Dr. Dallas Little, the Herbert D. Kelleher Professor of Transportation, has been named the first Senior Research Fellow of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). The new position was created in response to an employee Continuous Improvement Process Team recommendation to recognize the contributions and increasing levels of responsibility of TTI’s most senior research staff, as […]
Archives for 1998
Most Adults Buckling Up, Child Restraint Use Still Lagging
Safety belt use by Texas adults has increased steadily over the past decade, but usage rates for children lag far behind, according to recent studies. A mandatory seat belt law was passed in 1985 requiring drivers and front seat passengers to use safety belts. Since that time, seat belt use has jumped from 14 to […]
Deputy Transportation Secretary plans Texas announcement of million-dollar effort to reduce work zone deaths, injuries
Mortimer Downey, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, will visit the Texas Transportation Institute on Tuesday, March 24 to announce the establishment of a $1 million program designed to reduce the number of crash-related deaths and injuries in highway work zones. Each year across the United States, more than 20,000 traffic accidents occur in highway […]
Texas House of Representatives Committee on Transportation scheduled to hold next public hearing in College Station
The Texas House Committee on Transportation will hold its next public hearing on Wednesday March 25 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bush Presidential Library Conference Center in College Station. Committee members will focus specifically on two major subjects currently affecting transportation in Texas: issues related to speed limits and highway safety, and the effects of […]