Internal teamwork helps outreach of TMIP Pooling the talented resources of multiple programs located in multiple locations to support a single effort sounds ideal in theory, but is not always easy. The support and outreach program of the Travel Model Improvement Program (TMIP) at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) pulls it off, though, and is […]
Archives for 2007
A Perfect Fit: TTI Partners with PRCI
Pipeline networks around the world are a vital part of our global infrastructure. Pipelines stretch across more than 1.5 million miles in the U.S. alone, so ensuring they remain an effective means for transporting fuel is a full-time job. As it strives to maintain and improve the safety of the world’s pipelines, Pipeline Research Council […]
MoPac’s Managed Lanes
Researchers, team members supply strategies to ease congestion on Austin’s Loop 1, MoPac Expressway Austin, Texas, widely dubbed the “Live Music Capital of the World” has enjoyed a renaissance in recent years that transformed the town into a thriving and vibrant center of tourism, culture, higher-learning and technology. But accompanying Austin’s booming growth are gridlock […]
Work Zone Safety Clearinghouse Hosts New Website and Conference
The National Work Zone Information Clearinghouse is hosting the National Traffic Management & Work Zone Safety Conference in October. This conference will connect national transportation leaders with representatives from all levels of government and private industry to discuss the challenges of, and cutting-edge solutions to, work zone safety. “As a forum for information exchange, the […]
Teaming Up for Work Zone Safety
In 2005, over 1,000 people were killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes occurring in highway work zones across the United States. Better educating workers about safety issues can help them avoid dangerous, even deadly situations. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is part of a broad consortium awarded a grant by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) […]
Thwarting Terror through Teamwork
Agencies pool resources for national security The worst of situations brought out the best in collaborative research efforts for a group of agencies dedicated to making our nation safer. Since 2004, Sandia National Laboratories and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have collaborated on projects for several federal agencies including the United States Department of Energy, […]
Institute News
TTI Day 2007 In honor of his first TTI Day as Director of the Institute, Dennis Christiansen wore the shirt given to him several months earlier by plaid-adoring, outgoing director Herb Richardson at his retirement party. “This is the first time this shirt has been worn,” Christiansen announced, prompting laughs from the nearly 400 employees […]
Texas Transportation Hall of Honor 2007 Inductees
The Texas Transportation Institute is proud to announce the 2007 inductees of the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. They will be formally inducted in a ceremony on September 25 at the Texas Department of Transportation’s Greer Building in Austin. The Hall of Honor is located in the main conference room in Texas Transportation Institute’s Gibb […]
Partnership Tests Quality-Control Device for Asphalt Pavement
The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is partnering with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and several paving contractors around the state to field test a new quality control system for asphalt paving. Not only does the system designed by TTI give an accurate evaluation of the quality of the asphalt, it also relieves the contractor’s […]
Easing Crowded Corridors
Coordinated plans in three Texas cities, eight nationwide, aim to reduce congestion Congestion. It is the bane of the modern, busy and enterprising city. More than just an irritant for commuters, congestion is like a clogged artery that affects every aspect of a city’s “health” from air quality, to the economy, to quality of life. […]
A Coordinated Effort
Many players involved in regional public transportation coordination What do you get when you combine public transportation and health and human service agencies in the same room with customers and citizen advocacy groups? This answer may surprise you: a coordinated transportation plan that meets the goals and objectives of all parties involved. Thanks to the […]
TTI Publications
Technical Reports “Preliminary Characterization of Aggregate Coefficient of Thermal Expansion and Gradation for Paving Concrete,” by Anal (Anol) Mukhopadhyay, 0-1700-5, February 13, 2007. “Development of Content for a Flexible Pavement Forensics Knowledge Management System,” by Paul Krugler, 0-4505-2, February 20, 2007. “Investigation for Traffic Monitoring Equipment Evaluation Facility,” by Dan Middleton, 0-4664-3, January 19, 2007. […]
More than the Sum of its Parts: The Value of Collaboration
Volume 43, Number 2 (2007) Adobe PDF version Inside this Issue: Institute News TTI Publications Collaborative Research Thwarting Terror through Teamwork Teaming Up for Work Zone Safety Work Zone Safety Clearinghouse Hosts New Website and Conference MoPac’s Managed Lanes A Perfect Fit: TTI Partners with PRCI Many Desks, One Product ROW goes WWW A Coordinated […]
Homeland Security Partners with TTI for Fence Testing
TTI is working alongside the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Boeing, and Sandia National Labs (SNL) in an effort to secure the nation’s border. TTI is helping to conduct a series of crash tests at its Riverside facility on various types of fencing that might be placed along miles of high-traffic, high-risk border areas. […]
Donated Children’s Books Distributed Across Texas
Just weeks after they were donated by TTI employees, children’s books have been turned over to a Bryan-College Station area community center and a book donation agency. TTI Day staff members Susan Chrysler and Beverly Kuhn presented The Brazos Valley Community Action Agency, Inc. (BVCAA) and Reach Out and Read with some of the more […]
Getting the Word Out on Motorcycle Safety
TTI is working with the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on a new statewide motorcycle safety campaign set to kick off in September. The campaign seeks to promote motorcycle safety in several important ways. “We hope to increase motorists’ awareness of the growing presence of motorcycles and […]
State and Global Agencies Focus on Teen Driver Safety
With some international help, the Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) Program, the nation’s first peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers, is expanding. That announcement came Tuesday as state leaders and officials of the Pan American Health Organization / World Health Organization gathered to observe the first-ever Global Road Safety Week. Noting that car crashes […]
Parent-Taught Drivers at Greater Risk for Crashes/Injuries
Researchers with the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have determined that Texas teenagers taught to drive by someone other than professional driver education instructors are more likely to be involved in serious traffic crashes. In fact, the study found that after supervisory and Graduated Driver License restrictions are removed, parent-taught drivers are nearly three times more […]
TTI Hosts TRB’s Visibility Symposium
TTI hosted the Transportation Research Board’s Visibility Symposium April 17-18. The Symposium, held regularly since 1968, brings together researchers, practitioners, consultants, transportation agencies, and industry to present and review contemporary research on issues related to the visual communication of information within the general transportation infrastructure. Participants included attendees from five countries.
Newly Appointed Chancellor Visits TTI
Texas A&M University System Chancellor Dr. Mike McKinney watches a full-scale crash test at TTI’s Riverside Campus facility as part of his tour of the Institute March 6.