Colin Parrish, Gov. Rick Perry’s advisor for budget, planning and policy, has recently joined TTI’s Advisory Council. Parrish advises the governor on all transportation-related issues at the state, federal and international levels. He also serves on several advisory groups related to broad policy initiatives, finance and economic development. Previously, Parrish served as an aide to […]
Archives for August 2012
Hawkins Honored with Educator Award
Dr. Gene Hawkins, associate professor in the Texas A&M Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, is the recipient of a prestigious educator award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Hawkins, who is also a research engineer with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), received the 2012 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award at the […]
Mixed Emotions Evident at Mounce/Hobbs Farewell
Despite what was billed as a shindig, the atmosphere was a bit somber as friends and colleagues gathered to say goodbye to Safety Center Director John Mounce and Senior Graphics Designer John Hobbs on Thursday, August 23. After decades of working for TTI, the popular duo decided to hold their retirement farewell party at the same […]
Odd Names, Good Times: TTI Bowling League Ends
After 10 weeks of heated battle, the TTI Summer Bowling League ended Aug. 15. Nine teams made up the league this year, including Insane in the 10thFrame, and The Bald and the Beautiful (named in part after its handsome team member Tommy Clement). With 28 wins and only 12 losses, Off Constantly, captained by Ed […]
Motorcycle Fatalities Focus of Safety Experts
Sixteen percent of all vehicle fatalities in Texas involve motorcyclists, according to David Strickland, the administrator of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. A recently licensed motorcyclist himself, Strickland was a speaker during the opening session of the 4th annual Traffic Safety Conference in San Antonio this summer. “I love motorcyclists and I love motorcycling, […]
TTI Researchers Attend Workshop on Future of Road Vehicle Automation
Within the last year there has been an upsurge of activity related to road vehicle automation, notably vehicular development activities from automobile manufacturers, Google, and research underway throughout the world. Recently, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers Ginger Goodin and Ed Seymour attended a three-day workshop to share the state of the practice and participate […]
Adding Highway Shoulders, Width, Reduce Crash Numbers and Save Lives
AUSTIN — Texas highways are safer now thanks to hundreds of projects completed in the last few years to add shoulders, width on more than 1,000 miles of rural, two-lane highways. An analysis of 189 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) road projects around the state shows that wider pavements make highways safer and result in […]
TTI in the News
There have been numerous mentions of TTI and our experts in recent media reports. Here are links to some of the stories. Name changes proposed for Texas A&M University System state agencies (The Eagle), July 29 Nation’s heat wave damages pavement (Daily Mail), July 26; (The New York Times), July 25 Plano intersection safer despite […]
Off the Field, Texas A&M Transportation Institute and University of Florida Team Up
When it comes to safety, Texas A&M University and The University of Florida are on the same team. Football, however, is a different story. Even among avid football fans, the 1976 Sun Bowl was a distant memory in 2004. And for three University of Florida civil engineers, the last Gator-Aggie match-up was never even on […]
TTI’s Katie Turnbull Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Internationally known transportation leader Dr. Katie Turnbull has been honored with a lifetime achievement award by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association’s Transportation Development Foundation (ARTBA-TDF). Turnbull, executive associate director for the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), received the Ethel Birchland Lifetime Achievement Award July 26 in Lansdowne, Virginia. Turnbull received the award through ARTBA’s […]
High School Students Experience Life as Engineers during Tour of TTI, A&M
Cesar Martinez grew up near the Boeing and Lockheed Martin facilities in Houston. It gave him an appreciation for aircraft and inspired in him a dream for what he might one day become: an aeronautical engineer. Martinez and 50 other Houston-area high school students arrived on the Texas A&M University campus July 22 for a […]