A research program with breadth and depth requires the availability of extensive state-of-the-art laboratories. TTI has these facilities. The labs and equipment available to researchers are vital to the Institute’s ability to successfully undertake critically needed research.
TTI’s expansive field-testing facilities are essential in providing real-world findings to state, national and international sponsors. Located 10 miles from the main campus of Texas A&M University, TTI’s Riverside Campus is home to many testing facilities. The campus provides the realistic conditions needed for crash testing; pavement friction and smoothness testing; erosion and sediment control product testing; environmental and emissions testing; and traffic engineering studies. These comprehensive facilities contribute to TTI’s ability to provide full-service transportation research solutions.
TTI operates real-world research implementation testing sites in seven cities across the state and has locations on the campus of Texas A&M University at Qatar and at the Texas A&M University Center in Mexico City, Mexico. As a member of the Texas A&M University System, researchers have access to other Texas A&M facilities, including the prestigious Sterling C. Evans Library and world-class computing resources to support them in their research endeavors.
Maps to Facility and Office Locations
From this page, you can find general information and details on TTI’s individual facilities and extensive equipment by browsing the locations or by facilities that serve one of the following general research areas:
Facilities by Research Area
Crash Testing
Environmental
Materials & Pavements
- Asphalt Binder and Chemistry Laboratory
- Asphalt Mixture Testing Laboratory
- Concrete Laboratory
- Pavement Non-Destructive Testing Equipment
- Pavement Profiler Evaluation Facility
- Soils and Aggregates Laboratory
Research Support
Safety & Human Factors
Structures
Traffic Operations
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) Simulation Testbed
- Highway 6 Low-Volume Detector Testbed and Roadside Equipment Laboratory
- I-35 Austin High-Volume Detector Testbed
- Mobile Retroreflectometer Certification Course
- National Geotechnical Experimentation Site
- Signal Control Laboratory
- Visibility Research Laboratory
Facilities by Location
CE/TTI Building
- Asphalt Binder and Chemistry Laboratory
- Asphalt Mixture Testing Laboratory
- Concrete Laboratory
- High-Bay Structural and Materials Testing Laboratory
- Pavement Non-Destructive Testing Equipment
- Signal Control Laboratory
- Soils and Aggregates Laboratory
Riverside Campus
Gibb Gilchrist Building
- Arrington Research ViewPoint Eye Tracking System
- Digital Publishing Facility
- Driving Simulator
- Hardware-in-the-Loop (HITL) Simulation Testbed
- Instrumented Vehicle
- TTI Library
Riverside Campus
State Headquarters Building
Pecos
Riverside Campus
- Model and Machining Center
- National Geotechnical Experimentation Site
- Pavement Profiler Evaluation Facility
- Proving Grounds Research Facility
- Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory (SEC Lab)
State Headquarters Building
Urban Offices
Urban Testbeds
- Highway 6 Low-Volume Detector Testbed and Roadside Equipment Laboratory
- I-35 Austin High-Volume Detector Testbed