Transportation research often focuses on the technological side of things: how a process is done, what materials are used, and what minimum standards should be applied to promote our transportation system’s safety and sustainability. That’s certainly the case when it comes to implementing connected and automated vehicle (CV/AV) technologies on our nation’s roadways. Although transportation […]
Volume 51, Number 4
Technology, New Concepts Drive Future Freight Movement Investments
Although we often take the safe, efficient movement of freight for granted, our local and global economies depend on it. Whatever the path — highways, railways, waterways, airports, ports of entry, pipelines — reliably getting goods to market drives the heartbeat of our economy. Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers are at the forefront of […]
A Look into Tomorrow: What-If Scenarios and Planning the Future of Transportation
Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently formulated scenarios for how CV/AV technologies might be deployed. Using the scenarios as context, the research team interviewed state and local transportation agency personnel and then created flexible strategies to prepare for potential issues arising from implementation. As Senior Research Scientist Johanna Zmud explains, “The goal […]
Reinventing Transportation: Change Is Coming. Are We Ready?
The transportation revolution is on its way. In fact, it’s already here. Partially automated vehicles (AVs) are on the nation’s roadways right now, connected vehicles (CVs) are just around the corner, and autonomous vehicles may not be far behind. Standards and policies are evolving as well. For example, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is […]
Next Level Trucking: Autonomous Truck Platooning a Game Changer for Fuel Efficiency, Safety
It’s a technique that’s been used for years in the trucking industry, but now drafting, or truck platooning, is about to enter the world of autonomous driving known as level 2 truck platooning. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is beginning phase one of a project to test the feasibility of level 2 truck platooning […]
TTI Researchers Aid TxDOT in Future Freight Planning
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently completed a wide-reaching effort to help expand the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) freight transportation planning into the second half of the 21st century. The TxDOT-sponsored project partnered TTI with the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at the University of Texas at Austin. TTI Research Scientist Jolanda Prozzi […]
TTI National Geotechnical Experimentation Site Has Long History of Problem Solving, Education
In 1978, Jean-Louis Briaud, a recent arrival at Texas A&M University, heeded the advice of Dr. Karl Terzaghi. Considered the father of soil mechanics, Terzaghi said that the action in geotechnical engineering occurs in the field. With the assistance of Texas A&M researchers Harry Coyle and Richard Bartoskewitz, Briaud began conducting full-scale testing of how […]
TTI Advisory Council Holds Annual Meeting in Waco
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council meeting in Waco, Texas, in October provided updates on TTI research initiatives, a panel discussion on connected and automated vehicle research, a Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) update, and Council discussion on post-legislative session transportation priorities. Council member Drayton McLane, chairman of the McLane Group, hosted the […]
TTI News
Hudson Awarded Grant to Study the Unintended Highway Pedestrian The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) has selected TTI to conduct a one-year project on reducing the number of motor-vehicle-related pedestrian fatalities in Texas. Project manager and TTI Associate Researcher Joan Hudson has been awarded the one-year project titled The Unintended Highway Pedestrian — What Would […]
TTI Publications
Research Videos Access the research topics listed below via the URLs shown. TTI Selects Strategy Lead for CV/AV Transportation Research: https://vimeo.com/147641712 Research & Implementation Program – El Paso: https://vimeo.com/143167340 Researching Critical Solutions to Critical Border Issues: https://vimeo.com/130477644 TTI Enhances Its Proving Ground with New Research Facilities: https://vimeo.com/131557369 Connected Transportation Is Just Up the Road: https://vimeo.com/97270483 […]