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Does Your Teen Text While Driving? Now There’s An App For That.

September 1, 2021

By Russell Henk What we’re learning about the battle against the coronavirus could go a long way in helping us thwart vehicle crashes. It’s a simple lesson: Prevention – in the form of personal responsibility – can help us contain the public health crisis of COVID-19, and it can do the same with the epidemic […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: human interaction, Russell Henk, safety, Teens in the Driver Seat, What We're Thinking

At a Glance — The Intersection of Health and Transportation

June 1, 2019

Photo (bottom, right) credit: Amani A/Shutterstock.com

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

What We’re Thinking: As Cars Get Better, Driving Gets Worse

June 1, 2019

By Russell Henk This article was originally published in Dallas News, April 11, 2019. Our cars keep getting better, but our driving seems to be getting worse. Auto design has evolved from safety belts and airbags that help us survive crashes to features like lane-departure warnings and automatic emergency braking that help us avoid them. […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 2 Tagged With: distracted driving, human interaction, safety, Teens in the Driver Seat

Driven to Improve Safety: TTI, Texas A&M Partners Collaborate to Reduce Agricultural Crashes

June 1, 2019

Driving for work can be deadly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of work-related deaths in the United States. Beyond the tragic loss of life or permanent injury resulting from such incidents, societal costs are mounting via rising health care costs and increasing business […]

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

Safety Research Essential in Light of National Increase in Traffic Crashes: TTI’s Center for Transportation Safety

June 1, 2018

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 […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 2 Tagged With: Center for Transportation Safety, crashes, human interaction, safety

Building on a Foundation of Shared Trust, Vision: TTI and Texas A&M’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Look Toward the Future

March 1, 2018

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 […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 1 Tagged With: human interaction, infrastructure, partnership, research, safety, traffic operations, workforce development, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering

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

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