NHTSA’s Rosekind Addresses TTI’s Annual Traffic Safety Conference NHTSA Administrator Mark Rosekind was the keynote speaker for TTI’s Traffic Safety Conference. Advanced vehicle technologies represent a “safety innovation revolution,” according to Mark Rosekind, head of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Rosekind met with TTI leaders and researchers and was keynote speaker for the […]
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TTI Publications
Research Videos Access the research topics listed below via the URLs shown. TTI’s Infrastructure Investment Analysis Program: https://vimeo.com/135390622 Making Traffic Demand Models More Realistic Representations of Congestion: https://vimeo.com/170486486 Active Transportation May Provide More than Health Benefits: https://vimeo.com/160007569 TTI’s Environmental and Emissions Research Facility: https://vimeo.com/156735964 TTI Enhances Its Proving Ground with New Research Facilities: https://vimeo.com/131557369 TTI’s […]
Teens in the Driver Seat® Hosts Annual Summit to Celebrate, Educate Student Advocates of Teen Driving Safety
Nearly 200 student leaders from Texas and around the nation attended the annual Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) Summit held May 15-17, 2016, at the Great Wolf Lodge in Grapevine, Texas. TDS, a peer-to-peer teen driver safety program, brought together a variety of teen traffic safety experts and interactive safety exhibits, as well as […]
Click It or Ticket this Memorial Day Weekend
Seat belts save lives. That’s why Texas is drawing the line for drivers and passengers: Buckle up or face a fine! Not only is wearing a seat belt the single most important step you can take to protect yourself in a crash, drivers and adult passengers who aren’t wearing a seat belt can each receive […]
Getting Our Transportation System Back on Its Feet: Latest Edition of Texas Transportation Researcher Now Available
Traditionally, transportation research has focused its agenda on building the system to improve access to markets and, more recently, meet the demands of a world economy. With the highway system mostly in place, transportation research is now focusing on enhancing system performance and minimizing detrimental side effects. Some of those side effects have reached the […]
Driver’s Sixth Sense: Stress Study Reveals Texting While Driving Dangers
A study designed to monitor and measure stress levels of drivers has uncovered evidence showing why texting can be so dangerous, while moderate levels of other driver distractions — like being upset or absent minded — triggers the brain’s “sixth sense” to help protect the driver. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) leads the three-year […]
Transportation Technology and the Law: TTI Takes Part in Symposium
Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) played a major role in a Texas A&M School of Law conference dedicated to the future of transportation. Changing Landscape of Transportation: Technology, Data and the Law was held in Fort Worth April 1. Ginger Goodin, director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, moderated two sessions of […]
TxDOT Kicks off Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles Campaign
On average, a motorcyclist dies in a crash on Texas roads every day. To mark Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month in May – and to remember the 455 motorcyclists lost in crashes last year – the Texas Department of Transportation is launching its “Share the Road: Look Twice for Motorcycles” campaign. “Motorcycles can be difficult to […]
Customer Travel Information Survey Now Open in Austin
TxDOT seeking input from motorists in effort to provide reliable travel information Everyone knows that traffic in the Austin area can be unpredictable. In effort to learn more about how drivers avoid traffic delays, the Texas Department of Transportation is seeking your input. Our goal is to determine the best ways to present travel information […]
Texas A&M Invests $250M in New RELLIS Campus
Investment is at the core of a new venture to transform transportation The largest investment in the history of The Texas A&M University System’s Riverside Campus, now known as the RELLIS Campus, will dramatically expand engineering and educational resources at the 2,000-acre facility and will include key infrastructure for the development and testing of various […]
National Contest Challenges Transportation Students to Improve Roadway Safety
The American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) today announced a “Traffic Control Device Challenge” in partnership with the National Academy of Sciences’ Transportation Research Board (TRB), a program unit of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine. The challenge will focus on how America’s roadway system must change to accommodate both human and “machine” […]
TRB Webinar Highlights TTI Asphalt Research
At the request of the Transportation Research Board (TRB), Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers conducted a webinar surrounding their work on aging asphalt mixtures and applications for foamed asphalt — both National Cooperative Highway Research Program projects. The April 7 webinar Short Term Conditioning of Asphalt Mixtures and Properties of Foamed Asphalt was conducted […]
Papal Visit Provides Vital Data for El Paso’s Transportation Planners
Major events typically produce major traffic issues, but when Pope Francis visited the El Paso/Juarez area in February, that wasn’t the case at all. Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) used data provided by INRIX, a leading provider of historical, real-time and predictive traffic information, to monitor congestion during the Pope’s visit. Using […]
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2016 — Don’t Be That Driver!
April 11-15 is National Work Zone Awareness week. Each year in April, National Work Zone Awareness Week is held to bring national attention to motorist and worker safety and mobility issues in work zones. This year’s theme is “Don’t be that driver!” According to the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), “In 2015, there were 21,886 work zone crashes […]
Austin, TX and the Smart Cities Challenge: Improving Transportation, Creating Ladders of Opportunity
Research is about more than just studying a problem in search of a solution. Sometimes, research is about realizing a vision. Imagine, for instance, a city with a robust downtown, vibrant neighborhoods, and bustling suburbs. It’s a city of the future, in which people circulate freely, but not by routinely using their own cars. Oh, […]
Aging Drivers Expected to Impact Transportation Landscape
TTI, School of Public Health Lead Global Research Effort It’s no secret that we are living longer, healthier lives. But, does that also mean we are driving longer and traveling more? If so, it could have a dramatic impact on congestion, safety, public transportation and numerous other transportation issues — not only in the United […]
Fatal Crashes Involving College-Aged Drivers up in Bexar County
U in the Driver Seat Annual Symposium Focuses on Prevention The U in the Driver Seat (UDS) program at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is holding its annual Peer-to-Peer Impaired Driving Prevention Symposium at Texas A&M University–San Antonio March 31–April 2, 2016 in the Central Academic Building, room 402. Statewide statistics from the Texas […]
A Decade Later: TTI’s El Paso Office
It all began with one researcher in a donated cubicle. But ten years later—thanks to innovative research, recognition from colleagues across the country, and an increasing number of local projects—TTI’s Research and Implementation Office in El Paso and its Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research (CIITR) has become one of the most vital research centers […]
Former TTI Agency Director Named TAMU Distinguished Alumnus
Dr. Charley V. Wootan, former TTI Agency Director, was named a distinguished alumnus of Texas A&M University today by the Association of Former Students. Wootan joined TTI in 1956 as an Associate Research Economist. He served as Associate Director from 1966 to 1976 and as Director from 1976 to 1993. Under his leadership, TTI grew […]
TTI’s Zmud Talks Consumer Acceptance of Automated Vehicles at SXSW®
In the past, the South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference held few sessions related to transportation. This year conference planners created the Intelligent Future event track that features a variety of experts on connected and automated vehicles (CV/AV). One of those experts is Johanna Zmud, senior research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Zmud […]