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New Episode of Thinking Transportation Podcast Released

March 31, 2021

Episode 5. Good News, Bad News. A better grade for America’s infrastructure, but still no bragging rights. FEATURING: Charles Gurganus, Edith Arámbula Mercado American roads and bridges get us to where we live, learn, work, shop, and play. And that network has needed repair for a while, now. TTI experts Edith Arámbula Mercado and Charles Gurganus […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: infrastructure, Thinking Transportation

TTI’s Villa Publishes Book on North American and European Trade and Transportation

March 30, 2021

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Scientist Juan Carlos Villa published International Trade and Transportation Infrastructure Development: Experiences in North America and Europe (1st edition) Apr. 24, 2020, on Elsevier’s publisher platform. Villa is a co-author with Maria Boile, director of the Hellenic Institute of Transport, part of the Center for Research and Technology Hellas, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: freight, infrastructure, Juan Villa, transportation

Newcomb Presents at Virtual Town Hall for Texas Representative Terry Wilson

October 22, 2020

TTI Senior Research Engineer and Materials & Pavements Division Head David Newcomb delivered a presentation at Texas Representative Terry Wilson’s Virtual Town Hall on September 30, 2020. The discussion centered on the impact of increased truck traffic due to the Aggregate Production Operations Industry in surrounding communities. “Representative Wilson’s office reached out to TTI prior […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: david newcomb, Eagle Ford Shale, infrastructure, truck

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

Winfree Emphasizes Timing as Key to the Future of Transportation in GRIDSMART’s #talkITS Magazine Article

November 19, 2019

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Agency Director Greg Winfree explores the outer reaches of tomorrow’s transportation system — along with the tools and resources needed to get there — in a recent #talkITS magazine article. His article, “Timing is Everything: Technology, education, and tomorrow’s transportation workforce,” was published in the Fall 2019 issue of the […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Greg Winfree, infrastructure, ITS, talkITS

Is That Road Made of Recycled Asphalt? If It’s Done Right, You Will Never Know

October 1, 2019

Recycled pavement saves money and the environment. By Amy Epps Martin and Edith Arambula Ask just about anybody to name the most recycled material in America, and you’re likely to get some predictable responses: Aluminum cans. Plastic bottles. Glass bottles. Paper. Each guess is logical. And each one is wrong. That’s because 99% of reclaimed […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: asphalt, infrastructure, RAP, What We're Thinking

TTI Researcher Arambula Featured in Asphalt Pavement Article

May 29, 2019

TTI Associate Research Engineer Edith Arambula’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program project on evaluating the use of recycling agents was recently featured in an article for Asphalt Pavement. Taking RAP to the Max examines the barriers that prevent the use of  reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP), which is stockpiled throughout the country, and what can be […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: asphalt, Edith Arambula, infrastructure, NCHRP, Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement

Infrastructure Week 2019–#BuildForTomorrow

May 13, 2019

May 13-20 is the 7th annual Infrastructure Week. This year’s message emphasizes that America’s future will be shaped by the infrastructure choices we make today. So let’s #BuildForTomorrow. The Center for Infrastructure Renewal (CIR), located on the RELLIS Campus, is a state-of-the-art research center that is the leading source for developing transformative infrastructure solutions. The […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Center for Infrastructure Renewal, CIR, infrastructure, Infrastructure Week, RELLIS Campus

At a Glance — Dollars and Sense: The Texas Rural Transportation Network

March 1, 2019

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Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 1 Tagged With: general aviation, infrastructure, mobility, railroad network, safety

What We’re Thinking: Why Maintaining a Lone Desert Highway Matters to Us All

March 1, 2019

By Katie Turnbull This article was originally published in Dallas News, Dec. 26, 2018. For all the contrasts that distinguish urban and rural Texans, one thing that unites us all is the need for reliable transportation. Exactly what that reliable transportation looks like depends on where we choose to live. Regardless of that choice, certain […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 1 Tagged With: general aviation, infrastructure, mobility, safety, travel and tourism

At a Glance — The Oil and Gas Energy Sector in Texas (2018)

December 1, 2018

See related story. 1 Baker Hughes. North America Rig Count. http://phx.corporate-ir.net/phoenix.zhtml?c=79687&p=irol-reportsother. 2 Railroad Commission of Texas. Monthly Drilling, Completion and Plugging Summaries. http://www.rrc.texas.gov/oil-gas/research-and-statistics/well-information/monthly-drilling-completion-and-plugging-summaries/.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 4 Tagged With: infrastructure, Oil and Gas Energy Developments

What We’re Thinking: Rural Texas Highways Give Us a Reliable Path to the Pump

December 1, 2018

By Bill Stockton This article was originally published in The Texas Tribune, November 14, 2018. Your car’s next tank of gas is on its way to you. You can be assured of that, even though the journey it takes to get there is a sometimes arduous one. That journey could begin at one of hundreds […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 4 Tagged With: infrastructure, mobility, Oil and Gas Energy Developments, safety

Decisions, Decisions: Lane Choices Aren’t as Simple as We Thought

December 1, 2018

Plastic or paper. Decaf or regular. Cash or credit. Consumers make choices every day. Whether it’s about how we shop, how we dine, or how we purchase goods and services, most of our decisions are pretty straightforward. We know what we want, and we know why. When it comes to how we commute, however, things […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 4 Tagged With: economics, human behavior, infrastructure, managed lanes, mobility

Fingerprinting Asphalt: New Handheld Testing Device Ensures Binder Quality

December 1, 2018

Ensuring that asphalt binders don’t contain too many contaminates can be key to ensuring a longer-lasting roadway. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is implementing use of an innovative technology in a new test method and updated specifications developed during a two-year study conducted by the Materials and Pavements Division of the Texas A&M Transportation […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 4 Tagged With: Asphalt Binders, infrastructure, Premature Pavement Failure

TTI Travels to Africa for a Transportation Improvement Expedition

November 6, 2018

A week-long visit to Namibia by the leaders of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) in October continued a longtime working relationship with that country but lays the groundwork for relationships with numerous other African countries. Agency Director Greg Winfree, Assistant Director Joe Zietsman and Associate Research Engineer Tara Ramani met with the country’s Roads […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Greg Winfree, infrastructure, Joe Zietsman, Namibia, sustainability

Finding a Better Way to Reason With Hurricane Season

September 7, 2018

By Jolanda Prozzi The current tropical storm season has barely begun, and we’re still recovering from the last one, mindful of a few sobering realities: Weather and climate disaster events — which include hurricanes and other major flooding — are becoming more frequent. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the U.S. suffered 203 […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Hurricane, Hurricane Harvey, infrastructure, Jolanda Prozzi, What We're Thinking

At a Glance — On the Road Again in Texas: TxDOT’s Projected Costs and Potential Savings with Accelerated Construction

September 1, 2018

1 Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT). “Texas Transportation Asset Management Plan” (forthcoming). 2 TxDOT. Unified Transportation Program. (2019). http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot-info/tpp/utp/2019/utp-2019.pdf. Accessed October 4, 2018. 3 TxDOT. Accelerated Construction Guidelines. (2018). http://ftp.dot.state.tx.us/pub/txdot/cst/regional-workshops/accelerated-construction-guidelines.pdf. Accessed October 4, 2018.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 3 Tagged With: Accelerated Construction, infrastructure

What We’re Thinking: It’s High Time for a Discussion on Infrastructure

September 1, 2018

By Greg Winfree and Zachry Grasley This article was originally published in The Hill, August 20, 2018. This year, we mark 11 years since the Interstate 35 bridge in Minneapolis collapsed into the Mississippi River, killing 13 people and injuring 145 more. For anyone not living there, or otherwise not personally affected by that tragedy, […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 3 Tagged With: funding, infrastructure, policy, transportation infrastructure

Faster, Safer, Less Expensive Road Construction Through Utility Engineering

September 1, 2018

The practice of burying or placing utility lines without adequate documentation has caused large-scale problems across the country. It’s also helped create a new program devoted entirely to the issue. The Utility Engineering Program, formed last year at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to capitalize on the Institute’s two decades of leading-edge research and […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 3 Tagged With: Asset Management, construction, infrastructure, utility engineering, utility infrastructure

Double Time — Accelerated Construction Strategies Enable a Quicker Pace Toward Project Completion

September 1, 2018

ENCOUNTERING the same construction zones day after day, month after month, it’s only natural for travelers to ask “Why does this have to take so long?” Thanks to a growing reliance on creative thinking, it no longer does. That thinking is at the root of accelerated construction, an effort launched in Texas in 1998 and […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 3 Tagged With: Accelerated Construction, infrastructure, mobility

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