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Entrepreneur Yanzhi “Ann” Xu Co-Creates Start-Up Company to Commercialize Electric Vehicle Charging Demand Software

July 28, 2021

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Yanzhi “Ann” Xu is the co-founder of ElectroTempo, Inc., a start-up company for electric vehicle charging demand software technology. The company was incorporated Nov. 19, 2020. The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents granted approval at its board meeting May 20, 2021, for Xu, as a TTI […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: demand simulator, Electric Vehicle, environment, utility infrastructure

Transportation and Public Health at the Crossroads: SMART Infrastructure to Improve Health Equity

June 1, 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted the world, including how we view our transportation system. But that interruption in “the way we’ve always done things” has also provided us an unprecedented opportunity to take a step back and reassess our habits, systems and interactions to achieve healthier outcomes. One strategy to do so demands that transportation […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 57, Number 2 Tagged With: CARTEEH, environment, health, infrastructure, SMART Infrastructure Framework

TTI, The Nature Conservancy Complete Comprehensive Assessment of Low-Cost Air Quality Monitors

April 22, 2021

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and its Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy and Health (CARTEEH), in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC), recently completed a study entitled Analysis of the Performance and Calibration of Low-Cost Air Quality Monitors. The study assesses the performance and calibration of low-cost air quality […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: air quality, CARTEEH, environment

CARTEEH Researchers Publish First Book on Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Human Health

November 11, 2020

Researchers from TTI’s Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy and Health (CARTEEH) published the 1st edition of Traffic-Related Air Pollution on Aug. 19, 2020. Associate Research Scientist Haneen Khreis led the editing of the book, working with CARTEEH Director Joe Zietsman and Associate Research Engineer Tara Ramani along with Mark Nieuwenhuijsen, a research […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Air Pollution, CARTEEH, environment

Paving the Way: TTI Pavement Research Provides Economic, Environmental Benefits

December 1, 2019

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has a varied and productive history of applied research for the National Cooperative Highway Research Program. These projects provide excellent value by solving the myriad of problems facing transportation professionals. Two recent projects in the pavement area, Short-Term Laboratory Conditioning of Asphalt Mixtures and The Effects of Recycling Agents […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 4 Tagged With: Asphalt Pavement, economics, environment, infrastructure, pavement performance

Study Shows Air Pollution a Key Contributor of New Childhood Asthma Cases Across Europe

August 8, 2019

Up to 11 percent of new childhood asthma cases could be prevented each year if European countries complied with current World Health Organization (WHO) air quality guidelines, according to a study of 18 European countries co-led by Texas A&M Transportation Institute Associate Research Scientist Haneen Khreis, who is also on the Center for Advancing Research […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: air quality, environment, public health

At a Glance — The Intersection of Health and Transportation

June 1, 2019

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Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 2 Tagged With: environment, human interaction, public health, safety

It’s Complicated: Transportation’s Relationship with Public Health

June 1, 2019

The intersection of transportation and health is a place where ironic and dissonant circumstances often collide. A driver whose life was nearly ended in a crash with one motor vehicle will typically depend upon another motor vehicle — a hospital-bound ambulance — to save his or her life. A person chooses to walk or bike […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 2 Tagged With: Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions Energy and Health, environment, public health

Health in Transportation Corridor Planning Framework

June 1, 2019

Why and when should transportation agencies try to address health concerns? “The simple answer is because transportation decisions can impact health in the community. Considering these impacts early, as decisions are made, supports better outcomes.” — Federal Highway Administration In 2016, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) published the Health in Transportation Corridor Planning Framework, a […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 2 Tagged With: Corridor Planning, environment, public health, transportation planning

TTI Creates New Heat Map Showing Relationship between Traffic-Related Air Pollution and Childhood Asthma Across the United States

April 3, 2019

Asthma cases attributable to traffic-related air pollution dramatically decreased between 2000 and 2010 A team of air quality and health researchers led by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has created a first-of-its-kind, county-by-county interactive heat map and city-by-city table detailing the distribution of childhood asthma due to traffic-related air pollution across the United States. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: air quality, CARTEEH, Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, environment, Haneen Khreis, public health

CARTEEH Symposium Spotlights Common Focus of Transportation and Public Health Professionals

February 25, 2019

The interests of transportation and public health together occupy a somewhat paradoxical space. Vehicle emissions constitute a public health threat, at the same time that health care and health-promoting activities often depend on access to vehicular mobility. That reality was one of several themes explored by professionals at the Transportation, Air Quality, and Health Symposium […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARTEEH, environment, public health

Register Now for the Transportation, Air Quality, and Health Symposium

November 16, 2018

Transportation is a major source of anthropogenic air pollution. Transportation-related air pollution has been linked to premature mortality and a wide spectrum of global diseases including asthma, lung cancer, stroke, autism, dementia, diabetes and obesity. Reducing transportation energy consumption and emissions can improve air quality and reduce adverse impacts on public health and health equity. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: air quality, CARTEEH, environment, symposium

TTI Hosts FHWA’s Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group

November 1, 2018

Hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA’s) Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group (SPTWG) met at The Texas A&M University System’s Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), located at the A&M System’s RELLIS Campus, Oct. 30–31. The group’s stated purpose is to “provide technical input to the FHWA on sustainability and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Center for Infrastructure Renewal, CIR, education, environment, Federal Highway Administration, FHWA, pavement, pavement technique, pavement technology, policy, SPTWG, sustainability, Sustainable Pavements Technical Working Group, transportation, workforce

Cheap, Fast, Good: Cold, In-Place Recycling Can Deliver All Three

September 1, 2018

The old adage, “Cheap, Fast, Good: Pick Any Two,” applies to most things. Defying this commonly held belief, rehabilitating a roadway with cold-in-place recycling (CIR) can actually be faster and cheaper than traditional methods and still yield outstanding results. CIR is a single operation. An existing deteriorated hot-mix asphalt (HMA) layer is recycled and treated, […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 3 Tagged With: Accelerated Construction, Asphalt Maintenance, Cold In-place Recycling, environment, infrastructure

CARTEEH’s Khreis Awarded the 2018 ISEE Rebecca James Baker Award

August 29, 2018

Assistant Research Scientist Haneen Khreis with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy, and Health (CARTEEH) has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Rebecca James Baker Award by the International Society for Environmental Epidemiology (ISEE). Khreis received this award for her work on the influence of traffic-related air pollution […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: air quality, CARTEEH, Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, environment, Haneen Khreis, Rebecca James Baker Award

You Don’t Have To Be In a Wreck To Be a Traffic Casualty

May 24, 2018

By Joe Zietsman, Haneen Khreis, and Tara Ramani If recent trends continue, more than 6 million roadway crashes will happen this year in the U.S. Even if your safe driving habits and good luck help you to avoid being in one of them, what happens on our streets and highways is, nonetheless, almost certain to […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Air Pollution, and Health, CARTEEH, casualty, Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, energy, environment, traffic

CARTEEH’s Khreis Shares Passion for Health Studies with TTI

April 4, 2018

The newest researcher in the Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions, Energy and Health (CARTEEH) of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is determined to make environmental health a prominent and permanent fixture of the Institute’s research initiatives going forward. And she’s off to a good start. Assistant Research Scientist Haneen Khreis began her […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CARTEEH, emissions, environment, Haneen Khreis, public health, The Center for Advancing Research in Transportation Emissions

Trumpf Returns for Another Round of Testing at TTI’s Environmental Chamber

December 14, 2017

In 2015, Trump, Inc. utilized the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Environmental and Emissions Research Facility (EERF) to test a piece of equipment that uses a laser to cut sheet metal for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and job shops alike. The testing went so well their research and development team returned last month to test another […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: EERF, environment, Environmental and Emissions Research Facility, environmental chamber, Trumpf

A Partnership in Progress: TTI, USDOT Celebrate a Half Century of Research Innovations

December 1, 2017

For the past 50 years, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has provided assistance to the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) to make the nation’s transportation system safer, more efficient and more resilient. Across the DOT’s spectrum of modal agencies—air, highways, motor carriers, rail, transit, maritime, traffic safety, and pipeline and hazardous materials—TTI expertise has […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 53, Number 4 Tagged With: connected transportation, environment, freight, human interaction, infrastructure, mobility, partnership, safety, workforce development

Innovative Data Applications Improve Border Planning, Air Quality

December 1, 2017

Using GPS Devices to Get Better Emissions Estimates The World Trade Bridge crossing in the Laredo–Nuevo Laredo region is the most used Texas-Mexico port of entry (POE). The crossing’s popularity helps explain the location’s relatively high vehicle emissions, caused by high truck volumes and slow speeds as traffic makes its way across the bridge. A […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 53, Number 4 Tagged With: air quality, border crossing, environment, freight, mobile source emissions, mobility, modeling, planning

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