Internationally known pavement innovator and Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Tom Scullion was honored with a Regents Fellow Service Award by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents Nov. 3. The award is the highest honor given by the regents recognizing employees who have made exemplary contributions to their agency and Texans. […]
TTI’s Tom Scullion Receives Regents Fellow Service Award
Teens in the Driver Seat Honored With GHSA Award
The Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Teens in the Driver Seat program has been honored with a 2011 highway safety award from the Governors Highway Safety Association (GHSA), the Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Award. The Peter K. O’Rourke Special Achievement Awards “recognize notable achievements in the field of highway safety by individuals, coalitions, organizations, nonprofit […]
Transportation Leader Inducted into Hall of Honor
Jon Lindsay, a strong political leader and advocate for transportation for over 30 years, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a luncheon ceremony in Houston on Tuesday, October 18. The luncheon was co-sponsored by the North Houston Association and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). “Jon was a key member of the […]
Houston TranStar Wins National Award
Houston TranStar has received the “2011 Digital Government Achievement Award” from the Center for Digital Government. The award is for TranStar’s cutting-edge Anonymous Wireless Address Matching travel time information system. The new deployment, extending north more than 200 miles along the I-45 North corridor to Dallas, gives Houston TranStar the capability to monitor and manage […]
National Teen Driver Safety Week-New Information Released on Teen Drivers
Washington, D.C.— According to a new study from the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, teen drivers are approximately 50 percent more likely to crash in the first month of driving than they are after a full year of experience driving on their own, and are nearly twice as likely to crash as they are after […]
Partnership, Change Are Themes at Transportation Short Course
With a new executive director, chancellor, chairman and commissioner sharing the same stage, change was the dominant feature of the 85th Annual Transportation Short Course’s opening session. Short Course was held at the Brazos County Expo Complex October 11-12. Hosted by TTI, the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) yearly gathering began with a 10-minute video […]
TTI and PAHO to Collaborate on Roadway Safety Research
The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), a regional office of the World Health Organization (WHO), and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have partnered to collaborate on roadway safety research. TTI’s discussions with PAHO first began in 2007, when the organization expressed an interest in the Teens in the Driver Seat program. In April of that […]
New Study Says Texting Doubles a Driver’s Reaction Time
Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute have determined that a driver’s reaction time is doubled when distracted by reading or sending a text message. The study reveals how the texting impairment is even greater than many experts believed, and demonstrates how texting drivers are less able to react to sudden roadway hazards. The study — the first […]
TTI Receives Prestigious ARTBA Glass Hammer Award
TTI has been recognized nationally with the Glass Hammer Award for its promotion of women leaders within the Institute and the transportation industry. The award was presented September 7 at a Gala Dinner honoring the 2011 American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Transportation Development Hall of Fame and the inaugural Women Leaders in Transportation […]
Our Growing Rural Areas—Facing the Challenges That Lie Ahead
As the population of Americans increase, so do the demographics of the areas in which they reside. This is particularly true in Texas, where the population boom of the past 10 years has resulted in a rapid urbanization of rural areas. This trend has become a hot topic for transportation planners seeking to find proactive […]
Traffic Problems Tied to the Economy, Study Says
While traffic problems have stagnated along with the economy, an annual study suggests that too little progress is being made toward ensuring that the nation’s transportation system will be able to keep up with job growth when the economy does return. The 2011 Urban Mobility Report, published by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M […]
Finley Elected President-elect of TexITE
Texas Transportation Institute Associate Research Engineer Melisa Finley was recently elected to serve as vice president/president-elect of the Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE). Finley will begin her term as vice president on January 1, 2012, and then serve as president in 2013. Finley’s duties include chairing the program committee and developing […]
A Smarter Way to Evacuate
This summer, many Texans may root for storms in the Gulf to find their way to Texas. While area government officials would no doubt welcome the rainfall, past experiences involving mass evacuations along the Texas coast have taught them to be prepared for a difficult challenge should a hurricane hit. Researchers at the Texas Transportation […]
Poe to Co-Chair Connected Vehicle Task Force
Christopher Poe, Assistant Director at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), was named Vice Chair of the Connected Vehicle Task Force, a distinguished group of industry leaders who have the responsibility of advising the society and the public on issues related to deployment of vehicle and highway infrastructure applications that rely on short and long range […]
Drayton McLane Jr. Inducted into Texas Transportation Hall of Honor
Noted Texas business leader Drayton McLane Jr., a pioneer in modern transportation logistics, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a luncheon ceremony in Houston on Thursday, Sept. 8. The luncheon was co-sponsored by the Greater Houston Partnership and the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). “Drayton McLane deserves recognition as one of the […]
Texas’ Click It or Ticket Campaign Celebrates 10 Years of Success
Safety belts save lives and help prevent serious injuries from automobile crashes. Law enforcement officers nationwide spend two weeks around Memorial Day targeting drivers and passengers not wearing their safety belts. Violators can face up to a $250 fine. Texas’ Click It or Ticket (CIOT) campaign achieved a significant milestone this year — 10 years […]
TTI Researchers receive awards at annual ITE meeting
The Traffic Engineering Council Technical Committee on Pavement Marking Patterns Used at Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossings: An Informational Report was selected to receive the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE’s) 2011 Coordinating Council Best Project Award. Kay Fitzpatrick, research engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), chaired the committee, and TTI Assistant Research Engineer Marcus Brewer was […]
Crash Survivor Credits TTI’s Technology for Saving His Life
If you drive much around Texas or around the country, there is no doubt you have seen the ET-2000 in use on guardrails. Watch this testimonial of a roadside crash survivor, Donny Ohana, and one of the inventors of this TTI-developed technology, Hayes Ross, that Ohana says saved his life. For more information about TTI’s […]
Freight Pioneer Inducted into Texas Transportation Hall of Honor
The founder of Central Freight Lines, Inc., William Woody Callan, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor July 27 in conjunction with the annual conference of the Texas Motor Transportation Association (TMTA). John Esparza, president and CEO of TMTA, introduced Robert Babbitt, Hall of Honor board member and president and CEO of McDonald […]
TTI study underscores safety benefits of red light cameras
New research suggests that red light cameras help to reduce the number of crashes at intersections where they are installed. The study, although limited to Texas, is one of the most extensive thus far in the nation, and researchers say the findings demonstrate that the automated enforcement method offers an effective means of preventing crash-related […]