Members of TTI’s Roadside Safety and Physical Security Division were honored last month by The Texas A&M University System Office of Technology Commercialization for a highway safety product patent issued in 2011. Patent number US 7,883,075 B2 is for a new guardrail end terminal they designed and tested. The product will soon be manufactured by […]
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2012 TTI Day Considered Among the Best
With a shortened format, Texas barbeque and plenty of laughs (as host Bill Frawley constantly changed its theme), the 2012 TTI Day was one of the most memorable of all the 18 annual gatherings. Held at the Brazos County Expo Center May 1, 362 current and former employees attended TTI Day, an Institute-wide day of […]
Prominent Speakers Part of Statewide Traffic Safety Conference
With speakers that include the administrator of the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the retiring state legislator known by many as “Senator Safety,” the 2012 Statewide Traffic Safety Conference in San Antonio June 4–6 is expected to be well attended. “We are honored that NHTSA Administrator David Strickland and State Sen. Steve Ogden […]
Blair Delivers Full Court Press at TTI Celebratory Dinner
“I’m a basketball coach. I ramble. But I don’t apologize. Unlike you, I get to wear short pants to work,” Coach Gary Blair told the 275 attendees of the 2nd Annual Pre-TTI Day Celebratory Dinner, held at The Zone Club at Texas A&M University’s Kyle Field April 30. Texas Roadhouse catered the excellent meal with […]
Employees, Students Honored with Awards at TTI Day
A total of 14 employees and a doctoral student were the recipients of this year’s individual awards announced May 1 at TTI Day at the Brazos County Expo Center Ballroom. The award ceremony is one of the highlights of the annual gathering. This is the 18th year that TTI Day has been held to honor […]
Employees Receive Team Award
The employees responsible for the Anonymous Wireless Address Matching (AWAM) System received the Herbert H. Richardson Team Award at TTI Day, May 1 held at the Brazos County Expo Center. The 24 employees all had a role in the invention, implementation, testing and success of the AWAM system, which has been featured in numerous publications […]
TTI in the News
There have been numerous mentions of TTI and our experts in recent media reports. Here are links to some of the stories. Outsourcing Capital Metro bus services to save money (Austin American-Statesman) April 24 TTI Freight Shuttle System (Houston Chronicle) April 20 The case for red-light cameras (New Haven Register) April 21, (Orlando Sentinel) March […]
From the Director: Survey of Employee Engagement Results
Last fall, TTI participated in the biennial Survey of Employee Engagement administered by the Institute for Organizational Excellence at UT Austin. This survey is an excellent tool for benchmarking our performance. We recently have received the results of the survey and have posted them on MyTTI here. Thanks to your attention to the survey, TTI’s […]
TTI Recognized by Women’s Transportation Seminar International
In May, a Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) project designed to improve community bicycle facilities will receive the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) International 2011 Innovative Solutions Award at the organization’s annual conference in Denver. The project, Using Smartphones to Collect Bicycle Travel Data in Texas, was first honored with the WTS Heart of Texas (HOT) Chapter’s […]
Coulter Field Hosts Educational Air Fair
Nearly 80 fifth graders from Johnson Elementary in Bryan, Texas, participated in a unique, hands-on educational experience at Coulter Field Airport on April 11. The air fair promotes a practical application of math and science through aircraft- and aviation-related meteorological projects. The Doctor James Noel Foundation sponsored the day’s events along with support from the […]
Grant Kick-Off Meeting Held with SWUTC Members and RITA
Officials with the U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) visited with TTI and other consortium members of the Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC) during the grant kick-off meeting March 21 in College Station. The RITA officials are meeting with each of the 22 UTCs across the country that were recently awarded federal […]
Carlson Makes News with Research Projects, Peers
It’s been a banner first-quarter for Paul Carlson, head of the Operations and Roadway Safety Division. Most recently, he found out that his test measurement for wet pavement markings has been approved by ASTM International. That approval was nearly a 5-year process. For researchers like Carlson, the approval is big news. Officially, it’s ASTM Standard […]
A Ssspecial Critter Annexes a Home at Riverside
With overgrown vegetation and a large pond nearby, the Hydraulics, Sedimentation, and Erosion Control Lab (HSECL) at the Riverside Campus attracts more than its share of critters. Mice and rats are the most common non-human visitors to Building 7030 (the technical name for the HSECL’s location). According to Associate Research Specialist Derrold Foster, the most […]
Weatherby Profiled in TRB’s Strategic Management Newsletter
Cinde Weatherby, director of TTI’s Strategic Solutions Center, is spotlighted in the March edition of the TRB Strategic Management Committee newsletter as the committee’s featured member. In the member spotlight article, Weatherby answers questions about the center, her career in transportation and future challenges. When asked her biggest transportation fear, she responded: “Funding is the […]
Insider Describes Highway Funding Bill ‘Dysfunction’
As legislators attempt to come up with a way to pay for the nation’s transportation needs, the speaker for the latest TTI Research Development Seminar painted a picture of Washington, D.C., dysfunction as he described the status of a new highway funding bill. Graham Hill, founding member and chief executive officer of Washington, D.C.–based firm […]
Vice Chancellor Spends the Day at TTI
Dr. M. Katherine Banks, vice chancellor for engineering at The Texas A&M University System, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES), and dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, made her first official visit to TTI on March 22. She was accompanied by Dr. Dennis O’Neal, associate dean for research and deputy director […]
TTI in the News
There have been numerous mentions of TTI and our experts in recent media reports. Here are links to some of the stories. River commerce and the nation’s locks and dams (Pittsburg Post-Gazette) March 20 Waterway transportation becomes more fuel efficient (The Journal of Commerce) March 15 Reducing teen traffic deaths (USA Today) March 14 Are […]
TTI Has Major Role in State Congestion Relief Proposals
After months of working with local agencies about proposed transportation projects in the most congested corridors in the state, TTI presented a detailed report to the Texas Transportation Commission Feb. 23. The report, titled Mobility Investment Priorities — Early Recommendations Report, includes recommendations that will advance major projects that would improve mobility for the areas […]
New Study Makes Strong Case for Wider Edge Line Markings on Rural Two-Lane Highways
A recent study by the Texas Transportation Institute provides the most compelling evidence yet that wider paint lines on roadway shoulders (commonly called edge lines) are a cost-effective, statistically-sound approach to reducing crashes and fatalities on rural two-lane highways. The study, entitled “An Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Wider Edge Line Pavement Markings,” was sponsored […]
TTI Day Changes Planned, Celebratory Dinner Continues
For the second year in a row, employees will be invited to a TTI Celebratory Dinner and Reception scheduled the night before TTI Day. The April 30 after-hours dinner will be held at the Zone Club at Kyle Field. “The dinner speaker will be someone who will have an ‘outside the Institute’ perspective of TTI,” […]