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For the first time in almost a decade, TTI’s internet site has been completely revamped and is available to the public starting Sept 4. “This website represents months of full-time work from dozens of people who have brought our organization into the 21st century,” says TTI’s Chief Information Officer and Internet Project Manager Kassandra Agee-Letton. […]

The number of candidates who have reached the interview stage for the position of TTI Director now includes at least one additional candidate. Hani Mahmassani, the founding Director of the Maryland Transportation Initiative at the University of Maryland, is scheduled for interviews in College Station on August 29-30. Dr. Mahmassani received his PhD in Transportation […]

The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) has been named lead agency for the Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC), overseeing an annual $2 million dollar grant for the next four years. The United States Department of Transportation (US DOT) made the announcement recently following a competitive process. The grant money was allocated by congress in last […]

The two-day, 2006 Texas Ports and Waterways Conference sponsored by TTI wrapped up July 28 in Beaumont with more than 90 professionals in attendance. The conference focused on providing practical information for port authorities, engineers, consultants, government officials and others who deal with the development and management of port facilities in Texas. “The feedback I […]

Do alternative fuels really help the environment? Are they safer for our kids? The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is hoping to find the answers by using its state-of-the art, portable, emission testing equipment on Brazos Valley school busses. The testing is being performed at TTI’s test track at the Riverside Campus. The tests will compare […]

AUSTIN – Thomas L. Johnson, Sr., Executive Vice President of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Texas, will be the 21st person inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. Transportation officials with honor Johnson on Wednesday, June 7, during a 10:30 a.m. ceremony at the Dewitt C. Greer Building, located at 125 East 11th […]

When Charlot Finnigan came to TTI’s Child Safety Seat “check-up” event Dec.13, she had no idea it would become perhaps one of the most important decisions of her life. On Jan. 15, as Charlot and her husband were driving south on Texas Avenue, a car pulled out from a parking lot, causing a collision that […]

EL PASO – The Texas Transportation Institute, the nation’s largest transportation research agency of its kind, has established an El Paso research center with new state funding secured by State Senator Eliot Shapleigh. The Institute opened in 1950 and works to create technologies and solve problems in all modes of transportation – highway, rail, air, […]

The growing problem of traffic congestion in the Bryan/College Station area received some attention from Congress last Friday as the Transportation Appropriations Committee dedicated $400,000 to the issue as part of a $5.2 million transportation package for Brazos County. Once approved, the funds will be used by a unique collaboration among TTI, Texas A&M University, […]

HOUSTON – The Center for Ports & Waterways (CPW) at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) will soon begin a study for the U.S. Maritime Administration (MARAD) to update a comparison of freight transportation methods. The collaboration will provide an up-to-date analysis of the environmental impacts of barge transportation compared to other modes, such as highway […]

PECOS- A unique public-private collaboration was born this week when the final papers were signed creating the Southwest Center for Transportation Research and Testing. The 5,800 acre complex is an academic-industry-public collaboration between the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), Applied Research Associates (ARA) and the Pecos Economic Development Corporation (PEDC). TTI Deputy Director Dennis Christiansen said […]

AUSTIN – Officials on Tuesday honored three long-time public servants for their contributions to transportation throughout Texas, making E. Neveille Colson, Doug Pitcock, Jr. and Ray Stoker, Jr. the three newest members of the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. The three were recognized during a ceremony and luncheon featuring State Senator Todd Staples, chairman of […]

Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) have developed a new system to improve the safety at high-speed rural intersections by reducing red-light violations and sudden stops by up to 70 percent. Drivers approaching a high-speed rural intersection with a green signal that suddenly changes to yellow have a split second to make an important […]

College Station, Texas — Despite slow growth in jobs and travel, traffic congestion continues to worsen, researchers say, costing Americans $63.1 billion a year. The 2005 Urban Mobility Report measures traffic congestion trends from 1982 to 2003, reflecting the most recent data available. If today’s higher fuel prices are factored in, the cost jumps another […]

College Station, Texas — Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers will begin the second part of a bicycle use study on the Texas A&M campus next week. The study, sponsored by the Southwest University Transportation Center, is expected to help local officials improve bike routes, enhance safety and encourage more bike use locally. The study will […]

College Station, Texas — The 4th Annual Brazos Valley Transportation Summit at the George Bush Presidential Library’s Annenberg Conference Center is set to begin Wednesday. Hosted by the City of College Station, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), Texas A&M Transportation Services, the Brazos Valley Council of Governments, The Texas High Speed Rail and Transportation Corporation […]

San Antonio, Texas — The Center for Ports and Waterways at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is hosting the 2004 Texas Ports & Waterways Conference in San Antonio, Texas, at the Omni Hotel on December 2-3, 2004. Presentations by the Corps of Engineers, the U.S. Coast Guard, the State of Texas’ Office of Homeland Security, […]

COLLEGE STATION — Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers will begin a study of bicycle use on the Texas A&M campus next week. The study, sponsored by Southwest University Transportation Center, is expected to help local officials improve bike routes, enhance safety and encourage more bike use locally. The study will update a similar effort conducted […]

DALLAS — Longtime local civic and business leader Walter J. Humann has been honored with induction into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor. Humann was recognized during a June 11 ceremony for his “ongoing, positive influence on the quality of life in Dallas and North Texas by facilitating improvements in the transportation infrastructure.” The newest […]

AUSTIN — Two of the transportation industry¿s most prominent contributors have been selected for induction into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor – Ray Barnhart and Raymond Stotzer. Barnhart is former administrator of the Federal Highway Administration and Stotzer was former Engineer-Director for the Texas Department of Transportation. The Hall of Honor was established in […]