Texas A&M Transportation Institute
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The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program was recently awarded the Platinum Award for Best New Mobile App by BestMobileAppAwards.com for their You in the Driver Seat (YDS) smartphone app. The app is aimed at encouraging safe driving behaviors in young drivers aged 16 to 25 and was selected […]
TTI recently developed a Hazardous Materials and Train Derailment Emergency Planning Guide for School Districts and Community Colleges to help school district administrators, emergency managers, and safety officers plan for hazmat incident and train derailment emergencies. Hazardous materials are transported through almost every Texas community every day—by road, rail, pipeline, waterways, or air. Places where hazardous materials […]
After 44 years of service to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), Tim Lomax retired on Feb. 3. A lifelong Aggie who received his bachelor’s, master’s and Ph.D. from Texas A&M University, Tim has embodied TTI’s mission of saving lives, time and resources across Texas. Learn more about Tim’s career in an article by Texas […]
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and staff participated in the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 102nd Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, Jan. 8–12. Thousands of transportation administrators, practitioners, policy makers and researchers attended more than 600 workshops, lectern sessions and poster sessions over the five-day conference. TTI’s annual TRB reception, co-sponsored by the Texas A&M […]
TTI Associate Agency Director Bill Eisele was recently featured in a CNBC news video on Feb. 6 about traffic and congestion. According to Eisele, “Just like congestion doesn’t have a single cause, there isn’t a single solution. And for the most part, we recommend more of everything in growing regions, especially where there’s high population […]
Although motorcyclists make up only 3 percent of all registered vehicles, in 2020, motorcyclists accounted for 14 percent of all traffic fatalities in the United States. As these numbers have risen over the years, several state DOTs are taking matters into their own hands to address these issues. In partnership with the Texas Department of […]
Upon his retirement this month from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) after 40 years of service, former Deputy Director and Senior Research Fellow William R. “Bill” Stockton, P.E., Ph.D., received the prestigious Road Hand Award from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) at a meeting of the College Station City Council Transportation Committee in […]
Two senior researchers from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) have been designated Regents Fellows by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents for 2021–2022. Established in 1988, the award recognizes and honors service, extension and research professionals who have provided exemplary professional service to society that has created large and lasting benefits to […]
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Texas A&M University Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering researchers were selected to present papers at the 102nd annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meetings this month on multiple topics, ranging from infrastructure and safety, to automated vehicles, economics and the environment. TRB will be held January 8-12 in […]
A transformational leader in the Texas transportation industry for more than 45 years, Barry Goodman was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a reception at the Omni Houston Hotel on September 28. He was recognized for his decades-long career of building effective partnerships to develop, fund and implement innovative transit systems throughout […]
Dr. Dennis L. Christiansen, P.E., Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) agency director emeritus, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a reception and dinner at Traditions Club in Bryan on September 14. During his 50-year career of transportation leadership and innovation, he served in numerous leadership roles over four decades at TTI, […]
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Associate Research Engineer and Division Head of Air Quality, Energy and Health Tara Ramani was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Mobile Sources Technical Review Subcommittee (MSTRS) of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Air Act Advisory Committee. As a representative member from an academic institution, Ramani […]
Texas A&M University Professor and Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Amy Epps Martin was recently elected president of the Association of Asphalt Paving Technologists (AAPT). Epps Martin will serve as president for one-year effective Oct. 1. AAPT is a leading world-wide community dedicated to excellence and advancement of asphalt technology since 1924. […]
For the 96th year, the Transportation Short Course was held by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) on the Texas A&M University campus. In partnership with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) the event was hosted virtually and in-person with about 4,000 attendees. Highlighting the latest technology and advancements that are transforming Texas roadways, the theme of this year’s event was innovation.
Every year, 2,100 North Americans are killed or seriously injured when they engage in unsafe behavior around tracks and trains. Operation Lifesaver Inc., Union Pacific Railroad and Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program joined together Sept. 19–25 to observe Rail Safety Week (RSW) and urged the public to help […]
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted the 2022 Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference Sept. 15–16 in partnership with The Texas A&M University System, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M Engineering and the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station. The event — sponsored by HNTB, Alliance Texas Mobility Innovation Zone, 3M and Cavnue — highlighted innovative projects […]
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Senior Research Scientist David Schrank was recently featured in a Washington Post article on September 16 about hybrid work schedules and congestion. According to the story, “with more workers returning to offices since Labor Day, the Washington region’s notorious rush-hour traffic has returned with a vengeance, as pandemic-era hybrid schedules have […]
Two Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers recently authored articles featured in the 2022 March–April edition of TR News. TTI Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick published the article Determining the Posted Speed Limit — which focuses on the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 17-76: Guidance for the Setting of Speed Limits. The project investigated […]
Side roads, main roads, and highways have seemingly transformed into race tracks or obstacle courses during the last couple of years. Drivers slowing down, wearing seatbelts and not being under the influence can help reduce the number of deaths on roads; however, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers are also working on other ways to […]
