Action Needed to Reduce Traffic Congestion’s Impact on Drivers, Businesses and Local Economies America’s traffic congestion recession is over. Just as the U.S. economy has regained nearly all of the 9 million jobs lost during the downturn, a new report produced by INRIX and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) shows that traffic congestion has […]
Archives for August 2015
Carlson Receives Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Paul Carlson was recently awarded the Transportation Research Board Eldon J. Yoder Memorial Award. The award was presented during the 11th International Conference on Low Volume Roads in Pittsburgh, PA, on July 12–15. Carlson won the award for the research paper “Can Traffic Signs Be too Bright […]
Be Safe. Drive Smart. TxDOT Back to School Driving Tips
The end of summer means millions of Texas children will soon return to school. TxDOT reminds drivers to be extra cautious as school zones become more active and be aware of school bus safety. Last year, 625 vehicle crashes occurred in school zones in Texas, resulting in two deaths and 112 serious injuries. August and […]
Researchers Study Traffic Make Up on Texas’ I-35 & SH 130
In the Austin area, more than 220,000 vehicles travel on I-35 on a daily basis. In contrast, SH 130, the tolled bypass around Austin only carries 40,000 vehicles daily. Why do more vehicles choose the I-35 route? What would make travelers, particularly big trucks, more likely to use SH 130? Associate Research Scientist Tina Geiselbrecht […]
TTI Creates New Methodology for Multimodal Assessment
Helping El Paso Manage Growing Pains By 2030, the Office of the State Demographer projects Texas’ population will rise from 25.2 million in 2010 to 33.9 million in 2030. And that growth is not just happening in cities like Austin, Dallas or Houston. It’s happening statewide in urban areas of all sizes. In the El […]
Stevens Honored with National Young Engineer of the Year Award
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Engineer Charles Stevens has been named the 2015 Young Engineer of the Year by the National Society of Professional Engineers (NSPE). Stevens accepted the award during the organization’s annual meeting in Seattle, Washington on July 17. According to NSPE, “the Young Engineer of the Year Award recognizes young members […]
A Dynamic Way of Forecasting Traffic
Travel forecasting affects transportation professionals on a number of levels, from planners and stakeholders to decision-makers and members of the general public. Currently, forecasting is assessed with trip-based travel demand models. However, these models are considered static, since the process of collecting the information doesn’t take into account actual travel demand in a system around […]