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 […]
4th Annual Brazos Valley Transportation Summit begins tomorrow
Texas Transportation Institute Hosts Ports & Waterways Conference
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, […]
Study of bicycle use on Texas A&M Campus to begin next week
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 […]
Humann selected for Hall of Honor induction
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 […]
Transportation leaders selected for Hall of Honor induction
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 […]
Smith named holder of Kelleher Professorship
COLLEGE STATION—Dr. Roger E. Smith, a researcher with the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) and a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering at Texas A&M University and, has been named holder of the Herbert D. Kelleher Professorship in Transportation. Smith came to Texas A&M in 1986 as an associate professor. He previously was an officer […]
Ledé honored for career contributions
HOUSTON—Dr. Naomi Ledé, a senior research scientist with the Texas Transportation Institute, has been recognized as an African American Hero in Transportation. Ledé received the honor from the Port of Houston Authority, along with Captain Paul Brown of the Houston Pilots, the group responsible for navigation safety for the Port of Houston, and former Port […]
Texas Transportation Institute Researcher Earns National Honor
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Dominique Lord, Associate Research Scientist with the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), is the 2004 recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) D. Grant Mickle Award. The award recognizes work on an outstanding paper in traffic operations, safety or maintenance of transportation facilities. The award was presented January 14 […]
Burke and Christiansen receive Regents Fellow Award
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents recently bestowed its Regents Fellow Service Award on TTI Deputy Director Dennis Christiansen and Senior Research Scientist and Director of the Southwest Region University Transportation Center Dock Burke. In 1998, the Board established the Regents Fellow Service Award Program to honor service, extension and research professionals who […]
Enhancing traffic safety for older drivers
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta awarded the “New Investigator Training Award for Unintentional Injury Prevention” to Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in early September. This $100,000 grant was awarded to study measures for improving the safety of older drivers by improving the design of traffic roundabouts. Roundabouts are circular intersections that require entering […]
Texas Summer Transportation Institute Shapes Future Leaders
When contemplating career options, most high school students give only passing consideration to transportation careers. Jonathon Garza is an exception by choosing a career in aviation. A program underway across the country and here in Houston this month aims to help more students follow his lead. The Texas Transportation Institute is teaming up with Texas […]
Senator Hutchison Secures Funding to Aid Border Crossings
U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison has secured research funding to help increase the efficiency and security of the nation’s border crossings. The action, which provides $125,000 for the Texas Transportation Institute, will be designed to help improve the legitimate flow of goods and people across borders, while interdicting contraband and persons intending harm to the […]
Charley Wootan among those honored for contributions to state’s transportation system
AUSTIN — The late Charley V. Wootan, former Director Emeritus of Texas Transportation and long time civic leader, was among four prominent Texans inducted into the Transportation Hall of Honor on Monday. The other honorees include: The Honorable Dolph Briscoe Jr., former governor of Texas, Luther DeBerry, former engineer-director of the State Department of Highways […]
High school, state agencies join to launch unique teen driving safety campaign
Students of William Howard Taft High School this week are launching the state’s first-ever teen-developed campaign aimed at making the streets and highways safer. Nationwide, more than 5,700 teens died in vehicle crashes during 2001, the most recent year reflected in current statistics. In San Antonio during the same year, 10 teens were killed in […]
TTI finds Texans drunk more often in traffic crashes, calls for better laws and reporting
Texas Transportation Institute researchers report that an estimated 43 percent of all fatal traffic crashes in Texas during 2001 involved at least one driver, pedestrian, or bicyclist who was legally drunk. Nationwide, that number is only 35 percent. Becky Davies and David Willis of TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety further state that lack of adequate […]
DeLay Brings Funding to Houston to Help Ease Congestion
Congressman Tom DeLay was successful in securing $1 million to enable the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) to help identify effective approaches for improving mobility and air quality in Houston. TTI will apply results from their nationally recognized transportation research efforts and will work closely with Houston area transportation organizations. The research will include identification of […]
Texas Transportation Institute Official Earns National Honor
(Washington, D.C.) – Dennis L. Christiansen, deputy director of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), is the 2002 recipient of the American Road & Transportation Builders Association’s (ARTBA) S.S. Steinberg Award. Created in honor of S.S. Steinberg, the founding president of ARTBA’s Research & Education Division (RED), this award recognizes an individual who has made remarkable […]
Texas Transportation Institute Official Earns National Honor
(Washington, D.C.) – Gene Buth, Division Head of Safety and Structural Systems of the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), is the 2002 recipient of the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) Kenneth A. Stonex Award. This award was created in honor of Kenneth A. Stonex, the General Motors engineer who pioneered highway safety in the 1940’s-1950’s. Concepts conceived […]
TTI acquires Rakeman History of Transportation” Art Collection”
COLLEGE STATION, TX – Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) officials will celebrate the unveiling of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Carl Rakeman transportation paintings at the Gibb Gilchrist Building on Wednesday, Nov. 28 at 1:30 p.m. Dr. Herbert Richardson, director of the Texas Transportation Institute, along with FHWA special guests Dennis Judycki, deputy executive director, and […]
TTI welcomes new director for the Center for Ports & Waterways
Jim Kruse became the newly appointed director of the Center for Ports and Waterways (CPW) for the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) on September 1. His role will also engage him as a national sea grant ports and harbor specialist for the Texas Sea Grant College program at Texas A&M University. “Jim’s mixture of personal and […]