TTI Senior Research Engineer and Director of External Initiatives Melissa Tooley published a column in the September/October issue of Transportation Builder magazine, published by the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA). In the column, she recounts her personal experiences in entering the civil engineering field as one of just a few women seeking engineering […]
Tooley Featured in Transportation Builder Magazine
TTI, TxDOT Win National Safety Award
“Safer by Design” Tool Aims to Save Lives on Texas Rural Roadways The Roadway Safety Foundation has honored the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) with a 2021 National Roadway Safety Award. The foundation lauded the TxDOT-sponsored, TTI-developed “Safer by Design” tool, a user-friendly innovation roadway designers can use […]
TTI, Texas A&M Offer Online Master of Engineering Program for Transportation Professionals
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Texas A&M University’s College of Engineering now offer an online Master of Engineering degree in Engineering for Transportation Professionals. Designed specifically for transportation professionals currently in management or who desire to achieve a management position, the degree provides students with the background and skills to become better managers […]
TTI’s Fitzpatrick Co-Authors NCHRP User Guide on Setting Posted Speed Limits
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick led the team that wrote the recently published National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 966, Posted Speed Limit Setting Procedure and Tool: User Guide. Fitzpatrick’s co-authors include Subasish Das, associate research scientist, and Michael P. Pratt, assistant research engineer, both in TTI’s Roadway […]
Does Your Teen Text While Driving? Now There’s An App For That.
By Russell Henk What we’re learning about the battle against the coronavirus could go a long way in helping us thwart vehicle crashes. It’s a simple lesson: Prevention – in the form of personal responsibility – can help us contain the public health crisis of COVID-19, and it can do the same with the epidemic […]
Wunderlich Quoted in USA Today on the Need to Improve Rural Road Safety
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Robert Wunderlich is featured in a USA Today story (source: Pew/Stateline), “Deadly crashes on rural roads prompt new safety efforts,” wherein he discusses building safety into road projects from the get-go to help prevent traffic crashes. Simple engineering changes at the design stage — such as rumble […]
A Tale of Two Problems: 2021 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference Addresses COVID-19’s Impact on Traffic Safety Fatalities
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted for the second year in a row the virtual Traffic Safety Conference July 14–16, 2021. Supported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the event focused on high priority safety issues and innovative solutions to end the streak of daily fatal crashes in Texas. This year’s conference also […]
TTI Contributes Transportation Expertise to Southern Regional Climate Center
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is a supporting entity for the Southern Regional Climate Center (SRCC), which will conduct research at the intersection of transportation and extreme weather. The SRCC officially moved to Texas A&M University May 14, 2021, from Louisiana State University. The Texas A&M University System team includes TTI, Texas A&M’s College […]
Fulton Joins Texas Transportation Hall of Honor
Among 350 Texas aviation leaders, former colleagues, friends and family, David S. Fulton, a nationally recognized leader in the aviation industry and the first director of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Aviation Division, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at the Texas Aviation Conference awards banquet in San Marcos, Texas, on […]
Child Passenger Safety Technicians Get Inspired (and Learn Something, Too!) at 2021 Texas Child Passenger Safety Conference
The fifth annual 2021 Texas Child Passenger Safety Conference was held virtually June 29–July 1, 2021. Sponsored by the Texas Department of Transportation, the conference was organized by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service. With 384 attendees this year, the conference helped child passenger safety technicians (CPSTs) stay […]
Texas Transportation Hall of Honor Inductee Mark Goode Celebrates 100th Birthday
Marquis “Mark” G. Goode, Jr., a Texas Transportation Hall of Honor 2008 inductee, will be 100 years old on Aug. 12, 2021. Goode worked for the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (now the Texas Department of Transportation [TxDOT]) for four decades, where he helped build the Interstate Highway System we rely on […]
Traffic Safety Design Leader Karen Dixon Recognized by 2021 ITE Safety Council Edmund R. Ricker Award
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Karen Dixon is the 2021 recipient of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Safety Council Edmund R. Ricker Award. The award recognizes traffic safety leaders through their involvement in professional organizations, the community and traffic engineering performance. The award is named after Edmund R. Ricker, president of […]
Entrepreneur Yanzhi “Ann” Xu Co-Creates Start-Up Company to Commercialize Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Software
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Yanzhi “Ann” Xu is the co-founder of ElectroTempo, Inc., a start-up company for electric vehicle charging demand software technology. The company was incorporated Nov. 19, 2020. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents granted approval at its board meeting May 20, 2021, for Xu, as a TTI […]
Pandemic Showed Traffic Can Be Cut Without New Roads
By Tim Lomax, David Schrank, and Bill Eisele COVID-19’s impact on roadway traffic was deep and widespread, and it was entirely predictable given the shutdowns that occurred. What’s equally clear, is the lesson we can draw from our experience, particularly now, as American infrastructure needs are once again top of mind. That lesson is: the […]
TTI, Hillwood Announce Research Partnership
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) entered into an agreement with Hillwood as AllianceTexas’ official Mobility Innovation Zone (MIZ) research partner. Hillwood’s AllianceTexas development is located next to the world’s first dedicated industrial airport, Fort Worth Alliance Airport. The partnership will leverage the experience and expertise of TTI’s nationally recognized team of researchers and forward-thinkers […]
Mukhopadhyay Develops Test Methods for Cracking-Resistant Concrete Supporting Bridges
Alkali–silica reactions (ASRs) cause cracking issues in precast concrete bridge structures across the United States. Anol Mukhopadhyay, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) senior research scientist, developed two ASR test methods and a four-step process for formulating ASR-resistant concrete mixes. Mukhopadhyay notes that TTI Assistant Research Scientist Kai-Wei (Victor) Liu’s collaboration in the lab was key […]
TTI Publishes 2021 Urban Mobility Report
COVID-19 Gave Us an Historic Traffic Hiatus, But the Pause Didn’t Last Long America’s worst public health crisis in a century flattened roadway congestion to levels not seen in 40 years, but the respite was short-lived, according to the 2021 Urban Mobility Report (UMR) from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). In the pandemic shutdown […]
Grasley Named Head of Civil and Environmental Engineering Department
Dr. Zachary Grasley has been named the new head of the Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Texas A&M University, effective Sept. 1. Grasley has been the director of the Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR) at Texas A&M since January 2018. “I am really excited for the opportunity to lead this dynamic department […]
Guo-Led Team Advances as Finalist in ITE Vision Zero Design Sandbox Competition
Led by Xiaoyu “Sky” Guo, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) engineering graduate student worker, the Aggie Vision team is one of two student finalists for the second annual Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Vision Zero Design Sandbox Competition. The team includes Sruthi Ashraf, TTI engineering graduate student worker; Zihao Li, TTI graduate research assistant; Chaolun […]
TTI’s Habermann Leads Intercollegiate Team to Recommend Ways Transportation Professionals Can Help End Human Trafficking
John Habermann, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) research engineer, recently coauthored the article “The Contribution of State and Local DOTs to Disrupting Human Trafficking” in the June 2021 issue of the ITE Journal. The publication reaches nearly 16,000 subscribers and Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) members. The article defines human trafficking as the “recruitment, harboring, […]