The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory (SEC Lab) was awarded the Environmental Excellence Award during the International Erosion Control Association (IECA) annual conference and expo in Atlanta, Georgia, Feb. 22. “This was certainly a pleasant surprise,” says Assistant Research Scientist Jett McFalls, who manages the SEC Lab. “We had no […]
Archives for 2017
TTI Agency Director Winfree Interviewed for Texas Government Insider Newsletter
TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree was featured in the Friday, March 17 issue of Texas Government Insider online newsletter. In the interview, Winfree discusses his philosophy about work, beginning a new career and a few of his personal interests. Read the Greg Winfree interview from Texas Government Insider newsletter (Article appears about halfway down the […]
Fitzpatrick Featured in TR News
TTI Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick was recently featured in the November-December 2016 Edition of TR News. The TR News is TRB’s bimonthly magazine, which features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. Fitzpatrick is the current Chair of the Operational Effects of Geometric Design Committee and an […]
Registration Open for 2017 Traffic Safety Conference
The 2017 Traffic Safety Conference will focus on actions we can take to implement the strategies and countermeasures of the revised Texas Strategic Highway Safety Plan. Seven traffic safety issues have been identified for emphasis in the new plan.
TTI Staff Participates in SXSW Sessions
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) was well represented at this year’s South by Southwest (SXSW) Interactive Conference in Austin, TX. SXSW Interactive focuses on emerging technology, a focus which has earned the festival a reputation as a breeding ground for new ideas and creative technologies. TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree participated in the fourth-annual […]
TTI Shares Research, Introduces Student Challenge at ATSSA Convention
Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) played major roles in this year’s American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA) Annual Convention and Traffic Expo, held in Phoenix, Arizona, Feb. 10-14. ATSSA’s 47th Annual Convention attracted more than 3,000 participants from the roadway safety industry, and a record number of vendors displayed their products. Among […]
Senate Committee Focuses on Right-Angle Intersection Crashes, TTI Testimony on Countermeasures
Members of the Texas Senate Transportation Committee concentrated their attention Mar. 8 on the problem of right-angle crashes at signalized intersections, and heard TTI testimony on options available to address the issue.
Registration Open for Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference
Registration is now open for the 2nd Annual Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference on May 4-5 at the Stella Hotel in Bryan, TX. This event is specifically designed for senior executives, research managers, and technology leads of private companies and public agencies engaged in innovating, testing and deploying advanced transportation technologies. Texas A&M University is […]
TTI Demonstrates New Pavement Recycling Technologies for Students, TxDOT
Civil engineering graduate students were able to witness the latest in pavement recycling technology at the RELLIS Campus Feb. 23–24 as TTI demonstrated “next generation” equipment. Students with the Civil Materials Student Organization (CMSO) at Texas A&M University were also able to interact with personnel who supervise and construct rehabilitated pavements. The mission of CMSO […]
Winfree, Goodin Provide Testimony for State Transportation Policy Leaders
Members of The Texas House Committee on Transportation on March 2 heard invited testimony on the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) background and current research priorities.
Expanding Our Reach
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 Enhance Educational Opportunities A Team Effort: Toyota Project Brings Together Multiple Institutions to Create Crash Countermeasures Learning by Doing: TTI Provides Texas A&M Students Hands-On Experience Student Insights Lead to Research […]
Getting to Know TTI’s New Director, Gregory D. Winfree
To kick off the 53rd year of the Texas Transportation Researcher, we sit down with Greg Winfree to see how he’s settling in as the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) new director. We also get his views on various topics, including the connected-automated vehicle revolution and the role TTI will play in conducting advanced research […]
TTI-Texas A&M Engineering Collaborations Enhance Educational Opportunities
A transportation revolution is about to take place, the likes of which we’ve not seen since the invention of the internal combustion engine. Connected and automated vehicles (CV/AVs) hold the promise of vastly improving safety, mobility and the economy. We’re on the cusp of this transformation, and The Texas A&M University System’s engineering community is […]
A Team Effort: Toyota Project Brings Together Multiple Institutions to Create Crash Countermeasures
In 2013, Robert Wunderlich, director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Transportation Safety gathered a team of researchers to work on a project funded by the Toyota Economic Loss Settlement — money set aside for transportation safety research. The project’s goal was to find methods to reduce crashes caused by vehicle- and/or […]
Learning by Doing: TTI Provides Texas A&M Students Hands-On Experience
Texas A&M University students have been involved in the research process at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) since the Institute’s founding in 1950. Currently, TTI employs 216 students — 75 of which are graduate research assistants. TTI’s Materials and Pavements Division alone employs 61 graduate and undergraduate assistant researchers. As they were 67 years […]
Student Insights Lead to Research Innovations
TTI Provides Guidelines for Ports Seeking TRZ Financing IN 2007, THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE ENABLED A NEW FINANCING MECHANISM, the transportation reinvestment zone (TRZ), to encourage local infrastructure development. TRZs have proven very successful over the last decade for highway development. TRZs designate an impact area around a needed improvement project. A municipality or county can […]
Texas A&M, TTI, TEES Partner in Campus Transportation Technology Initiative
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) are partnering under a contract with Texas A&M University to develop a smarter campus transportation ecosystem. Texas A&M University President Michael K. Young created the Campus Transportation Technology Initiative (CTTI) to bring private-sector transportation innovation into the real-world environment of a […]
TTI, Texas A&M Law School Work to Navigate the CV/AV Policy Maze
For decades, traffic laws have sought to regulate the actions and qualifications of drivers. But what if the driver isn’t a human being? If the car drives itself, what does that mean for driver-education courses? If the self-driving car is involved in a crash, who’s at fault? And if the operator of the self-driving car […]
TTI Employees Honored with TRB Best Paper, Student of the Year Awards
Five Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers were presented with best paper awards during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 96th Annual Meeting, held in Washington, D.C., Jan. 8–12. One of the researchers also received an Outstanding Student of the Year Award at the Council of University Transportation Centers banquet held prior to the TRB Annual […]
TTI News
TTI Encourages Young Women to Pursue STEM Careers On Saturday, Feb. 25, more than 6,000 girls ranging from kindergarten to eighth grade attended “Girl Day 2017” hosted by the Women in Engineering Program, part of The University of Texas at Austin’s Cockrell School of Engineering. TTI Research Scientist Steven Polunsky volunteered at the event and […]