Traffic congestion is relative. What constitutes “bad” depends on where you live. And for the first time, the state’s annual ranking of its most gridlocked roadways will give Texans in smaller cities a look at problem roadways in their own areas, regardless of how they compare to big-city bottlenecks. What originally began as the list […]
Archives for August 2014
Labor Day 2014 – Drink. Drive. Go to Jail.
Before the Labor Day holiday weekend starts, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Texas A&M Transportation Institute remind motorists: drinking and driving can bring a tragic end to your holiday. Alcohol-related crashes are a serious problem in Texas. The state has a DUI-alcohol crash every 20 minutes and 37 seconds. Labor Day weekend is […]
Download Before You Go: Destination Aggieland App
Visitors to Kyle Field this fall will be part of the largest gameday crowds in Texas. A new app that includes information about traffic and parking will make the overall game weekend experience a memorable one as well (for good reasons)! The free Destination Aggieland app is part of the Kyle Field Transportation Plan commissioned […]
Zachry Department of Civil Engineering to Hold 22nd Spencer J. Buchanan Lecture
Texas A&M University, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering will hold its Twenty-second Buchanan Lecture on the 7 of November 2014 at the College Station Hilton at 2:00 p.m. in the Brazos Amphitheater. The 2014 Buchanan Lecturer is Dr. Craig H. Benson, who is a Distinguished Professor at the University of Wisconsin and Chair of the […]
TTI Research Engineer ‘Young Professional of the Year’
Charlie Stevens, a research engineer with the TTI’s Center on Tolling Research, was honored as the 2014 State of Texas Young Engineer of the Year. Stevens received the award during the Texas Society of Professional Engineers (TSPE) State Conference in San Antonio June 26. TSPE established the award in 1970, and it’s given annually to […]
New App, Traffic Flow Plan Expected to Improve Aggieland Gameday Experience
Fans at last year’s football game between Texas A&M University and the University of Alabama were treated to an epic game. After the game, unfortunately, many were also part of an epic traffic jam. In response to this and the Kyle Field expansion that will result in a 28 percent increase in crowd capacity, Texas […]