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 […]
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From Texas to the Nation
Volume 48, Number 4 (2012) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: What We’ve Done Together A Shared History of Meeting National Challenges TTI Landmark NCHRP Reports That Set National Standards Warming Up to New Ideas: The Pros and Cons of Warm-Mix Asphalt National Crash-Testing Standards: TTI Makes a Big Impact with 18-Wheelers Demanding a Recount […]
Partners in Transportation Research
Volume 48, Number 3 (2012) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Partnering for Texas Thin Is In: Thin Asphalt Overlay Helps Stretch Budgets Further Testing Is Key to Roadside Safety New Approaches to Traditional Research: Collecting and Analyzing Travel Data for TxDOT The I-35 Expansion Project Safety Experts Focus on Motorcycle Fatalities Clear Approach: TTI […]
The Best & Brightest: Learning in TTI’s Living Laboratory
Volume 48, Number 2 (2012) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: The Future Requires Original Thinking Agricultural Economics and TTI TTI and the George Bush School of Government and Public Service On Deck: TTI’s Young Professionals Step Up Teaming, Teaching, Transforming Minds: TTI and the Department of Landscape Architecture and Urban Planning A New Era: […]
Making the Grade: Tomorrow’s Transportation System
Volume 48, Number 1 (2012) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Making the Most of a Fixer-Upper TTI at TRB Alcohol Studies Center Transfers to TTI Looking Out for Pedestrians Energy Developments and Our Roadways: Impacts and Strategies A Blueprint for Sustainability Freight Shuttle System Promises the Next Historic Milestone in Freight Movement Fighting Congestion […]
What Next? Choosing Our Transportation Future
Volume 47, Number 4 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Progress Isn’t Always Pretty Technology Transfer Transportation Short Course Highlights Change Video Summary Reports Catch On Safety Testing TTI’s Visibility Research Laboratory Puts Safety in the Spotlight Worldwide Mobility Mobility Study Rider 42 Our Changing Rural Areas Prototype Design for a Predictive Model […]
Safety Is No Laughing Matter
Volume 47, Number 3 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Envisioning a Traffic Safety Culture Safety Culture Making Safety a Cultural Priority Safety Comes of Age Center for Transportation Safety Celebrates 10 Years of Helping to Save Lives Texas’ Click It or Ticket Campaign Turns 10 Driver Awareness TTI Studies Increased Crash Rates […]
Dollars and Sense: TTI, Transportation and the Economy
Volume 47, Number 2 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Bringing Balance to Transportation Finance Planning Valuing Research Assessing Customer Satisfaction Pavement Preservation Pavement 2.0 PANDA Model Predicts Pavement Damage, Helps Build Better Pavements Driving Smarter Drive Smarter, Pay Less Eco-driving Means Driving Smarter Finance Providing a Viable Financing Option TTI Helps Texas […]
Implementation: Where the Research Meets the Road
Volume 47, Number 1 (2011) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial TTI Research: Making Things Better Planning Workshops Bring Local, State Planners Together Funding Tomorrow’s Transportation in Texas: Not a Question of If…a Question of How Rural Transportation Planning: It’s Not Just for Urban Areas Anymore Safety Enlightening Sign Time: TTI Helps Spread the […]
Working Across Transportation Solutions
Volume 46, Number 4 (2010) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Making Goode Sense: The Way Ahead with TTI Environment Keeping Tabs on the Elements: TTI’s Environmental Research Focuses on Water, Air Standards The Sky’s the Limit Infrastructure The Right Time and the Right Place: Taking Care of Our Infrastructure Security Security Is More […]
Solving the Transportation Puzzle
Volume 46, Number 3 (2010) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial A Horse of a Similar Color Mobility The Big Squeeze: The future of congestion management Economics What Goes Around Comes Around: Transportation drives economic prosperity Freight Movement Shipping to the Future Institute Legacy Celebrating 60 Years of Innovation: A history of saving lives, […]
TTI’s Research Umbrella: Safer Transportation in the Storm
Volume 46, Number 2 (2010) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial TTI Has You Covered — Weather You’re Coming or Going Operations and Design SPOTLIGHT: The Visibility Research Laboratory Planning, Policy and Environment Time Measured in Raindrops: TTI Software Predicts River Migration Patterns Using Bluetooth Technology to Aid in Hurricane Evacuation Materials and Pavement […]
Improving Our Transportation Operations
Volume 46, Number 1 (2010) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Tightening Your Beltway in Tough Times Technology and Innovation THEN: Application of Technology In Traffic Operations Research Goes Back to Earliest TTI Studies NOW: Taking It to the Streets: Collecting travel time data, speed with Bluetooth technology Innovative Modeling Method Discovered in El […]
TTI and the Environment
Volume 45, Number 4 (2009) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial It’s Not Easy Being Green—But It’s Worth the Effort Testing Facilities Drive-In Environmental Research Chamber: New TTI testing facility expected to open new doors for research Air Quality TTI MOVES Emissions Estimates Forward Enhancing Transportation in National Parks and Gateway Communities Green Institute […]
The Future of Rail in Texas
Volume 45, Number 3 (2009) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial The Lone Star City, 2030 Tolling Life in the HOT Lane To toll or not to toll?: TTI examines the question Light and Commuter Rail The business of rail: TxDOT examines their role in rail projects Crash course in transit safety Intercity Rail: […]
Setting the Standard
Volume 45, Number 2 (2009) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial An institute by any other name… Research in Action Share the road: Look twice for motorcycles U.S. benefitting from TTI’s research abroad New TRENDS in projecting transportation funding U.S. Rep. Oberstar Visits TTI Oberstar outlines “future of transportation” during visit with TTI Safety […]
Improving our Infrastructure
Volume 45, Number 1 (2009) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue Editorial A different perspective Planning Edwards announces Mobility Initiative at TTI TTI Contributes to 2030 Committee’s Texas Transportation Needs Report Measuring twice, cutting once: Integrating sustainability into transportation planning Evaluating the 4Ts Construction Black top served hot: TTI research helps lengthen road life Recycling […]
Bringing Safety Home
Volume 44, Number 4 (2008) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Moving toward a culture of safety Safe Communities Houston versus the hurricane Pay Attention!: Enhancing visibility to improve safety on Houston’s “Red Line” Texas safe communities: National results begin at home Safer routes, healthier kids School zones as safety zones: Helping motorists reduce […]
It’s a New Game: Moving Beyond One Driver, One Car
Volume 44, Number 3 (2008) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial There are many alternatives Transportation Options One person, one vote, one car? Saving your breath Share and share alike? Putting the “ICM” in team Clean fuel from landfills in India Navigating work zones: The pedestrian perspective Making room for the railroad SCHOOL’S IN, […]
Getting the Word Out: TTI’s Research Speaks Volumes
Volume 44, Number 2 (2008) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Editorial Actively sharing research knowledge Workshops The road doctors A shot of asphalt Early and often Shining a light on nighttime crashes Webinars encourage global knowledge exchange Engineering the future The best of all roads TTI State Headquarters Breaking ground Conferences Turning the roundhouse […]