Teens in the Driver Seat®(TDS), the first peer-to-peer program for teens that focuses solely on traffic safety and addresses all major risks for this age group, recently reached a milestone anniversary of 15 years. View TDS 15 Year Report Card According to TDS Founder and Director Russell Henk, this year the program will provide more […]
Archives for October 2017
TxDOT Celebrates Accomplishments, Looks to the Future at Annual Short Course
With a near record number of attendees, the 91st Annual Transportation Short Course — the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) annual employee gathering — was a time of reflection and celebration for a historic and extremely challenging year. TxDOT is 100 years old this year and dozens of TxDOT employees who went above and beyond […]
TxDOT Wants Your Input on Bicycling in Laredo, Texas
The Texas Department of Transportation is hosting a workshop to discuss bicycling in Laredo, Texas. The department would like input on why and where cyclists ride, what bike accommodations are important to them, and what would make them ride more often. Meanwhile, take the survey and tell us what you think! | Take the survey […]
TTI Receives Partnership Award from City of Irving
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) was presented a 2017 Summit Partnership Award by members of the Irving Transportation Investment Summit, held August 15-16. This was the second year TTI assisted with the long-running Irving transportation gathering to “highlight the growth in Texas’ infrastructure market, build partnerships, encourage transit-oriented development, and develop strategies for increasing […]
Can Artificial Intelligence Improve Mobility for Texas A&M’s Mobility Challenged?
This summer, researchers, faculty and students at Texas A&M University explored innovative new ways to use artificial intelligence (AI) to improve campus transportation for mobility-challenged riders on campus. As part of its Campus Transportation Technology Initiative, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) worked with IBM and the Texas A&M University College of Engineering to explore […]
Are Self-driving Cars the Future of Mobility for Disabled People?
Texas A&M University Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering Srikanth Saripalli recently published an article in The Conversation newsletter titled “Are Self-driving Cars the Future of Mobility for Disabled People?” The article examines how self-driving cars could revolutionize how disabled people get around their communities and even travel far from home. Read the full article
TTI and 3M Expand Research Partnership at RELLIS Campus
The Texas A&M University System has signed a five-year master agreement with 3M that expands on a decades-long partnership between 3M and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to develop roadway signage and pavement marking technologies. The master agreement, which came about as a result of the availability of transportation testing facilities and expertise located […]
Seeing the Road in a Different LIDAR
When we think of a roadway, most of us think of the asphalt or concrete that we are riding on. Little thought is given to the ditches that line our roads or how the water flows off our roadways. A Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researcher has come up with an automated way of determining […]
Texas A&M’s Infrastructure Renewal Symposium Brings Together Industry Experts, Leaders to Discuss Critical Issues
Optimism about future transportation funding and new efforts to modify regulatory restrictions were prominent themes of Texas A&M University’s National Symposium on the Barriers and Opportunities for Infrastructure Renewal, held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center Sept. 18. Members of the Trump Administration and other high-level state and federal officials, as well as private-sector stakeholders, […]