Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise company, today announced an exploratory transportation project to optimize traffic flows for bus ridership and utilize data analytics to improve navigation at Texas A&M University through Aruba Wireless and Data Analytics. Texas A&M University is one of the largest universities in the United States … Read More
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TTI Signs MOA with Korea Transport Institute
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently signed a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the Korea Transport Institute (KOTI). The MOA was signed during a visit by a Korean delegation to TTI on July 12. The day included presentations by KOTI and TTI leadership. The three-member Korean delegation consisted of Dr. Chang Woon Lee, president … Read More
WSP and TTI Partner to Advance Transportation Research
WSP USA and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly collaborate on creating a stronger connection between research and deployment of transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) as well as connected and automated vehicle solutions. The agreement includes sharing expertise on research, transportation operations and management, and connected … Read More
TTI Traffic Safety Conference Plays Major Role in Developing Safety Plan for Texas
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) 10th Traffic Safety Conference is historic in that it was the first time attendees helped shape the state’s latest Strategic Highway Safety Plan. It’s a federal requirement that all the nation’s state departments of transportation renew their plans every five years. Texas must submit its newest version of the … Read More
TTI Researchers Conduct Five-Year Motorcycle Crash Analysis
Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute recently completed a five-year analysis of Texas motorcycle crashes. “The purpose of this project was to understand the complex nature of motorcycle crashes in Texas by constructing a motorcycle crash database and a multi-year analysis of these data with an emphasis on the prevention of fatal and incapacitating … Read More
Attention Austin Area Travelers: Please Participate in Our Work Zone Traveler Information Preference Survey
TxDOT is interested in finding out more about how work zones affect personal travel behavior and how individuals obtain information regarding work zones. To that end, TxDOT, with assistance from TTI, is conducting the Texas Department of Transportation Work Zone Survey. The purpose of the survey is to gather information which will be used to … Read More
TTI Plays Key Role in Report on Impact Areas of Shale Oil and Gas Development in Texas
A comprehensive, new review of the impacts of shale oil and gas development in Texas by a cross-disciplinary task force of top researchers—organized by The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST)—finds a wide range of both benefits and consequences for the state’s infrastructure, environment and communities. These impacts are detailed in the … Read More
Employees and Dignitaries Celebrate TTI Headquarters Construction
Gathering near the future site of the new Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Headquarters Building, about 200 TTI employees and local, state and A&M System dignitaries were among those who celebrated the beginning of construction of the new TTI headquarters at the newly developed Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus today. The $70 million building … Read More
TTI Partners with the University of Maryland on Major FHWA Project
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) will assist in a multi-million dollar Federal Highway Administration project that provides states and regional agencies with data and tools to better manage their roadways. Led by the University of Maryland’s Center for Advanced Transportation Technology Laboratory and transportation analytics company INRIX, TTI will help integrate INRIX data with … Read More
Safe-D, ATLAS Internship Program Underway at TTI
Nine undergraduate students from various backgrounds with an interest in transportation safety have been selected for a unique, 10-week summer internship with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) as part of the Advancing Transportation Leadership and Safety (ATLAS) and Safety through Disruption (Safe-D) University Transportation Centers (UTCs). Led by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute (VTTI), … Read More