Former TTI Research Associate Becomes NTSB Member A former TTI research associate has been sworn in as the newest member of the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). T. Bella Dinh-Zarr, who worked at TTI from 1997 to 2000, was sworn in March 23 following her presidential nomination and congressional approval. Dinh-Zarr was then designated as […]
Archives for 2015
TTI Publications
Research Videos Access the research topics listed below via the URLs shown. TTI Enhances Its Proving Ground with New Research Facilities: https://vimeo.com/131557369 Assessing the Effectiveness of Wrong-Way Driving Countermeasures: https://vimeo.com/127093778 TTI’s Air Quality Program: https://vimeo.com/123978706 TTI’s Flexible Pavements Program: https://vimeo.com/118643727 What Texans Think About Their Transportation System: https://vimeo.com/114683447 Connected Transportation Is Just Up the Road: […]
TTI Plays Role in Upcoming ITS America Annual Meeting
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers will join 2,000 colleagues in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, beginning May 31 for the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America) Annual Meeting. Entitled Bridges to Innovation, the four-day 25th Annual Meeting and Expo is designed for researchers and engineers, business leaders, policy makers, elected officials and public sector participants to […]
TTI Field Trip Introduces Students to Engineering Careers
About 40 sixth graders from College Station’s Oakwood Intermediate School were introduced to the world of transportation engineering at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) May 8, as part of the College Station Independent School District’s Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program. AVID prepares children (who may not be thinking about higher education) for college, […]
Road User Charges For Transportation Funding: Right for Texas?
Tune in as Trey Baker, Associate Research Scientist at TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, will be interviewed tomorrow morning, Thursday May 21st, at 7:15 a.m. on news radio station 740 KTRH regarding Oregon’s Road Usage Charge (RUC) Program and whether RUCs could work for Texas. TTI researchers are working to find solutions to Texas’ long-term […]
Teens in the Driver Seat® Expands to 35 States Thanks to State Farm® Grants
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and State Farm today announced that expanded funding from the nation’s largest insurance company has helped to introduce the successful Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) program in more than 100 new schools, resulting in the program now being active in 35 states. Officials say that the $470,000 in […]
Kyle Field Gameday Experience Earns State Award
Texas A&M University Transportation Services and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute recently received the “Award of Excellence” for Parking Program of the Year from the Texas Parking and Transportation Association for their work on the “Texas A&M University Gameday Experience 2014.” With the renovation and expansion of the Kyle Field stadium, and subsequent increase in […]
2015 Traffic Safety Conference Program Announced
The program for the 2015 Traffic Safety Conference is now available. The conference is June 8–10 at the Omni Hotel–Corpus Christi. | View the Conference Program Don’t miss the opportunity to hear about effective strategies during the breakout sessions, visit with up and coming stars in transportation research during the student poster sessions, or engage […]
Record Setting Year for Texas Aviation Conference
Aviation professionals, supporters, exhibitors and enthusiasts converged at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Marcos, TX, on April 15-17 for the 33rd Texas Aviation Conference. This year’s conference, which was sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Aviation Division, set an all-time attendance record with 566 registered guests. “Many people may not realize how […]
U in the Driver Seat Holds Symposium at UT-Arlington
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 […]
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 […]
Turnbull Article Featured in TR News
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Executive Associate Director and past Chair of the TRB Technical Activities Council Katie Turnbull wrote an article that was published in the February 2015 issue of TR News. The story, titled “Expanding Partnerships and Collaboration: TRB, National Parks, and Federal Lands,” is about the the Standing Committee on Transportation Needs of National […]
TTI Receives AAPT’s W.J. Emmons Award
Members of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Flexible Pavements Division were honored with a best paper award by the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT) during its Annual Meeting in March. Research Engineer Fujie Zhou, Associate Research Engineer Sheng Hu, and Senior Research Engineer Tom Scullion received AAPT’s W.J. Emmons Award for their paper, […]
Motorcycle Survey Responses Requested
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Look Learn Live motorcycle safety program is conducting a survey on reasons why riders do and do not wear protective gear. If you have a moment, please take the survey which will ask you about your riding history and gear use. The purpose of the study is to develop recommendations […]
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2015—Expect the Unexpected
Roadway work zones are hazardous both for motorists who navigate through lane changes and slowed speeds and for the dedicated workers whose office is often mere feet away from moving vehicles. Each year in April, National Work Zone Awareness Week is held to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in […]