On Friday, Nov. 10, Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) Program hosted a one-day safety summit that brought together young traffic safety ambassadors, ranging from junior high to college students and highway safety professionals. The theme for this year’s summit was “Moving Forward Together,” and participants did just that by exploring the […]
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TTI’s Manser Promoted to Director of the Center for Transportation Safety
Effective Sept. 1, TTI Senior Research Scientist Michael Manser was promoted to the role of director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Transportation Safety (CTS), succeeding Robert Wunderlich after his decade-long leadership as CTS director.
Researchers Find Hidden Micro-Stressors in Routine Driving
Commuters around the world dream of ideal driving conditions every day, but they rarely get them. The traffic is often heavy and gets worse when the weather turns sour. Light traffic and good weather are usually perceived as factors for a stress-free commute. Alas, researchers from the University of Houston and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute found that even under such ideal conditions, daily driving is stressful to many people, and for intriguing reasons.
Youth Transportation Safety Summit Combines All Generations of Highway Safety Leaders
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) Program held the first of its kind Youth Transportation Safety Summit May 15–17. This year’s event brought together young traffic safety ambassadors from junior high to college students alongside highway safety professionals for the first time in the program’s history. The summit provided a national […]
A Tale of Two Problems: 2021 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference Addresses COVID-19’s Impact on Traffic Safety Fatalities
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted for the second year in a row the virtual Traffic Safety Conference July 14–16, 2021. Supported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the event focused on high priority safety issues and innovative solutions to end the streak of daily fatal crashes in Texas. This year’s conference also […]
Wunderlich Briefs Texas House Committee on Pedestrian Safety
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Robert Wunderlich briefed the Texas House Committee on Transportation Mar. 30, 2021 on pedestrian fatality statistics as background for House Bill 443. Wunderlich, director of TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety, briefed lawmakers on the increase in Texas pedestrian fatalities since 2011 and the characteristics associated with them. […]
TTI Crash Analytics Experts Publish Highway Safety Analytics and Modeling
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 […]
Texas Roads Less Crowded, but No Less Dangerous
Reformation Austin News highlights the COVID-19 traffic trend of fewer vehicles on Texas roadways but the lack of a commensurate reduction in fatal crashes. TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety Director Robert Wunderlich discusses his analysis of the data behind those findings. Read the Reformation Austin News story
A Galaxy Not So Far Away: Safety Innovation at the 2020 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted the first ever virtual Traffic Safety Conference June 10–12, 2020. The conference, supported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), focused on traffic safety issues and forward-looking research aligned with TxDOT’s goal to end all traffic fatalities on Texas roadways by 2050. For more information on the zero […]
The Safe System Approach with Robert Wunderlich, P.E.
Robert Wunderlich, P.E., ITE Fellow and Director of the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, discusses the Safe System approach to reducing serious injuries and fatalities on roadways. He highlights the various aspects of the Safe System, including roadway design that reduces user error and lowers impact forces, and explains what […]
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 […]
TTI’s Robert Wunderlich Receives the Prestigious Burton W. Marsh Award
TTI Center for Transportation Safety Director Robert Wunderlich received the prestigious Burton W. Marsh Award at the 2019 Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual International Meeting in Austin, Texas, which occurred July 21–24. The Marsh Award is presented to an ITE member who has made outstanding contributions to the advancement of ITE over the years. In his […]
Zero Deaths Directive Applauded by Experts at 2019 Traffic Safety Conference
On May 30, in a bold move to end traffic deaths, the Texas Transportation Commission directed the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to cut traffic fatalities in half by 2035 and end them entirely by 2050. These goals are a natural outcome of the current TxDOT #EndtheStreak campaign, which “encourages Texans to drive safely to […]
NHTSA Recognizes Wunderlich with Public Safety Award
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recognized Robert Wunderlich, director of the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), with a Public Service Award. Wunderlich’s plaque reads: “For your dedication to saving lives on our highways by championing data-driven traffic safety initiatives.” This year’s Public […]
Houston Chronicle Series Looks At Dangers Posed by Walking and Cycling in the Houston Region
Texas Together on the Road to Zero: TTI’s Traffic Safety Conference Looks at Ending Fatalities
“This is Texas together on the road to zero,” said Robert Wunderlich as he opened the 2018 Traffic Safety Conference in Sugar Land, Texas, August 8–10. Wunderlich, the director of the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), made the announcement after he asked attendees to stand if they work to […]
TTI Research Looks at What Makes Commercial Motor Vehicle Crashes More Severe
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) looked at nearly 2,800 commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crashes from 2011 through 2014 in 20 counties across the state of Texas. Half of the counties had high levels of oilfield activity. The researchers used statistical tools to identify the top factors associated with more severe crashes. The Federal Motor […]
Safety Research Essential in Light of National Increase in Traffic Crashes: TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety
With fatal and serious-injury crashes on the rise, the work of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Transportation Safety (CTS) is more critical than ever. “We’ve seen a steady increase in crashes over the last five years in Texas. A large part of this is due to the economy being better: we’re driving […]
Latest Issue of Safetynet Now Available
The newest issue of the Center for Transportation Safety’s newsletter, Safetynet, is available. View the newsletter. Sign up to receive Safetynet via email. In This Issue: Texas Children and Nighttime Drivers/Passengers at Higher Risk, Seat Belt Survey Finds TTI Leads Panel Discussion on the Future of Transportation “I’m a Biker & I Ride” Video Reaches More Than 55,000 […]
Texas Legislators Hear TTI Testimony on Autonomous Vehicle, Safety Issues
Members of the Texas House Transportation Committee on December 7 heard updates on research related to two of the Committee’s priority interest areas. Ginger Goodin, Director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, briefed members on the topic of autonomous vehicles in the context of policy and regulation. Robert Wunderlich, Director of TTI’s Center for Transportation […]
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