved Safety and Operations reviews and summarizes roadway geometric design literature completed and published from 2001 through [...]

TTI at TRB

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The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) was well represented at the 90th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) in Washington, D.C., as dozens of employees presented papers and others were given awards for their work. The meeting was held Jan. 22–26. A team of TTI researchers — Kay Fitzpatrick, Susan T. Chrysler, Vichika Iragavarapu [...]

TTI Research Honored at TRB Annual Meeting

Abbey Road Researchers: Eun Sug Park, Vichika Iragavarapu, Susan T. Chrysler and Kay Fitzpatrick.

D. Grant Mickle Award A prestigious “best paper” award was given to a team of Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 90th Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. The D. Grant Mickle Award for the outstanding paper in operations and maintenance was awarded to Kay Fitzpatrick, Susan T. Chrysler, Vichika Iragavarapu, and [...]

Awards and More

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Hall of Fame Honor Texas Transportation Institute Executive Associate Director John Epps was inducted into the National Asphalt Pavement Association’s Hot-Mix Asphalt Hall of Fame in February at the 56th annual meeting of the association in Orlando, Fla., in February 2011. The hall of fame was “established to recognize and honor individuals who have made [...]

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When Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Engineer Dominique Lord received word that he had won a major award that would be presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 89th Annual Meeting, it was a big surprise. After all, he didn’t know he was in the running. Without his knowledge, Associate Professor and Research Engineer Gene [...]