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Bubble, Bubble. Toil. No Trouble. TTI Researchers Investigate Mysterious Pavement Behaviors Following Hurricane Harvey
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on Texas was unprecedented in many ways, including rainfall amounts, property damage and human misery. There was also unprecedented disruption and damage to Texas roadways. About a mile of SH 6 in Harris County, from Clay Road to I-10, was covered with up to 7 feet of water for 14 days. Multiple […]
TTI Shines at Transportation Research Board 97th Annual Meeting
Numerous Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and students were recognized during the Transportation Research Board (TRB) 97th Annual Meeting Jan. 7–11 in Washington, D.C. This year’s gathering of transportation professionals from around the globe included more than 5,000 presentations in nearly 800 sessions and workshops. Best Paper Awards The paper “Field Evaluation of Pilot […]
Better Estimates, Smarter Development: Caltrans Adopts TTI’s New Smart-Growth Trip-Generation Tool
The traditional data used to estimate the transportation impact of urban development are not appropriate for smart growth or infill development, according to a study conducted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) for the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans). (Infill development refers to building on vacant land within a developed area.) As a result […]
Building on a Foundation of Shared Trust, Vision: TTI and Texas A&M’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Look Toward the Future
In 1950, Texas A&M College already enjoyed a 40-year reputation for innovative road materials research. That, combined with the college’s land-grant mission of public service, made it a natural home for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The shared connection between academic learning and applied research was embodied in TTI’s first director, Fred Benson, who […]
The Campus As a Classroom: TTI Creates Opportunities for Texas A&M Engineering Students
In March 2016, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) embarked on the Campus Transportation Technology Initiative (CTTI). Supported by Texas A&M University and funded by President Michael K. Young, the project’s vision is to bring transportation innovation to campus to improve safety, mobility and quality of life. TTI Senior Research Scientist Bob Brydia leads the […]
TTI Headquarters Building at RELLIS Campus Reaches Milestone
Hundreds of workers, Texas A&M University System dignitaries, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) leadership and members of the media attended the topping out ceremony for TTI’s new headquarters building Jan. 18. This ceremony occurs when the beam of the building’s highest point is put in place. “This building is going to help save thousands and […]
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Henk Appointed Chair of the Texas Teen Safe Driving Coalition TTI Senior Research Engineer Russell Henk has been named chairperson of Texas’ Teen Safe Driving Coalition — a partnership led by the National Safety Council. Henk manages TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety Program and created the award-winning Teens in the Driver Seat® (TDS) program in 2002. […]
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The Last Stop with Greg Winfree: Investing Intellectual Capital Today in Tomorrow’s Transportation System
One of the most important assets we have in transportation research is intellectual capital. In the last century, the power of pioneering minds overcame seemingly insurmountable challenges to improve mobility, safety and infrastructure longevity. Without that systematic application of innovative thinking, roads would have crumbled faster, more system users would have died or been injured, […]
Driverless Vehicles Hit the Road in Texas
The push toward autonomous vehicles is strong in the Lone Star State, home of the Texas AV Proving Grounds Partnership. If you think your car will be driving you anytime in the near future, think again. Known as driverless or self-driving vehicles, autonomous vehicles are in the spotlight. But while the auto, tech and ride-share […]
Energy Secretary Perry Tours RELLIS Campus, Meets TTI Researchers
In introducing U.S. Secretary of Energy Rick Perry during his visit to the Texas A&M University System’s RELLIS Campus on Feb. 16, Chancellor John Sharp said Perry, A&M Class of ‘72, is making Aggies everywhere proud. Perry, the first Aggie Governor of the state of Texas, spoke at the newly completed Center for Infrastructure Renewal […]
Advanced Characterization of Infrastructure Materials Lab
The Advanced Characterization of Infrastructure Materials (ACIM) lab is unique among industry and university based labs as it incorporates advanced characterization of the materials used to build the single and composite materials that support infrastructure. Using advanced micro/nano-analytical techniques and non-destructive evaluation, the ACIM lab provides equipment and computational power for the characterization of aggregates, […]
Soil/Unbound Materials Innovation Lab
Infrastructure systems are only as good as the foundation on which they are built. Much of our existing infrastructure is in dire need of foundational upgrades or rehabilitation. This lab allows researchers to investigate soils, stabilization techniques, and rehabilitation techniques that can be implemented in both the short and long term. The Soil and Unbound […]
Instrumented Bridge
TTI’s Instrumented Bridge is an innovative bridge design at TTI’s Proving Grounds Research Facility that is appropriate for spans of 50 feet or less. The bridge uses a new concrete spread slab beam bridge design. Conventional slab beam bridges have precast concrete slab beams placed immediately adjacent to one another with a cast-in-place (CIP) topping […]
Concrete Innovation Lab
The Concrete Innovation Laboratory conducts research on all things that have to do with concrete. For example, it is essential that the power generation energy infrastructure migrate the damage done from alkali–silica reaction (ASR), or “concrete cancer” and similar expansion mechanisms in both above and below ground structures containment facilities. The lab has characterized a […]
Asphalt Innovation Laboratory
The Asphalt Innovation Laboratory has state-of-the-art equipment and world-renowned researchers to investigate, develop and deploy improvements in asphalt technology, focusing not only on defining problems, but solving them, and helping implement the solutions. The researchers in this lab encompass a holistic approach to pavements, including intricate modeling, chemical analysis, physical testing, and field investigation to […]
Transit, Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Test Bed
TTI developed a concept of operations plan for designing, testing, piloting, demonstrating and deploying CAV technology hardware and applications to reduce and eliminate crashes involving transit, bicyclists and pedestrians. A pilot test was also conducted of the Mobileye Shield + collision avoidance system on a Texas A&M University bus in Phase I of the project. […]
Connected Vehicle Assessment Simulation Test Bed
TTI has developed an augmented-reality environment where real entities (vehicles and traffic signal operation) are combined with simulated traffic and displayed on a screen. The first-of-its-kind approach — called CONnected Vehicle Assessment Simulation (CONVAS) — marries the cost-effectiveness of computer simulation with actual roadway operations to produce an efficient yet dependable evaluation mechanism for the […]
Campus Transportation Technology Initiative
TTI, partnering with the Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station and operating under contract to Texas A&M University, is helping develop a smarter campus transportation ecosystem at Texas A&M, increasing safety, mobility, throughput, and efficiency across all modes of transportation in the campus environment. The primary goal of this initiative is to encourage anyone who has […]