TTI sponsored the fifth MBUF symposium, held this year in conjunction with the ITS America’s 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition.
Archives for 2013
Texas and the Panama Canal Expansion
TxDOT formed the Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group in 2012…TTI assisted TxDOT with the working group meetings, reviewed previous studies and prepared the working group report.
Rider 42: “Bang for the Buck” and “Fast Planning”
Lawmakers set aside money to get the state’s highest-priority roadway projects moving…They turned to TTI to help partner agencies prioritize projects to achieve the biggest bang for the buck.
Texas Legislature Redefines Transportation Reinvestment Zones
The term hasn’t made it into daily conversation yet, but “transportation reinvestment zone” (TRZ) will likely become a familiar phrase among Texas taxing authorities soon.
Pilot Virtual Open House Ushers in New Era of Public Engagement
TTI, working with TxDOT and CTRMA, recently developed a virtual open house website as an online forum for the general public to learn about possible improvements to the Oak Hill Parkway project in Austin, Texas.
Revisiting Rural Rail Districts
When a rural rail line is removed due to unprofitability, the affected towns are quick to seek options, like a rural rail transportation district (RRTD), to remedy
the loss.
NHTSA’s Strickland Highlights Advanced Vehicle Research at Bridges Conference Room Dedication
In his first visit to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) on June 17, David Strickland, administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), noted “we are on the precipice of being able to say that cars can’t crash.” Strickland detailed current NHTSA research in Ann Arbor, Mich., involving 3,000 connected vehicles equipped with […]
TTI Advisory Council
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council is comprised of a small group of high-level transportation professionals from across Texas and every sector of the transportation world. The council, which meets annually, offers a tremendous service to the Institute by advising on transportation issues and trends and supporting TTI’s research programs and initiatives. TTI […]
TTI News
Lomax Moderates Panel at Houston LINK Forum As part of the 17th annual Leadership, Involvement, Networking, Knowledge (LINK) Program held May 15–18, a delegation of 110 metropolitan Atlanta leaders traveled to Houston to hear about metropolitan challenges and solutions experienced in that city. This year’s agenda focused on Houston’s economic development, transportation system, and the […]
TTI Publications
Research Videos Access the research topics listed below via the URLs shown. TTI and the Mobility Investment Priorities Project: https://vimeo.com/75786359 Mileage-Based User Fees: https://vimeo.com/71848261 TTI’s Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory: https://vimeo.com/74722165 TTI Investigates Intercity Passenger Rail: https://vimeo.com/70408029 TTI Research on the U.S.-Mexico Border: https://vimeo.com/66665274 Technical Reports Balanced RAP/RAS Mix Design and Performance Evaluation System for […]
Are Pylons Practical? TTI Recommends Implementation Guidelines
They are known by different names and are cheaper to install and more portable than concrete barriers. But over the last few years, agencies responsible for roadway maintenance have discovered a costly problem when it comes to plastic pylons. Also called delineators, channelizing devices or tubular markers, these traffic control devices offer an initial cost savings […]
Vehicle-Into-Building Crashes Research Featured on Local Newscast
Vehicle-into-building crashes happen more frequently than you might think. And they occur most often when a driver is entering or leaving a parking space facing a building. Experts at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Storefront Safety Council say preliminary research indicates that 70 percent of such collisions involve crashing into a convenience […]
TTI’s New Public Engagement Planning Program
Public scrutiny and accountability are at an all-time high for agencies charged with maintaining our transportation system. Through public-engagement planning and public-opinion research services, TTI’s Public Engagement Planning (PEP) Program was formed to help sponsors better understand their customers’ concerns. “If you can create a product—or build a roadway—with customer input from the beginning, you’re […]
Get a Grip
New Fine PFC Offsets Bleeding, Flushing on Roadways Lufkin had a problem. The highway interchange at US 59 and Loop 287 is one of the busiest in the area. Trucks wanting to avoid Lufkin traffic exited US 59 to Loop 287. The volume of traffic, the weight of the vehicles, and the speeds when exiting […]
Share the Road, Texas–TTI Kicks Off Bicycle Safety and Awareness Campaign on Texas A&M Campus
As cities and towns across Texas increase their bicycle facilities by not only adding bike lanes but adding bike share programs in downtown areas, it has become more important than ever for Texans to be aware of cyclists on the road. In certain areas of Texas, bicycles are one of the chosen modes of transportation, […]
Parking Is a Full-Time Job
Testing Standards Can Help Prevent Low-Speed Crashes into Buildings Convenience stores are so-named because there’s one on every corner. You dash in, get what you need, and dash out. But the next time you run by for a quart of milk, you might want to be more careful when parking. Vehicle-into-building crashes happen more frequently […]
Briaud Gives Prestigious Osterberg Memorial Lecture
Protecting U.S. embassies against terrorist attacks was the subject of this year’s Osterberg Memorial Lecture presented by Jean-Louis Briaud. Manager of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Program, Briaud also holds the Spencer J. Buchanan Chair in the Zachry Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University. Known worldwide for his engineering […]
Young Professionals in Transportation Leading the Charge in Houston
The next generation of transportation professionals has a challenging future ahead of them dealing with a wide range of issues from public policy to financing the roadways. This makes sharing information among colleagues important, and a young transportation professionals group in Houston is leading the way. This past year, young professionals from the Texas A&M […]
TTI Sponsors Fifth Annual MBUF Symposium
Calling the fuel tax “a dying source of revenue,” those attending the recent Symposium on Mileage-based User Fees (MBUFs) in Nashville, Tennessee, examined technology’s role in changing how we pay for road projects. It was the fifth MBUF symposium sponsored by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and was held this year in conjunction with […]
Lomax Moderates Transportation Solutions Panel at Houston LINK Forum
Houston is hot, but also cool. According to Forbes magazine, the nation’s fifth largest metro area is the “coolest” city to live in the United States. With nearly 175,000 new jobs added between 2007 and 2012, it’s easy to see why leaders from other urban areas might want to see for themselves just what is […]