Volume 43, Number 1

Technical Reports “Moisture-Related Cracking Effects on Hydrating Concrete Pavement,” by Anal (Anol) Mukhopadhyay, 0-1700-6, November 16, 2006. “Development of Specification-Type Tests to Assess the Impact of Fine Aggregate and Mineral Filler on Fatigue Damage,” by Yong-Rak Kim, 0-1707-10, May 17, 2006. “Sensitivity of HMA Performance to Aggregate Shape Measured Using Conventional and Image Analysis Methods,” […]

TTI at TRB The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) was well represented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 86th Annual Meeting January 21-25 in Washington, D.C. TTI researchers presented papers on numerous topics, and chaired and participated in committee meetings and other activities. Richardson receives CUTC award Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Director Emeritus Herb Richardson received […]

Conference to address freeway and tolling operations Tolling is an important issue not only in Texas, but throughout America and abroad. For this reason, it is important to disseminate the most current research and information available to transportation professionals. The “Freeway and Tolling Operations in the Americas” conference seeks to accomplish this goal by bringing […]

The lobby of the Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI) Gilchrist Building displays some of the first electric traffic signals used in the United States. That equipment, which evolved from a number of even more creative manual devices, has a rich and telling history. Part of it we owe to one of the country’s first Black inventors, […]

Former United States Department of Transportation Secretary Norman Y. Mineta said it best, “Congestion kills time, wastes fuel, and costs money…We need a new approach and we need it now.” The Secretary notes that this country loses $200 billion per year just to freight bottlenecks and delayed deliveries. Secretary Mineta added further that Americans lose […]

College rivalries do not just involve sports teams. Academic institutions also compete for federal research dollars. But the academic community also works together on many projects, including combining resources to most effectively protect our nation. Two groups—the Southwest Border Security Consortium (SBSC) and the Texas Homeland Security Group (THSG)—are striving to improve security in their […]

New crash barrier standard in development to protect pedestrians from wayward vehicles, or something worse It’s sobering to think that stopping in at the neighborhood coffee shop could cost us our life. Yet dig into media coverage in communities everywhere, and you will discover that an alarming number of errant vehicles are crashing into sidewalk […]

The events of September 11, 2001, brought us together as a nation unlike any event since the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Now more than ever, Americans are working together to meet the public safety challenges facing our country—from terrorist attacks, to natural disasters, to everyday emergency response needs. Texas A&M Engineering is composed of the […]

Between 1970 and 2002, the volume of United States overseas trade more than doubled. It’s expected to double again by 2016. How do goods enter the United States? Ninety-nine percent of it moves through U.S. ports. With 367 miles of coastline and 29 ports, the state of Texas is now facing the daunting task of […]

Q&A with Dr. G. Kemble Bennett Dr. G. Kemble Bennett, dean of the Dwight Look College of Engineering, director of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station and vice chancellor of the Texas A&M University System talks about terrorism, engineering solutions to protect our citizens and the day the towers fell. “Not in my wildest moments did […]