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Lanier earns place in Texas Transportation Hall of Honor

March 15th, 2002

Bob Lanier, the former Houston mayor whose transportation service record spans all levels of government from city hall to the steps of the U.S. Capitol, today became the newest member of the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a ceremony in the Lanier home. Guests at the ceremony included much of the state’s transportation leadership […]

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Richardson honored by The National Academies

March 6th, 2002

COLLEGE STATION, TX – Dr. Herbert Richardson, director of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), was recently honored as a National Associate of the National Academies, an honorary title established by the Council of the National Academy of Sciences. Richardson¿s achievement carries a lifetime appointment. “Dr. Richardson¿s service in transportation is valued, honored, and appreciated both […]

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Texas Transportation Institute’s John Overman selected to The National Transit Institute Fellows Class of 2003

March 6th, 2002

COLLEGE STATION, TX – John Overman, associate research scientist with the Texas Transportation Institute, was selected by The National Transit Institute (NTI) at Rutgers University to be part of the Fellows class of 2003. NTI Fellows are selected through a national nomination process for a combination of insight and recent, first-hand experience in implementing advanced […]

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Texas Transportation Institute’s Dr. Naomi Ledé honored as recipient of Sharon D. Banks Award for Innovative Leadership in Transportation

January 22nd, 2002

COLLEGE STATION, TX – Dr. Naomi Ledé, senior research scientist at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in College Station, Texas was honored as the recipient of the inaugural Sharon D. Banks Award for Innovative Leadership in Transportation on January 16, 2002, at the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 81st Annual Meeting held in Washington D.C. “Dr. […]

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State officials to honor ‘Father of Texas highway system’

May 28th, 2001

State transportation officials on Thursday will pay tribute to the man considered to be the father of the Texas highway system when they induct Dewitt C. Greer into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. Greer, a 1923 graduate of Texas A&M University, joined the Texas Highway Department in 1927 and served as the engineer-director of […]

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Transportation leaders selected for Hall of Honor induction

March 5th, 2001

COLLEGE STATION – Three of the transportation industry’s most prominent contributors have been selected for induction into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. The inductees are Gibb Gilchrist, a former executive director of the Texas Department of Transportation; DeWitt Greer, a former state commissioner of transportation and executive director of TxDOT; and Herb Kelleher, chairman, […]

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$1 million in new funding to boost transportation research

October 7th, 1999

COLLEGE STATION— U.S. Representative Tom DeLay and Texas A&M officials on Tuesday announced $1 million in federal funding to support advanced research in transportation operations and promote widespread implementation of the findings from that research. The funding will be dedicated to the Transportation Research Implementation Consortium for Operations and Management (TRICOM), which is housed at […]

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TTI, Texas DPS Join Forces

August 10th, 1999

The Texas Transportation Institute and the Texas Department of Public Safety agreed to join forces on future transportation research projects through a Memorandum of Agreement approved in July by the Texas A&M System Board of Regents and TTI and DPS directors. Successful cooperation on the ALERT project, a vehicle-based information system designed to improve the […]

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Texas Youth Gain Early Exposure to Transportation Careers

July 1st, 1999

Two groups of Texas high school students will attend intensive courses emphasizing transportation as a viable career option at the 1999 Summer Transportation Institutes this month. The program will be held at Texas Southern University in Houston July 5-16 and at Paul Quinn College in Dallas July 19-30. Each two-week institute, hosted by the Texas […]

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TTI Center for Ports & Waterways wins international award

June 30th, 1999

The Texas Transportation Institute Center for Ports & Waterways has won an International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) Award for Information Technology for MERMAID, the Internet-based clearinghouse used in locating maritime industry information. Every two years IAPH recognizes innovative projects, research and studies that are seen to provide value to the maritime transport and […]

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TTI webmaster presents at 1999 National Online Meeting

June 11th, 1999

Laura Wright, webmaster at the Texas Transportation Institute, College Station, recently joined presenters from several prominent corporations at a national conference on intranet development. At the 1999 National Online Meeting held May 21 in New York, Wright joined with information professionals from PricewaterhouseCoopers, Newsweek, MIT Libraries and COMTEX to advance understanding of how intranet sites […]

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A&M, UT students selected to attend national leadership development conference

June 2nd, 1999

Two Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC) students were among the 20 selected nationwide to attend the seventh annual Leadership Development Conference sponsored by the Eno Transportation Foundation. Josias Zietsman, a graduate student of civil engineering at Texas A&M University and Michael P. Hunter, a graduate student of transportation engineering at the University of Texas-Austin, […]

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Regents name new transportation research building for former A&M chancellor, highway agency director

May 28th, 1999

Texas A&M regents on Friday named the newest facility in the university’s research park for a former student and state highway department head who initiated a transportation research program that has spanned more than half a century. When Texas Transportation Institute personnel move into the new building this fall, it will bear the name of […]

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TTI to Host 1999 Summer Transportation Institute

March 29th, 1999

The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is among 30 institutions nationwide selected to host a Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) 1999 Summer Transportation Institute. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Rodney E. Slater announced the institute sites last week. The institute will allow TTI, in partnership with Texas A&M University, Texas Southern University in Houston and Paul Quinn College […]

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Truck Safety on Dateline NBC

January 1st, 1999

The Texas Transportation Institute provided the 18-wheeler crash test footage in the January 27th broadcast of Dateline. The broadcast emphasized the need for more regulation and inspection in the trucking industry. 18-wheelers are kings of the road on most Interstate Highways. They haul the food we eat, the clothes we wear, the furniture we buy, […]

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Little named first TTI Senior Research Fellow

July 6th, 1998

Dr. Dallas Little, the Herbert D. Kelleher Professor of Transportation, has been named the first Senior Research Fellow of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI). The new position was created in response to an employee Continuous Improvement Process Team recommendation to recognize the contributions and increasing levels of responsibility of TTI’s most senior research staff, as […]

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Most Adults Buckling Up, Child Restraint Use Still Lagging

May 26th, 1998

Safety belt use by Texas adults has increased steadily over the past decade, but usage rates for children lag far behind, according to recent studies. A mandatory seat belt law was passed in 1985 requiring drivers and front seat passengers to use safety belts. Since that time, seat belt use has jumped from 14 to […]

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Deputy Transportation Secretary plans Texas announcement of million-dollar effort to reduce work zone deaths, injuries

March 23rd, 1998

Mortimer Downey, the U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation, will visit the Texas Transportation Institute on Tuesday, March 24 to announce the establishment of a $1 million program designed to reduce the number of crash-related deaths and injuries in highway work zones. Each year across the United States, more than 20,000 traffic accidents occur in highway […]

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Texas House of Representatives Committee on Transportation scheduled to hold next public hearing in College Station

March 18th, 1998

The Texas House Committee on Transportation will hold its next public hearing on Wednesday March 25 at 1:30 p.m. at the Bush Presidential Library Conference Center in College Station. Committee members will focus specifically on two major subjects currently affecting transportation in Texas: issues related to speed limits and highway safety, and the effects of […]

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TTI research effort to earn award, recognition from Vice President Gore

October 27th, 1997

Representatives of the Texas Transportation Institute and the U.S. Department of Transportation next week will receive Vice President Al Gore’s National Performance Review Hammer Award in recognition of a research effort designed to revolutionize law enforcement. The Hammer Award is the vice president’s program to recognize significant contributions in support of President Clinton’s National Performance […]

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