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TTI, The Nature Conservancy Complete Comprehensive Assessment of Low-Cost Air Quality Monitors

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and its Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy and Health (CARTEEH), in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC), recently completed an Analysis of the Performance and Calibration of Low-Cost Air Quality Monitors. The study assesses the performance and calibration of low-cost air quality monitors continuously […]

TTI-Led Research Team Assessing Impacts of COVID-19-Induced Active Transportation Demand

COVID-19 safety measures forced people to reconsider how they travel and seek out safer alternatives, like bicycling and walking, to reduce viral exposure by social distancing. The question is, as the world opens back up and vaccines become more readily available, will we continue to see active transportation becoming more popular compared to traditional modes […]

TTI’s Dadashova Leads Safety Evaluation of On-Street Bicycle Facility Designs

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Bahar Dadashova is the team lead on a recently contracted project evaluating the safety of on-street bicycle facility design features. Funded primarily by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the effort also includes support from Portland State University, Toole Design Group and Safe Streets Research and Consulting. […]

Das Publishes Transportation Research Record Analysis in TR News

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Subasish Das published the article, “Data Dive Into Transportation Research Record Articles: Authors, Coauthorships and Research Trends,” in the Jan.–Feb. 2021 issue of TR News, the Transportation Research Board’s bimonthly magazine. In the article, Das examines the Transportation Research Board’s Transportation Research Record (TRR), a peer-reviewed journal. […]

Video Summary Report — Traffic Control Device Analysis, Testing, and Evaluation Program

Making sure the numerous existing or planned traffic control devices — like signs, pavement markings and pedestrian crossing treatments — are performing as planned or are sufficiently appraised before implementation, researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a high-priority, wide-ranging and multi-year evaluation project. The TTI video production group worked with the research team […]

New Episode of Thinking Transportation Podcast Released

Episode 5. Good News, Bad News. A better grade for America’s infrastructure, but still no bragging rights. FEATURING: Charles Gurganus, Edith Arámbula Mercado American roads and bridges get us to where we live, learn, work, shop, and play. And that network has needed repair for a while, now. TTI experts Edith Arámbula Mercado and Charles Gurganus […]

TTI’s Villa Publishes Book on North American and European Trade and Transportation

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Juan Carlos Villa published International Trade and Transportation Infrastructure Development: Experiences in North America and Europe (1st edition) Apr. 24, 2020, on Elsevier’s publisher platform. Villa is a co-author with Maria Boile, director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport, part of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, […]

Kay Fitzpatrick Featured in ITE Journal March 2021 Issue

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick was featured in two articles in the March 2021 issue of the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE’s) ITE Journal. In “From Pen to Practice,” ITE Journal interviewed Fitzpatrick on the following topics: the value of writing in advancing her transportation career, advice for young professionals […]

TTI’s Xiaoqiang “Jack” Kong Published Research Paper on Phone Usage and Distracted Driving

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Graduate Research Assistant Xiaoqiang “Jack” Kong recently published the research paper “Characterizing phone usage while driving: Safety impact from road and operational perspectives using factor analysis” in Accident Analysis & Prevention. The paper’s authors also include Subasish Das, assistant research scientist in TTI’s Roadway Safety Division; Hongmin “Tracy” Zhou, associate […]

Episode 4. Policy, Priorities, and Possibilities. What might we see from new leadership at USDOT?

Episode Preview with TTI’s Greg Winfree (audio, 15s): Episode Detail March 16, 2021Policy, Priorities, and Possibilities. What might we see from new leadership at USDOT? Featuring: Greg Winfree Presidential administrations and their appointees come and go, but USDOT’s mobility mission remains constant. Challenges span a wide spectrum from yesterday’s aging infrastructure to tomorrow’s emerging technologies. […]

Episode 4: Policy, Priorities, and Possibilities. What might we see from new leadership at USDOT?

Presidential administrations and their appointees come and go, but USDOT’s mobility mission remains constant. Challenges span a wide spectrum from yesterday’s aging infrastructure to tomorrow’s emerging technologies. Transportation is the circulatory system of the American way of life, Greg Winfree reminds us, and potholes don’t come with “R” or “D” labels.

TTI Crash Analytics Experts Publish Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling

Two crash analytics and modeling group members in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Transportation Safety published the 1st edition of Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling Feb. 25, 2021, on Elsevier’s publisher platform. Texas A&M University Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor and TTI-affiliated Dominique Lord and TTI Research Engineer Srinivas […]

Beverly Kuhn Elected International President of ITE

Beverly Kuhn was elected as the 2022 International President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Rosana Correa was elected as the 2022 International Vice President. Both will take office in January of 2022. Dr. Kuhn is a Division Head and Regents Fellow at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in College Station, Texas, USA. […]

TTI, Neology, Inc., Extend Research Partnership to Support Mobility Innovation

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Neology, Inc., recently completed the Neology Transportation Research Center (TRC) and extended their long-term master research agreement for an additional five years, with an optional five-year extension. The new facilities will help accelerate the vision for smart cities and safer communities by advancing next-generation technologies in the mobility […]

New TRENDS Model Gauges Funding Impacts of Alternative Fuel Vehicles

For more than a decade, transportation professionals and policymakers in Texas have used the Transportation Revenue Estimator and Needs Determination System (TRENDS) to project funding levels and simplify the arduous task of highway planning in a fast-growing state. The easy-to-use, interactive model has been applied extensively to forecast transportation revenue changes related to changing state […]