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COVID-19 safety measures forced people to reconsider how they travel and seek out safer alternatives, like bicycling and walking, to reduce viral exposure by social distancing. The question is, as the world opens back up and vaccines become more readily available, will we continue to see active transportation becoming more popular compared to traditional modes […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Bahar Dadashova is the team lead on a recently contracted project evaluating the safety of on-street bicycle facility design features. Funded primarily by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program, the effort also includes support from Portland State University, Toole Design Group and Safe Streets Research and Consulting. […]

The Texas Transportation Hall of Honor board is accepting nominations for 2021 inductees until July 31, 2021. Texas is recognized as having one of the finest multimodal transportation systems in the world. The existence of this system has been a key aspect of the economic development of the state and in providing Texans with a […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Subasish Das published the article, “Data Dive Into Transportation Research Record Articles: Authors, Coauthorships and Research Trends,” in the Jan.–Feb. 2021 issue of TR News, the Transportation Research Board’s bimonthly magazine. In the article, Das examines the Transportation Research Board’s Transportation Research Record (TRR), a peer-reviewed journal. […]

Making sure the numerous existing or planned traffic control devices — like signs, pavement markings and pedestrian crossing treatments — are performing as planned or are sufficiently appraised before implementation, researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a high-priority, wide-ranging and multi-year evaluation project. The TTI video production group worked with the research team […]

Episode 5. Good News, Bad News. A better grade for America’s infrastructure, but still no bragging rights. FEATURING: Charles Gurganus, Edith Arámbula Mercado American roads and bridges get us to where we live, learn, work, shop, and play. And that network has needed repair for a while, now. TTI experts Edith Arámbula Mercado and Charles Gurganus […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Juan Carlos Villa published International Trade and Transportation Infrastructure Development: Experiences in North America and Europe (1st edition) Apr. 24, 2020, on Elsevier’s publisher platform. Villa is a co-author with Maria Boile, director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport, part of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick was featured in two articles in the March 2021 issue of the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE’s) ITE Journal. In “From Pen to Practice,” ITE Journal interviewed Fitzpatrick on the following topics: the value of writing in advancing her transportation career, advice for young professionals […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Graduate Research Assistant Xiaoqiang “Jack” Kong recently published the research paper “Characterizing phone usage while driving: Safety impact from road and operational perspectives using factor analysis” in Accident Analysis & Prevention. The paper’s authors also include Subasish Das, assistant research scientist in TTI’s Roadway Safety Division; Hongmin “Tracy” Zhou, associate […]

Two crash analytics and modeling group members in the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Transportation Safety published the 1st edition of Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling Feb. 25, 2021, on Elsevier’s publisher platform. Texas A&M University Zachry Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Professor and TTI-affiliated Dominique Lord and TTI Research Engineer Srinivas […]

Beverly Kuhn was elected as the 2022 International President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) and Rosana Correa was elected as the 2022 International Vice President. Both will take office in January of 2022. Dr. Kuhn is a Division Head and Regents Fellow at Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in College Station, Texas, USA. […]

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and Neology, Inc., recently completed the Neology Transportation Research Center (TRC) and extended their long-term master research agreement for an additional five years, with an optional five-year extension. The new facilities will help accelerate the vision for smart cities and safer communities by advancing next-generation technologies in the mobility […]

For more than a decade, transportation professionals and policymakers in Texas have used the Transportation Revenue Estimator and Needs Determination System (TRENDS) to project funding levels and simplify the arduous task of highway planning in a fast-growing state. The easy-to-use, interactive model has been applied extensively to forecast transportation revenue changes related to changing state […]

A total of 37 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) roadside safety systems have been crash tested in accordance with new national safety standards called manual on assessing safety hardware (MASH). The testing was conducted in three phases over a three-year period by TxDOT’s Bridge, Design, Maintenance and Traffic Safety Divisions. The TTI video production group […]

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has officially launched its new podcast Thinking Transportation: Engaging Conversations about Transportation Innovations. Hosted by TTI Editor-at-Large Bernie Fette, the biweekly podcast examines all aspects of transportation, from the promise of smart cars to new approaches to improving traffic safety to the continuing challenges of traffic congestion. Thinking Transportation […]

The Board of Regents of The Texas A&M University System approved the Andy Mullins Transportation Planning Fellowship, established by colleagues at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). A friend to many across the Institute, Mullins passed away unexpectedly Oct. 22, 2020. Mullins was a TTI research scientist and the manager of TTI’s Travel Forecasting Program. […]

TTI Senior Research Scientist Johanna Zmud helped author the recently published policy brief “Defining the Role of Automated Transportation Infrastructure in Shaping Sociotechnical Systems” in the Think20 (T20) Task Force publication Infrastructure Investment and Financing. T20 is an engagement group comprised of regional and international think tanks serving to research and generate policy proposals on […]

We are saddened to hear that Neilon Rowan passed away on Jan. 8, 2021. His big smile and friendly demeanor immediately put everyone at ease around him. Known to his students as Dr. Rowan, he was a beloved mentor to many researchers early in their extensive careers. He was a retired Texas A&M Transportation Institute […]

In a virtual ceremony held Oct. 29, Distinguished Professor Jean-Louis Briaud assumed the role of 2021 president of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), accepting the presidential pin and gavel from 2020 President K.N. Gunalan. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society and represents more than 150,000 civil engineers worldwide. Briaud […]

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers — as well as employees from The Texas A&M University System (TAMUS) members — are sharing their expertise at the Transportation Research Board’s (TRB’s) 100th Annual Meeting, which will be held January 21–22 and 25–29, 2021, in a virtual format. The PDF below contains a schedule of TTI/TAMUS members presentations […]