As the number of bicyclists on our roadways grows, so does the desire to accurately count how many there are and where they are traveling. TxDOT teamed up with Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers to evaluate the best bicycle monitoring equipment and to produce a user-friendly database for public use. The TTI video production […]
Implementation of Bicycle and Pedestrian Monitoring Equipment
CARTEEH Researchers Publish First Book on Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Human Health
Researchers from TTI’s Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy and Health (CARTEEH) published the 1st edition of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Aug. 19, 2020. Associate Research Scientist Haneen Khreis led the editing of the book, working with CARTEEH Director Joe Zietsman and Associate Research Engineer Tara Ramani along with Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, a research […]
Lomax to Participate in Mobility and the Pandemic Webinar
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Fellow Tim Lomax will participate in a roundtable discussion webinar on November 10, to discuss research on mobility during the pandemic. This co-organized webinar-series, Mobility & the Pandemic – Studies from Germany and the U.S., is the first webinar session between TTI and The German Aerospace Center — Deutsches […]
TTI’s Teens in the Driver Seat® Launches New App to Encourage Safety in Young Drivers
Car crashes account for nearly one-third of all teen deaths in America each year. As a part of National Teen Driver Safety Week Oct. 18–24, teen advocates of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program launched its You in the Driver Seat (YDS) smartphone app, aimed at encouraging safer […]
FCC Radio Spectrum Reallocation Could Impair Vehicle Safety
By Gretchen Stoeltje and Greg Winfree If you’ve been designing or building roads in recent years, you are probably familiar with the anticipated safety benefits of connected vehicles and the technology that will be required to make them work. You probably know that in order for connected vehicles to communicate with one another and with […]
Despite Challenges, 2020 Transportation Short Course Sees Record Attendance
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted the Ninety Fourth Annual Transportation Short Course Oct. 12–14, 2020. Traditionally held in person at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, travel restrictions and concerns for personal health in the era of COVID-19 forced planners to hold the event online for the first time in its near-century […]
Data From High-Tech Cars Can Help Pinpoint Road Safety Improvements and Prevent Crashes
TTI’s Soheil Sohrabi Published AVs and Public Health Research Paper
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Graduate Research Assistant Soheil Sohrabi recently published the research paper “Impacts of Autonomous Vehicles on Public Health: A Conceptual Model and Policy Recommendations” in Sustainable Cites and Society. The paper’s authors also include Haneen Khreis, associate research scientist in TTI’s Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health […]
TTI Proving Grounds Crew Nearly Beats Crash Test Record, Despite COVID-19
Despite a worldwide pandemic that shut down businesses and kept most workers at home through the spring and much of the summer, 37 Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers, technicians and support staff in the Roadside Safety and Physical Security Division have been working nonstop conducting a near-record number of crash tests for clients across […]
Newcomb Presents at Virtual Town Hall for Texas Representative Terry Wilson
TTI Senior Research Engineer and Materials & Pavements Division Head David Newcomb delivered a presentation at Texas Representative Terry Wilson’s Virtual Town Hall on September 30, 2020. The discussion centered on the impact of increased truck traffic due to the Aggregate Production Operations Industry in surrounding communities. “Representative Wilson’s office reached out to TTI prior […]
TTI Researchers Published on AARP Website
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers Johanna Zmud, Gretchen Stoeltje, Todd Hansen, Tina Geiselbrecht, Chris Simek, and Ben Ettelman, were recently published on AARP Public Policy Institute’s (AARP) website. The paper, Volunteer Driver Insurance in the Age of Ridehailing, explored how volunteer drivers face insurance difficulties in the age of ridehailing. As the popularity of […]
National School Bus Safety Week Recognizes Challenges, Best Practices in Difficult Times
National School Bus Safety Week (Oct. 19–23, 2020) recognizes the importance of school bus safety with various activities aimed at teaching students how to be safer in and around school buses. The week also highlights ways roadway users can practice safer behaviors whenever they encounter buses on the roadway, helping to keep our children safer. […]
College Students, Traffic Safety Professionals Attend Virtual 2020 U in the Driver Seat Symposium
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) U in the Driver Seat (UDS) education and outreach program held its virtual 2020 UDS Symposium Oct. 7–9. Now in its eighth year, the symposium raises awareness about the leading cause of death for young adults ages 18–25 — traffic crashes. This year’s theme was “recharge to save lives […]
Federal Road Funding Nearly Expired — Let’s Focus Before the Next Deadline
By Greg Winfree Congress really has its hands full these days, with urgent priorities summoning attention from all directions. Pandemic relief. The census on a tighter schedule. Widespread social unrest. Election season. As if that wasn’t enough, with seemingly no room left on their full plate, national leaders were coming up on a dead end […]
TTI Advisory Council Meeting Goes Virtual
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council held its first ever virtual annual meeting Sept. 22. The meeting is normally a two-day, in-person affair and was originally scheduled for the spring timeframe, but due to continued COVID-related restrictions, TTI leadership decided to host the meeting virtually. The meeting commenced with a welcome and introductions […]
COVID-19 Spotlights Patient Transport Delays At the Border, But We Can Slash Wait Times
Bringing the Passion at the Virtual 2020 Texas Child Passenger Safety Conference
People in the child passenger safety field are some of the most passionate advocates you’ll ever meet. And they infused passion into the virtual 2020 Texas Child Passenger Safety Conference Sept. 9–11, 2020. The fourth annual event had more than 400 attendees, most of whom are child passenger safety technicians (CPSTs). Organized by the Texas […]
Winfree, Das Featured in Traffic Technology International
The September 2020 issue of Traffic Technology International features Texas A&M Transportation Institute Agency Director Greg Winfree and Assistant Research Scientist Subasish Das. Das was interviewed for a story on using artificial intelligence to predict exactly where and when crashes will occur so that road authorities can prioritize funding for safety improvements in a targeted […]
TTI Researchers Receive U.S. Patents for Pedestrian Safety, Traffic Data Systems
TTI researchers Tony Voigt, Mike Vickich and Micah Montoya received U.S. patent no. 10,535,262 on Jan. 14, 2020, for an active pedestrian warning system for rail and bus transit routes. Pedestrians distracted near vehicles on the road are at risk for injuries and fatalities in the event of a collision. Both drivers and pedestrians are responsible […]
TTI, German Aerospace Center Promote Mutual Research Interests and Technology Transfer
The German Aerospace Center — Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR) — recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to encourage international collaboration on transportation research, technology transfer and education. With locations across Germany, DLR is one of the largest aeronautics and space research centers in […]