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Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, an influential and dedicated servant leader, innovator and advocate for the Texas transportation community, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a reception and ceremony at Mi Tierra Café in San Antonio Jan. 7. Andrade, a successful entrepreneur and businesswoman in the San Antonio community for more than three […]

Learning how to be a safer pedestrian may not be at the top of your New Year’s resolution list, but with a rise in pedestrian deaths, it’s time to consider adding it. Only six days into the New Year and Bryan, Texas — home to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Headquarters — has already […]

By Johanna Zmud Deploying ​Revel mopeds has already been a favorable experience compared to other mobility experiments, in-part due to the company’s willingness to share trip data. Shared sit-down scooters have arrived on Austin streets, the first in Texas after starting in New York and Washington, DC. Already, the experience differs favorably to other mobility […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s researchers are sharing their expertise at the Transportation Research Board 99th Annual Meeting, which will be held January 12–16, 2020, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, in Washington, D.C. The PDF below contains a schedule of presentations at the upcoming TRB meetings. Schedule of TTI/TAMUS Members Presentations

Fueled by the state’s steady growth and healthy economy, Houston’s West Loop this year repeats its 2018 rank as the most gridlocked corridor in the state. Interstate 35 in central Austin comes in a close second, with the Southwest and Eastex Freeways in Houston and Dallas’ Woodall Rodgers Freeway rounding out the top five. Researchers […]

Houston residents often experience heavy rainfall events that make travel more difficult and even dangerous. In collaboration with Houston TranStar, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) developed a real-time flood-warning tool to educate motorists on high-risk flood areas during severe storms. Houston TranStar’s website and traffic map, seen by over three million unique visitors during […]

By Ed Hard, Shawn Turner, and Michael Martin Every day, your travel may be recorded, thanks to the apps on your mobile communication device. Whether our phones tell us about storm warnings, travel times, or lunch specials, we have enabled them to do so by clicking ‘yes’ when we’re prompted that an app wants to […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Engineer Amy Epps Martin has been elected an American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Fellow, an honor awarded to ASCE members who are mentors and leaders in the civil engineering profession. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the oldest engineering society in the United States and includes over 150,000 members […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Agency Director Greg Winfree explores the outer reaches of tomorrow’s transportation system — along with the tools and resources needed to get there — in a recent #talkITS magazine article. His article, “Timing is Everything: Technology, education, and tomorrow’s transportation workforce,” was published in the Fall 2019 issue of the […]

By Gregory Winfree This is not your grandfather’s mobility landscape. Not even your father’s. Not even close. Thanks to the sharing economy, we have more here-to-there options today than we would have dared to imagine a decade ago. And transportation today depends almost as much on smartphones as it does on steering wheels. How we […]

By Gregory Winfree and Larry Head The next big decision may have nothing to do with immigration or health care. Instead, it may be about either faster movie downloads or safer roads. The Federal Communications Commission is reconsidering whether an important slice of the radio spectrum should be offered for expanded Wi-Fi use, or if […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Agency Director Greg Winfree comments on TTI’s collaborative partnership with The University of Texas at Austin in a recent GPS World magazine article. Winfree also serves as a board member for the Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation. The Oct. 12 groundbreaking of the Bush Combat Development Complex at The Texas […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Executive Associate Director Jon Epps received the Bob M. Gallaway Award from the Texas Asphalt Pavement Association (TXAPA)/Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Seal Coat Committee Sept. 18, 2019. The committee also announced the creation of the Dr. Jon Epps TXAPA/TxDOT Quality Seal Coat Awards Program. TXAPA was founded with just […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute Executive Director Greg Winfree is a new columnist in the magazine, Traffic Technology International. His first column, “Connected mobility must benefit rural roads, too,” was published in the November/December issue. Winfree’s column is named “The Mode Warrior.” The column may be viewed at either of the following links. View a PDF […]

As part of National Teen Driving Safety Week, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) Program is announcing that a generous grant from General Motors (GM) will help TDS reach even more teen drivers with its safety messaging next year. These funds will support ongoing outreach efforts in Texas, where TDS […]

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted the 93rd Annual Transportation Short Course, held at the Texas A&M University Campus, Oct. 14–16, and attended by a record-breaking 2,848 transportation professionals. “We’re defined by our traditions here at Texas A&M,” stated Levi McClenny, student regent on The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents, during the […]

2019 National School Bus Safety Week is October 21-25, and the theme is “My School Bus, The Safest Form of Student Transportation!” The theme of National School Bus Safety Week is derived from the Poster Contest the year before. The 2018 winning poster, shown on the right, was drawn by Shivangi Ojha, an 8th Grader […]

TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree recently appeared on the Blue Cross and Blue Shield (BCBS) of Texas Blue Promise podcast during The Texas Tribune Festival on September 27. The topic of the conversation was “How is Health Care Impacted by Transportation Challenges?” and was hosted by Dr. Dan McCoy, President of BCBS of Texas. Blue […]

Ed Seymour, Ph.D., P.E., executive associate director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, recently traveled on a government grant to the National Institute of Technology Warangal in Telangana, India, to teach a five-day, college-level course at the university. The course, entitled Transportation in a High-Tech, Automated and Connected Vehicle World, was taught to students in […]

We are shocked and saddened over the death of our colleague, Laura Mooney. Her work ethic and passion for issues related to driving safety, especially regarding impaired driving, will never be duplicated. She was instrumental in the success of numerous TTI projects, including our Ignition Interlock Training Program and our State Impaired Driving Task Force. […]