The U in the Driver Seat® (UDS) program is holding its Peer-to-Peer Impaired Driving Prevention Symposium at The University of Texas at Arlington April 24-25, and it couldn’t be better timed. Statewide statistics from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) indicate that crash-related deaths involving drivers 18-24 years old driving under the influence of drugs […]
Archives for April 2015
Teens in the Driver Seat Featured on KBTX News
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer and Program Manager of Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) Russell Henk was recently featured on KBTX news explaining the mission of the program. TDS launched to try to bring down the top cause of death for young people in the country. In fact, teens are eight times […]
April is Distracted Driving Awareness Month
April is National Distracted Driving Awareness Month – allowing traffic safety advocates the opportunity to shine a light on the issue. Distracted driving has become a hot topic of conversation, debate and policy making these days. Cell phones are a major target, but distractions are anything that takes your mind and attention away from your […]
Lomax Outlines Lower Cost Strategies to Address Congestion on Busy Houston Highway
Efforts are underway to improve traffic conditions on US 59 / IH 69 in Houston, rated as one of the state’s most congested roadways. In the newest episode of Mobility NOW, Tim Lomax, a TTI Senior Research Engineer, explains how lower cost strategies can address gridlock problems on that busy highway stretch and others like […]
TTI Researchers Identify Research Needs Resulting from Energy Boom
With all the positive impacts associated with Texas’ most recent oil boom, there are numerous challenges faced by communities and motorists. Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) are identifying those challenges in hopes of initiating research projects that will lead to solutions. A series of free workshops will take place this month in […]
Visiting Scholar from Denmark to Present on Sustainable Transport Planning
Marie Ridley Pryn, a Ph.D. student and visiting scholar from Technical University of Denmark, will present on “The Challenges of Sustainable Transport Planning: Denmark Case Study” on Friday, April 3, from 10:00–11:00 a.m. in room 102 of the Gibb Gilchrist Building. Pryn is visiting the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) from March 2 to April […]
TTI to Assist DART in Electric Bus Project
The Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) was recently awarded a $7.6 million grant for the purchase of seven all-electric Proterra buses and the infrastructure to charge and maintain them. The Texas A&M Transportation (TTI) is part of the project team and assisted DART with the grant proposal. “One of the unique aspects about this project […]