For many years, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has provided travel demand model (TDM) technique support for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) as the base of the urban transportation planning process. The TDM is critical to the transportation planning process since it is used to predict future demand for transportation facilities and services. […]
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Visualizing Disruptions on Our Roadways
Roadway congestion continues to be a frustration for drivers across the nation. Delays and slowdowns caused by crashes, extreme weather or even road debris dramatically affect the reliability of the transportation system and can add grueling hours to commuter drive times. While congestion may seem unavoidable at times, the ability to track roadway incidents and […]
Perez Wins First Place in Data Visualization at ATSIP’s 2019 Traffic Records Forum
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Marcie Perez won first place in the data visualization category for “investigating crash data through data visualization” at the 2019 Traffic Records Forum. The forum (Aug. 4–7, 2019) was hosted by the Association of Transportation Safety Information Professionals (ATSIP). Perez led the Aug. 6 session Data Visualization: […]
Coordinating Bicycle, Pedestrian Count Data to Identify Active Lifestyle Patterns
Ever looked at mobility from big picture to small details? Imagine a map of Texas. Select a county. Zoom in to a metropolitan view, checkered with count locations for bicyclists and pedestrians. Clicking on a count location also brings up a screen of charts that display bicycle and pedestrian count data at various time intervals. […]
TTI Researchers Use Data Visualization to Create Interactive Congestion Strategy Website
In 2016, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Associate Transportation Researcher Phil Lasley came to James Moughon, TTI software applications developer, looking for a way to make the congestion-mitigation strategy website, developed for TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, more user friendly. At the time, the website listed more than 100 congestion-mitigation strategies using static graphics, but […]
TTI Researchers Use Data Visualization to Create Interactive Congestion Strategy Website
In 2016, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Associate Transportation Researcher Phil Lasley came to James Moughon, TTI software applications developer, looking for a way to make his congestion-mitigation strategy website more user-friendly. At the time, the website listed more than 100 congestion-mitigation strategies using static graphics, but Lasley wanted to make it more interactive. “One […]