Technical Reports Benefits of Public Roadside Safety Rest Areas in Texas: Technical Report, by Jodi Carson, 0-6267-2, July 6, 2011. Development of Guidelines for Triple Left- and Dual Right-Turn Lanes: Technical Report, by Scott Cooner, 0-6112-1, July 28, 2011. Development of a MASH TL-3 Median Barrier Gate, by Roger Bligh, 9-1002-2, June 23, 2011. Development […]
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Awards and More
ITE Recognizes Teens in the Driver Seat TTI’s Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) is the recipient of the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ 2011 Transportation Achievement Award in Safety. TDS Program Director Russell Henk was presented with the award at the ITE Annual Meeting in St. Louis Aug. 15. This is the second time TDS […]
Developing Crew Resource Management Training
To lessen the number and severity of train incidents, the Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Rail Research Program is developing course materials for the Long Island Rail Road.
Getting It Write — New Crash-Reporting Form for Texas Law Enforcement
If you want safer roads, you have to have accurate and effective crash reporting.
TTI Study Underscores Safety Benefits of Red-Light Cameras
Public policy and public opinion don’t necessarily go hand in hand, but when it comes to red-light cameras, two new studies suggest they do. According to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), most drivers like the cameras. And according to the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), they work. The TTI study, although limited to Texas, […]
Envisioning a Traffic Safety Culture
Vehicles are more protective than ever before. The roadway environment is far more forgiving. Traffic laws have evolved and become more effective over time. By almost any measure, roadway safety has advanced remarkably in a relatively short time, but engineering and enforcement will take us only part of the way. To move forward, meaningful safety […]
TTI Research Makes the Roadside Safer
The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) has acquired a computer-modeling scanning system that ensures the Institute’s stature as one of the premier crash-testing facilities in the world.
It’s Confirmed: Driving’s a Full-Time Job — How Texting Impairs Driving Performance
Researchers and safety advocates have known for years that driving performance worsens when the driver is texting. Now we know just how much worse.
TTI Studies Increased Crash Rates Along the DFW Connector
Take a dynamic work zone that can change daily. Add distracted drivers. What do you get?
Texas’ Click It or Ticket Campaign Turns 10
Texas’ Click It or Ticket (CIOT) campaign achieved a significant milestone this year — 10 years of success. Since the campaign began, safety-belt use in Texas has reached record levels.
Safety Is No Laughing Matter
Volume 47, Number 3 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Envisioning a Traffic Safety Culture Safety Culture Making Safety a Cultural Priority Safety Comes of Age Center for Transportation Safety Celebrates 10 Years of Helping to Save Lives Texas’ Click It or Ticket Campaign Turns 10 Driver Awareness TTI Studies Increased Crash Rates […]
Dollars and Sense: TTI, Transportation and the Economy
Volume 47, Number 2 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Bringing Balance to Transportation Finance Planning Valuing Research Assessing Customer Satisfaction Pavement Preservation Pavement 2.0 PANDA Model Predicts Pavement Damage, Helps Build Better Pavements Driving Smarter Drive Smarter, Pay Less Eco-driving Means Driving Smarter Finance Providing a Viable Financing Option TTI Helps Texas […]
Eco-driving Means Driving Smarter
For motorists across the country, it feels like history is repeating itself. Recently, average gasoline prices hovered around $4.00 per gallon, just like they did in 2008. And some predictions have prices at the pump heading to $5.00 in 2012. As a result, commuters are once again contemplating changes in what, or how, they drive. […]
Drive Smarter, Pay Less
Answers from the Expert: Understanding Fuel Prices from the Inside Out Dave Ellis is the Texas Transportation Institute’s resident expert on economic trends associated with fuel prices and driving behavior. Recently we asked him some questions about why gas prices rise and fall so dramatically from time to time. Here’s what he had to say. […]
PANDA Model Predicts Pavement Damage, Helps Build Better Pavements
Improving pavement performance has been a primary goal of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) since its founding in 1950. And we’re not done yet. The latest innovation is a mechanistic method of simulating pavement behavior and predicting pavement damage that can help produce longer-lasting, distress-resistant pavements. “There has been a continuing effort to replace empirical […]
Pavement 2.0
TTI Updates Pavement Design Software One of the best parts of a software upgrade is seeing the new features. Releasing next-generation software often requires a much-needed modernization of the hardware. Sometimes, though, it’s the other way around. Texas’ roadways — the state’s biggest collection of hardware —are being modernized, and that’s required the updating of […]
Assessing Customer Satisfaction
TTI Helps TxDOT Ask Texans the Right Questions Knowing how well you’re doing your job can be as easy as asking someone’s opinion. But when you’re a public agency, it can get a bit more complicated. In a joint effort, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Bush School of Government and Public Service recently […]
Valuing Research
TTI Assesses Loop 410 Improvements in San Antonio Accountability. Performance measures. “Bang for the buck.” We hear these terms a lot these days about our transportation system. Knowing how to maximize the return on our transportation dollar is vital at a time when budgets are shrinking but commuter needs continue to grow. In 1960, San […]
Awards and More
Freight Shuttle, New Guardrail Highlighted at Awards Luncheon Eight TTI employees were recognized at the Patent and Innovation Awards Luncheon May 6, which was held at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center at the George Bush Presidential Library. Steve Roop, Leslie Olson and Curtis Morgan were honored for their patent, described simply as a freight transportation […]
Available Reports and Products
Technical Reports Development of Performance-Based Evaluation Methods and Specifications for Roadside Maintenance, by Nasir Gharaibeh, 0-6387-1, February 11, 2011. Evaluating the Impact of Overweight Load Routing on Buried Utility Facilities, by Edgar Kraus, 0-6394-1, February 18, 2011. Realtime Monitoring of Bridge Scour Using Remote Monitoring Technology, by Jean-Louis Briaud, 0-6060-1, February 18, 2011. Development of […]