Volume 56, Number 1 (2020) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: TTI’s Advanced Transportation Technology Research TTI Earns Awards, Helps TRB Celebrate Its Centennial TTI Helps Coordinate the CAV Task Force: Connected-Automated Vehicles Are Becoming a Reality People First: Advanced Technology Improves Safety near Transit Stops Looking to the Future with the Texas Connected Freight […]
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At a Glance — TTI’s Advanced Transportation Technology Research
TTI Earns Awards, Helps TRB Celebrate Its Centennial
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) was well represented at the 99th Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board (TRB). This year’s meeting celebrated TRB’s centennial and had a record attendance of more than 13,900 participants from around the world. The meeting program covered all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 […]
TTI Helps Coordinate the CAV Task Force: Connected-Automated Vehicles Are Becoming a Reality
Connected-automated vehicles (CAVs) were once a figment of our imagination, something we only saw in science fiction movies; now, they’re becoming a reality. What exactly is CAV technology? CAVs leverage a combination of on- and off-vehicle sensors, cameras and other technologies to connect with other vehicles and infrastructure to help guide vehicles, improving public safety […]
People First: Advanced Technology Improves Safety near Transit Stops
Ensuring connected-automated vehicle technology benefits pedestrians, bicyclists and other vulnerable road users is vital to transforming our transportation system in a way that meets the needs of all users. Aiming for zero traffic deaths by the mid-century mark, the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT’s) Enhance Safety goal “promotes safe driving, bicycling and pedestrian activities.” TxDOT […]
Looking to the Future with the Texas Connected Freight Corridors Project
Imagine yourself driving a truck along I-35 filled with perishable goods. You rely on your eyes to predict what you might encounter on the road ahead, though you can’t always see every hazard. Advanced transportation technologies can make the difference, noticing (and reacting to) things the human eye can’t. Mobility, safety, reliability, security — all […]
On a Typical Day, Texas Drivers Face Longest Delays on Houston, Austin Freeways
Fueled by the state’s steady growth and healthy economy in 2018, Houston’s West Loop this year is set to repeat its rank as the most gridlocked corridor in the state. Interstate 35 in central Austin comes in a close second, with the Southwest and Eastex Freeways in Houston and the Woodall Rodgers Freeway in Dallas […]
TTI News
Manser Appointed to Motorcycle Safety Advisory Board TTI Senior Research Scientist Michael Manser was recently appointed to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation’s (TDLR’s) Motorcycle Safety Advisory Board. The board provides technical knowledge and industry expertise to TDLR about motorcycle rider training and education. With his more than 19 years of professional experience in […]
Upcoming Conferences
The Celebrating the TRB Centennial – Texas Style event and the Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference have been rescheduled for October 26–28. Online registration is open. Celebrating the TRB Centennial – Texas Style 5th Annual Texas A&M Transportation Technology Conference On this page: Celebrating the TRB Centennial – Texas Style 5th Annual Texas A&M Transportation […]
The Last Stop with Greg Winfree — Transportation as a Disease Vector: Our Research Must Focus on Mitigating the Spread of Infectious Diseases
In engineering, the term vector generally identifies a quantity that has magnitude and direction commonly represented by a directed line segment (i.e., an element of a vector space). Traditionally in medicine, however, a vector is an organism that doesn’t cause disease itself but spreads infection by conveying pathogens from one host to another. Inanimate objects […]
Wunderlich Briefs Texas Senate Panel on Traffic-Related Crash Trends, Causes
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Robert Wunderlich shared road safety insights with state lawmakers on February 26 during a meeting of Texas’ Senate Transportation Committee. The panel heard Wunderlich’s testimony in the course of pursuing its goal to study crash causes and make recommendations to improve roadway safety. “Texas traffic crashes are […]
Winfree Latest Column in Traffic Technology International Now Available
In the latest edition of Traffic Technology International, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Director Greg Winfree explains why protecting the 5.9 GHz band in the United States is so important. The editorial, 5.9 GHz spectrum is critical for safe roads and should be protected, focuses on the importance of preserving the 5.9 GHz DSRC band for […]
When You Ride Uber or Lyft With Your Kids, Do You Use Car Seats? You Should
We need consistent policies and laws regarding children and rideshare before somebody gets hurt. By Katie Womack Passengers under age 5 may constitute a tiny share of customers for Uber and Lyft, but those fragile riders deserve more attention as the industry grows. That’s because parents and rideshare drivers are both confused about when, where […]
Aldrete Briefs Legislators on Border Wait Time Implications
State lawmakers meeting in Laredo on Friday heard testimony from Rafael Aldrete, a Senior Research Scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, to inform their discussions on border crossing wait times and related trade implications. The House Committee on Transportation and the Committee on International Relations and Economic Development met on the campus of Texas […]
Don’t Be Fooled; Same-Day Delivery Isn’t Really Free
By Allan Rutter 50 years ago, when normal people could change their own oil, a mechanic in a television advertisement counseled that replacing the oil filter as part of a regular oil change was a sound investment, “You can pay me now, or you can pay me later.” This iconic slogan is appropriate for more […]
TTI Earns Awards, Helps TRB Celebrate Its Centennial
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) was well represented at The Transportation Research Board’s (TRB) 99th Annual Meeting. This year’s meeting celebrated TRB’s centennial and had a record year of attendance at 13,900+ participants from around the world. The meeting program covered all transportation modes, with more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and […]
TTI’s Manser Appointed to Motorcycle Safety Advisory Board
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Scientist Michael Manser was recently appointed to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation’s (TDLR’s) Motorcycle Safety Advisory Board. The advisory board provides technical knowledge and industry expertise to the TDLR about motorcycle rider training and education. With over 19 years of professional experience in the area of […]
Texas Cannot Pave Its Way Out of Traffic Problems
Some simple adjustments to work schedules could dramatically reduce rush-hour traffic By David Schrank When we drive to work, we’re more than just commuters; we’re data points in a daily test of the laws of supply and demand. And the result is the same every day. The roadway space we want exceeds the space we […]
Andrade Joins Texas Transportation Hall of Honor
Esperanza “Hope” Andrade, an influential and dedicated servant leader, innovator and advocate for the Texas transportation community, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at a reception and ceremony at Mi Tierra Café in San Antonio Jan. 7. Andrade, a successful entrepreneur and businesswoman in the San Antonio community for more than three […]