A new, comprehensive review of the impacts of shale oil and gas development in Texas by a cross-disciplinary task force — organized by the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) — finds a wide range of both benefits and consequences for the state’s infrastructure, environment and communities. These impacts are detailed in […]
Archives for 2017
Institute Employees, Dignitaries Celebrate New TTI Headquarters Construction
On June 15, some 200 Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) employees and local, state and Texas A&M University System dignitaries gathered to celebrate the beginning of construction of the new TTI Headquarters Building at the newly renovated A&M System RELLIS Campus. The $70 million building is slated to be occupied by March 2019. TTI will […]
Experts Gather from Around the World for the Second Annual Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference
It’s a foregone conclusion among many transportation experts that connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) will be commonplace within the next decade. CAV technologies promise not only to make our transportation system more efficient, but also to save lives and reduce the systemwide costs associated with transportation. To grapple with the complexities associated with CAV adoption, […]
TTI Traffic Safety Conference Plays Major Role in Developing Safety Plan for Texas
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) 10th Traffic Safety Conference was historic in that it was the first time attendees helped shape the state’s latest Strategic Highway Safety Plan. It’s a federal requirement that all the nation’s state departments of transportation renew their plans every five years. Texas must submit its newest version of the […]
TTI Compares New Technologies to Collect Data on Travel Patterns
As travel pattern data collection techniques continue to evolve, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers have completed numerous leading-edge studies over the past several years that compare travel data collected from cellphones, GPS and Bluetooth® sources to determine which technology works best for collecting origin-destination (O-D) data for different types of transportation studies. An O-D […]
TTI News
Safe-D, ATLAS Internship Program Under Way at TTI Nine undergraduate students from various backgrounds with an interest in transportation safety have been selected for a unique, 10-week summer internship with TTI as part of the Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS) and Safety Through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Centers. “Safe-D research projects over the next […]
Upcoming Conference
2017 Transportation Short Course This year’s Transportation Short Course will be the 91st such meeting in the Texas Department of Transportation’s history. Oct. 9-11, 2017 Texas A&M University College Station, Texas Both the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) are proud of this long-standing record of collaboration and cooperation. […]
The Last Stop with Greg Winfree: Digging on the New Digs
On June 15, I had the privilege of hosting my bosses from The Texas A&M University System, other dignitaries from around the state, and more than 200 TTI employees as we kicked off construction on the new TTI Headquarters Building. Located at The Texas A&M University System’s new RELLIS Campus, our headquarters and other facilities […]
TTI Receives Green Business Award
Following a nomination from an individual in the Bryan-College Station community, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) received the Green Business Award from the Keep Brazos Beautiful (KBB) organization during its annual awards luncheon May 17. The Green Business Award “is given to a local business that incorporates green practices, consciously conserves resources or demonstrates […]
Dynamic Lane Merge Research Featured on KAGS
What do you do when you come upon an upcoming lane merge? TTI Senior Research Engineer Jerry Ullman may have found a solution to help the flow of traffic and ease road rage. It’s called Dynamic Lane Merge. Watch the story recently featured on KAGS.
Road Show: FHWA Demonstrates Concrete Benefits, Technologies to B/CS
A steady stream of local engineers, researchers, Texas A&M University students and members of the City of College Station Public Works Department toured the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Mobile Concrete Trailer (MCT) on the Texas A&M campus May 22–23. The MCT was set up in the parking lot of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) […]
Texas House of Representatives Recognizes TTI’s Teens in the Driver Seat Program
On May 12, the Texas House of Representatives adopted H.R. 1949, a resolution recognizing the contributions made to teen driving safety by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and its Teens in the Driver Seat (TDS) program. Launched in 2002 by TTI and sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation, State Farm Insurance and others, […]
New Storefront Barrier Tests at TTI’s Proving Grounds Featured on Today Show
According to the Storefront Safety Council, vehicles crash into buildings such as restaurants, grocery stores and convenience stores an average of 60 times a day. Each year, up to 500 people are killed and more than 4,000 are injured. Many of those accidents happen even when crash barriers are installed out front. Typically such barriers […]
TTI’s Katie Turnbull Outlines A Day in the Life of a TRB Committee for TR News
TTI Executive Associate Director Katie Turnbull and a veteran standing committee of the Transportation Research Board’s Technical Activities Division guide a newly formed standing committee on a one-day tour of the Annual Meeting. Turnbull is also Vice Chair of the Transportation Research Board Executive Committee. The story is featured in TR News 308. Read A […]
Experts Gather from Around the World for the Second Annual Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference
It’s a foregone conclusion among many transportation experts that connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) will be commonplace within the next decade. CAV technologies promise not only to make our transportation system more efficient, but also to save lives and reduce the systemwide costs associated with transportation. To grapple with the complexities associated with CAV adoption, […]
Expanding Our Reach: Read the Latest Edition of the Texas Transportation Researcher
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute reaches out to students across multiple disciplines —engineering, planning, environmental and others — to educate the next generation of professionals who will solve tomorrow’s transportation challenges. Volume 53, Number 1 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Getting to Know TTI’s New Director, Gregory D. Winfree TTI-Texas A&M Engineering Collaborations […]
TTI Wants Your Input on Proposed Bush-Wellborn Intersection Reconstruction
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) want to know what you think about a proposed reconstruction project to improve the intersection of George Bush Drive (FM 2347) and Wellborn Road (FM 2154) in College Station, Texas. The survey is anonymous and takes 10 to 15 minutes to complete. […]
Latest Issue of Safetynet Now Available
The newest issue of the Center for Transportation Safety’s newsletter, Safetynet, is available. View the newsletter. Sign up to receive Safetynet via email. In This Issue: Texas Children and Nighttime Drivers/Passengers at Higher Risk, Seat Belt Survey Finds TTI Leads Panel Discussion on the Future of Transportation “I’m a Biker & I Ride” Video Reaches More Than 55,000 […]
Groundbreaking TTI Connected Vehicle Research Validated
Representatives from NASA, the U.S. Army, the California Department of Transportation and the Texas Department of Transportation were among those gathered at the RELLIS Campus Feb. 28 for a validation of groundbreaking connected vehicle research conducted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Officially called a Technology Readiness Level Assessment, TTI researchers repeated their demonstration […]
National Work Zone Awareness Week 2017 — Work Zone Safety Is in Your Hands
This week, Apr. 3–7, 2017, is National Work Zone Awareness Week. This year’s theme is “Work Zone Safety Is in Your Hands.” Across the country, various agencies will work together to promote safe driving habits in work zones with an emphasis on reminding drivers that work zone safety awareness starts with those behind the wheel. […]