In the continuing effort to reduce the number of collisions between deer and vehicles, a symposium, headed up by the director of the Deer-Vehicle Crash Information and Research Center (DVCIR Center) at TTI, Keith Knapp, was held at the New York State Department of Transportation in Schenectady. Nationwide there are an estimated one million deer-vehicle […]
Archives for November 2007
Reilly Named 2007 Research Champion
The 2007 TTI/Trinity Research Champion Award has been presented to Dr. Robert J. Reilly, the former director of the Cooperative Research Program at the Transportation Research Board. “Bob Reilly is much deserving of this award,” noted Director Dennis Christiansen. “Under his 22 year leadership, the program has grown dramatically. Bob established the hallmarks of the […]
Statewide Survey Highlights Teens’ Risky Driving Habits
Most teenage driving fatalities happen at night and, based on a survey by TTI researchers, teens really are in the dark about the dangers associated with nighttime driving. That was the message of an Austin news conference conducted by the Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) Program Oct. 30, just days before the end of […]