A technological revolution is underway that has transportation leaders, government officials and even attorneys abuzz with questions and hope about what it could mean in solving a growing and costly concern — congestion. Since the early 1980s, TTI has estimated congestion in hundreds of urban regions across the country. Published annually, the resulting Urban Mobility […]
Archives for 2011
TTI Focuses on Improving Motorcycle Safety
Motorcycle fatalities in Texas declined in 2009, halting an 11-year trend of steady increases, but there is no complacency among state officials. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Traffic Safety Program funded several projects to keep the momentum going and continue statewide efforts to improve motorcycle safety. Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) Research Scientist Patricia […]
What Next? Choosing Our Transportation Future
Volume 47, Number 4 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Progress Isn’t Always Pretty Technology Transfer Transportation Short Course Highlights Change Video Summary Reports Catch On Safety Testing TTI’s Visibility Research Laboratory Puts Safety in the Spotlight Worldwide Mobility Mobility Study Rider 42 Our Changing Rural Areas Prototype Design for a Predictive Model […]
Available Reports and Products
Technical Reports Development of Precast Bridge Deck Overhang System: Technical Report, by David Trejo, 0-6100-3, August 9, 2011. Field Evaluation of Asphalt Mixture Skid Resistance and Its Relationship to Aggregate Characteristics, by Eyad Masad, 0-5627-3, September 14, 2011. Framework for a Comprehensive Bridge Management and Information System, by Cesar Quiroga, 0-6389-1, November 11, 2011. It’s […]
Awards and More
TTI and PAHO to Collaborate on Roadway Safety Research The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), and TTI have partnered to collaborate on roadway safety research. TTI’s discussions with PAHO first began in 2007, when the organization expressed an interest in the Teens in the Driver Seat […]
Saving Lives, Time and Resources
Many roadway segments on Texas highways have exceeded their design lives and are in need of rehabilitation. To assist in this critical task, TxDOT contracted with TTI to initiate a groundbreaking corridor analysis project.
Prototype Design for a Predictive Model to Improve Evacuation Operations
This summer, many Texans may root for storms in the Gulf of Mexico to find their way to Texas. While area government officials would no doubt welcome the rainfall, past experiences have taught them to be prepared.
Our Changing Rural Areas
The United States continues to face population increases and changing demographics. This trend is particularly true in Texas.
Rider 42
Traffic congestion problems in Texas are nothing new. What is new is the approach being taken by state leaders in their efforts to address them.
Mobility Study
Even though it’s not cited along with monthly job statistics, traffic congestion is a sign of economic prosperity — and it’s also a vivid reminder of how it is possible to have too much of a good thing.
TTI’s Visibility Research Laboratory Puts Safety in the Spotlight Worldwide
When you’re driving, you have to see to be safe. From speed limits to where the roadway curves, traffic signs and pavement markings communicate critical information to help drivers get safely where they’re going.
Video Summary Reports Catch On
You might not expect to find many folks on YouTube interested in “automated flagger assistance devices” or “development of very thin overlay systems.” But that’s not the case.
Transportation Short Course Highlights Change
With a new executive director, chancellor, chairman and commissioner sharing the same stage, change was the dominant feature of the 85th Annual Transportation Short Course’s opening session. Short Course was held at the Brazos County Expo Complex Oct. 11-12. Hosted by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) yearly gathering began […]
Progress Isn’t Always Pretty
On the cover of this issue of the Texas Transportation Researcher, you see two very different photographs of the same stretch of road. Taken in 1957, the first shows U.S. Highway 81 as it was known then, leading north into Austin. The cars, what few of them are on the road, are made of steel […]
New Guidebook Helps Agencies Develop Effective Sustainability Measures
Sustainability has become a key component in transportation planning at all levels of government, but until now few tools were available to help planners develop meaningful ways to measure the effectiveness of these efforts. A Guidebook for Sustainability Performance Measurement for Transportation Agencies, created by Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and published this week by […]
Rail Conference Examines Safety Issues
Thanks to 180 participants from across the country, TTI organizers say the 2011 National Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Training Conference, held in Galveston Nov. 6-9, was a success. Held every other year, the grade crossing conference examines the current issues in the highway and railroad industries and serves as an information sharing and education program. […]
Researchers Identify the Nation’s Most Congested Corridors
Holiday travelers will have a better idea of exactly where to expect traffic delays, as well as some help in planning for them, thanks to a report released today by the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), a Texas A&M University System agency. The 2011 Congested Corridors Report is the first nationwide effort to identify reliability problems […]
TTI Welcomes Back Denner
Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Safety Coordinator Stuart Denner was welcomed home from a Navy Reserves deployment in a reception at the TTI State Headquarters Building on November 8. Denner, a 15-year veteran in the Reserves, recently returned from a one-year deployment that included a six-month mission aboard the U.S.N.S. Comfort. The humanitarian mission known as […]
TTI’s Tom Scullion Receives Regents Fellow Service Award
Internationally known pavement innovator and Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Tom Scullion was honored with a Regents Fellow Service Award by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents Nov. 3. The award is the highest honor given by the regents recognizing employees who have made exemplary contributions to their agency and Texans. […]
Teens in the Driver Seat Honored With GHSA Award
The Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Teens in the Driver Seat program has been honored with a 2011 highway safety award from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award. The Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Awards “recognize notable achievements in the field of highway safety by individuals, coalitions, organizations, nonprofit […]