The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) stands as a renowned institution at the forefront of cutting-edge transportation research. With world-class facilities and multidisciplinary expertise, TTI is a global leader in shaping safer, more efficient and environmentally sustainable transportation systems. Through innovative facilities in connected transportation, infrastructure, safety, environment and traffic operations, TTI pushes the boundaries […]
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The Last Stop with Greg Winfree: A (Research) House Is Not a Home
We’ve devoted much of this edition of our magazine to showcasing some of the most advanced transportation research facilities anywhere on the planet. Throughout its history, TTI has devoted significant financial investment to building and continually refining these spaces to ensure that our laboratories are every bit as monumental as the transportation challenges they’re designed […]
TTI Facilities Research Road Safety Devices, Technologies
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Visibility Research Laboratory and smart intersection explore how improvements in road markings, signals and equipment can keep road users safe. Through the Eyes of the Visibility Research Laboratory Researchers in TTI’s Visibility Research Laboratory evaluate retroreflective materials, lights, coatings and other technologies designed to provide nighttime visibility. The lab […]
TTI’s RELLIS Research and Testing Facilities
Visibility Research Laboratory TTI’s Visibility Research Laboratory supports research evaluating transportation-related visibility products. The lab is equipped with photometric equipment to evaluate the products while traveling at night or in inclement weather. Contact: Adam Pike, a-pike@tti.tamu.edu Smart Intersection TTI’s Smart Intersection tests connected vehicle applications, traffic signal control and connected infrastructure interoperability. For one research […]
TTI Divisions Showcase Materials and Structures Capabilities to TxDOT
On Tuesday, October 13, and concurrent with the 89th Annual Transportation Short Course, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Materials and Pavements and Construction, Geotechnical and Structures Divisions hosted an open house of four transportation research laboratories. Facilities participating in the open house included TTI’s McNew Lab, High-Bay Structural and Materials Testing Lab, the Sensors […]