Volume 53, Number 4 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: 20 Years of Partnering with ARTBA on the Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse A Partnership in Progress: TTI, USDOT Celebrate a Half Century of Research Innovations Using Big Data to Improve Traffic Counts TTI, Houston TranStar Partnership Celebrate 25 Years of Traffic and Emergency […]
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Restoring Our Infrastructure: Resilient. Reliable. Sustainable.
Volume 53, Number 3 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: At a Glance: Highlights from ASCE’s 2017 Infrastructure Report Card Helping Agencies Manage Infrastructure Renewal: TTI’s Asset Management Group TTI Demonstrates New Tech Aimed at Mitigating Wrong-Way Driving Crashes Texas A&M’s Infrastructure Renewal Symposium Brings Together Industry Experts, Leaders to Discuss Critical Issues Accelerated […]
Work in Progress: Building TTI’s New Home
Volume 53, Number 2 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: At a Glance: The Amount of Drilling Activity in a Region Affects Vehicle Crashes and Crash Costs TTI’s Traveler Information System Helps Keep I-35 Drivers Safer, Better Informed Rural Toolkit Devised to Help High-Crash-Rate Areas Improve Transportation Safety New Report on Shale Development Impacts […]
Expanding Our Reach
Volume 53, Number 1 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Getting to Know TTI’s New Director, Gregory D. Winfree TTI-Texas A&M Engineering Collaborations Enhance Educational Opportunities A Team Effort: Toyota Project Brings Together Multiple Institutions to Create Crash Countermeasures Learning by Doing: TTI Provides Texas A&M Students Hands-On Experience Student Insights Lead to Research […]
New Director, New Opportunities
Volume 52, Number 4 (2016) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Handing Over the Reins: A Final Word, A Fond Farewell Follow the Leader: Two-Truck Automated Platoon Test Is a Winner Survey Says: More Texans Turning to Phone Apps, Websites to Avoid Traffic TTI Investigates Traffic Safety Impacts of Marijuana Use Spike in Pedestrian/Bicyclist Deaths […]
Redefining Freight Movement
Volume 52, Number 3 (2016) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Intellectual Curiosity and Innovation: Research Leads the Way to Implementation TTI Researchers Find Innovative Ways to Use Rural Transit to Move People and Goods The TxDOT/TTI Team: Making Roadside Safety History Transformative by Design: The Autonomous Freight Shuttle Started with a Simple Drawing Uber, […]
Tomorrow’s Growth: Nurtured by Research
Volume 52, Number 2 (2016) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Transportation Research: An Economic Necessity in a Time of Change TTI’s Toyota Project Aims to Proactively Detect Driver Stress, Vehicle Errors The Future of Freight: Troubleshooting Texas’ Shipping Strategies and Technologies Trending Upward: Recent Cross-Border Freight Traffic Might Spell Good News for U.S. Economy […]
Getting Our Transportation System Back on Its Feet
Volume 52, Number 1 (2016) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Everything Is Connected: Research to Bring Public Health and Transportation Together TTI Researchers Investigate Reasons Impaired Drivers Choose Transportation Network Companies to Provide Safe Rides New Rapid-Flashing Beacon Shows Great Promise in Improving Pedestrian Safety Building Sustainability into Our Transportation System Walk, Don’t Drive: […]
Who’s Driving the Revolution?
Volume 51, Number 4 (2015) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Roping Revolution: CV/AV Deployment and Public Policy Technology, New Concepts Drive Future Freight Movement Investments A Look into Tomorrow: What-If Scenarios and Planning the Future of Transportation Reinventing Transportation: Change Is Coming. Are We Ready? Next-Level Trucking: Autonomous Truck Platooning a Game Changer for […]
TTI and TxDOT: Teaming for Texas
Volume 51, Number 3 (2015) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: TTI and TxDOT: A Partnership of Vision, Expertise and Excellence for Texas TTI and TxDOT: Where State of the Art Meets State of the Practice TTI Creates New Methodology for Multimodal Assessment Seal Coats: Sharing Lessons Learned, Testing New Methods Troubleshooting Issues Before They’re […]
The World is Our Laboratory
Volume 51, Number 2 (2015) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: TTI Facilities Provide Reliable, Real-World Results for Sponsors TTI’s SEC Lab: A Quarter Century of Product-Testing Excellence Research in All Kinds of Weather: TTI’s Environmental and Emissions Research Facility TTI Upgrades Driving Simulator to Produce More Reliable Results TTI’s High-Bay Structural Testing Facility Brings […]
Patching the Oil Patch: The Cost of Progress
Volume 51, Number 1 (2015) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Research Is Another Resource Texans Can Rely On Filling In Knowledge Potholes: TTI Correlates Trends in Energy Developments and Pavement Conditions Dredging Up Business: TxDOT Considers Maintenance Options for the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Texas A Recipe for Road Rehabilitation TxDOT, TTI Team Up […]
What Texans Think About Their Transportation System
Volume 50, Number 4 (2014) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: TTI Helps Texas Stay on Course for the Future Compressed Natural Gas Bus Fleets in Texas TTI Transit Research Highlighted at APTA Annual Meeting TTI Becoming Known for Expertise in Retrofitting Bridges Most Texans Support More Funding for Transportation, New Poll Shows One Is […]
TTI Helps Texas Communities Meet Transportation Challenges
Volume 50, Number 3 (2014) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: TTI Helps Texas Communities Meet Transportation Challenges TTI Advisory Council: Advancing the Vision Keeping Texans Informed During Construction Projects TTI Helps Keep Americans Safe at Home and Abroad Helping TxDOT Build Better Bridges Improving Traffic Incident Management Time Is Money: Cutting Shipping Times Without […]
Connected Cars, Smarter Roads, Safer Texas
Volume 50, Number 2 (2014) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: An Old Notion, A New Future: We’ve Been Automating Vehicles Right from the Start TTI Study Examines Policy Implications of Automated Vehicles TTI Successfully Tests Algorithm as Part of USDOT Prototype Development Project Testing Connected Transportation Innovations Starts with First Creating the Test Itself […]
Yesterday’s Inventions, Tomorrow’s Innovations
Volume 50, Number 1 (2014) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Building on the Past to Plan the Future Happy Birthday to Texas Transportation Researcher: 50 Years of Informing, Sharing and Promoting TTI Research and Implementation Texas Drivers Report Improvements in Some Safety Behaviors TTI’s Advanced Traffic Forecasting Helps Austin Prepare for 2035 Comprehensive Compaction […]
Transportation 2.0: Upgrading Our Transportation System
Volume 49, Number 4 (2013) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Transportation 2.0: Upgrade to Avoid System Crashes TTI and TRB: Across the Years Improved Data Collection for Improved Mobility Estimating Economic Impacts for Policymakers Meeting Future Texas Bridge-Building Requirements Transportation Research Challenges Using New Technologies to Solve Old Problems Getting Information to Drivers to […]
Finding Ways to Stretch Our Transportation Dollars
Volume 49, Number 3 (2013) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Research Points the Way to Progress How Do We Finance Transportation? That Is the (Philosophical) Question TTI’s SEC Lab Expands to Meet Demand TTI Sponsors Fifth Annual MBUF Symposium Texas and the Panama Canal Expansion Rider 42: “Bang for the Buck” and “Fast Planning” […]
Multiple Modes, One Network
Volume 49, Number 2 (2013) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Multiple Modes, One Network Old Modes, New Data: TTI’s Work in Bike and Pedestrian Research Voice-to-Text Apps: No Safety Benefits TTI Investigates Intercity Passenger Rail TTI Studies Efficacy of Waterborne Freight for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Plane Spotting: Sensors Assist General Aviation Airports […]
Gateways, Not Barriers: Seeing Old Borders in New Ways
Volume 49, Number 1 (2013) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Gateways, Not Barriers: Seeing Old Borders in New Ways Using RFID Readers to Measure Wait Times at the U.S.-Mexico Border Safety-Belt Use at All-Time High in Texas Increasing Capacity, Reducing Wait Times: TTI Helps Design ITS-Based California Port of Entry TTI on the Border […]