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 […]
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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 […]
24.01.06.I1 Programs for Minors Rule
Approved: September 22, 2020 Next Scheduled Review: September 22, 2025 Rule Statement The following rule outlines the requirements for programs for minors sponsored or facilitated by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). Reason for Rule As required by policy of the Texas A&M University System (A&M System), reference System Regulation 24.01.06, to provide guidance to […]
COVID-19 Spotlights Patient Transport Delays At the Border, But We Can Slash Wait Times
By David Salgado and Rafael Aldrete There aren’t many worse places to be than in the back of an ambulance. But being in the back of an ambulance in critical condition at a congested U.S.-Mexico border crossing is surely one of those places. Worse yet, being in a car instead of an ambulance – by […]
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 […]
Texas Innovations, Global Solutions
Volume 56, Number 3 (2020) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: TTI Advisory Council Meeting Goes Virtual Transportation Planning in Texas Has Deep Roots Thanks to TxDOT/TTI Relationship Road Safety Study During the Pandemic Shows Risk of Death or Injury Is Greater When Roads Are Clearer Counting Heads, Allocating Dollars – Decennial Population Projections Foretell […]
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 time frame, but due to continued COVID-related restrictions, TTI leadership decided to host the meeting virtually. The meeting commenced with a welcome and introductions […]
Transportation Planning in Texas Has Deep Roots Thanks to TxDOT/TTI Relationship
A little known but decades-long relationship between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has led to the development of a popular travel demand model application tool. The tool is the Texas Package Suite of Programs (simply known as TexPACK), and it’s receiving praise from transportation professionals across the […]
Road Safety Study During the Pandemic Shows Risk of Death or Injury Is Greater When Roads Are Clearer
By Ann Kellett, Texas A&M University, Division of Marketing & Communications Special to the Texas Transportation Researcher The number of Texas traffic crashes in April dropped by almost 50 percent compared to 2017–2019 averages, according to a study by the Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The number of […]
Counting Heads, Allocating Dollars – Decennial Population Projections Foretell a Transit Funding Boost for Texas
Like virtually all major transportation systems, public transit services are supported by federal funding. In fact, according to the Congressional Research Service, these funds accounted for 16.5 percent of transit revenues nationwide in 2017. Exactly how much annual federal funding comes to a given area in the United States hinges, in part, on the outcome […]
TTI/TxDOT-Developed Test Method Recognized as Official ASTM Standard for Erosion Control on Slopes
Building roads isn’t just about pouring pavement. Keeping the bed beneath the roadway stable is vital to avoid sooner-than-necessary maintenance and promote safety by preventing wear and tear. Controlling erosion around and below the roadbed itself is key to ensuring that roadbed stability. Further, uncontrolled erosion can negatively impact the environment as well by, for […]
TTI Research on I-20 Dallas Project Succeeds in Cutting Construction Time
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers are working with multiple Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) districts on case study projects to accelerate overall pavement construction project times. Using a wide variety of pavement forensic evaluation tools and an innovative traffic control plan, the bulk of the work happens before letting a project and is intended […]
COVID-19 Uncertainty Leads to Opportunity: Record Attendance at the 2020 Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted the first-ever virtual Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum Aug. 6, 2020. Supported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety, the event focused on pedestrian safety issues. By moving to a virtual platform, the 2020 Texas Pedestrian Safety Forum team provided 588 people […]