In conjunction with the Texas Department of Transportation and the Houston-Galveston Area Council, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) will host the 2008 Traffic Safety Conference in Houston, Texas, November 17-19, 2008. The conference provides an opportunity for transportation professionals and officials from around the state to come together and discuss important safety issues challenging their […]
Archives for October 2008
TDS Summit Highlights Decreased Teen Traffic Fatalities
Teen traffic fatalities are seeing a sharp drop in Texas, and researchers say that part of the credit for the first time goes to an unlikely source—teenagers themselves. Involvement in Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS), the nation’s first peer-to-peer safety program for young drivers developed by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), is one way […]
Charles J. Jack” Keese Inducted into Texas Transportation Hall of Honor”
Charles J. “Jack” Keese was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor today. Keese served as the first full-time director of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) from 1962 to 1976. Friends and family joined TTI staff to celebrate Keese’s contributions to transportation at the Gibb Gilchrist Building in the Texas A&M University Research Park. […]
Visiting Scholar Brings China to TTI
From her home in Beijing, China, Jianping Sun travels the 8.5 kilometers to her office everyday to the Beijing Transportation Research Center (BTRC) where she’s worked as a mobility expert for four years. She’s one of about 50 employees at the center, which was established in 2001. Her 5-mile commute takes nearly an hour each […]
National Walk to School Day Promotes Safe Walking, Bicycling
Over 80 schools throughout Texas participated in National Walk to School Day activities on October 8. The event is promoted by the National Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Program and is aimed at drawing communities and schools together to combat the problem of childhood obesity by encouraging a healthy, active lifestyle. “We’ve seen a drastic […]