The Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE) worked over the summer to evaluate and choose a platform to deliver its first virtual conference. TTI’s involvement included speakers, moderators, and behind-the-scenes logistics: Jason Crawford moderated and Robert Wunderlich spoke at the plenary session, “COVID-19: What Happened?”; Srinivas Geedipally spoke during the “Vision Zero […]
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The Safe System Approach with Robert Wunderlich, P.E.
Robert Wunderlich, P.E., ITE Fellow and Director of the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, discusses the Safe System approach to reducing serious injuries and fatalities on roadways. He highlights the various aspects of the Safe System, including roadway design that reduces user error and lowers impact forces, and explains what […]
Kuhn Elected ITE International Vice President
Beverly Kuhn, Texas A&M University System Regents Fellow and division head with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), was elected the 2021 International Vice President of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Since joining as a student 30 years ago, Kuhn has been active in ITE at every level and is currently an ITE Fellow. […]
TTI Researchers Author Story For ITE Journal
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) staff recently wrote an article for the August edition of ITE Journal. The story “Smart Communities: From Vision to Reality” is about how “future building” transformation is happening all around us from the personal, to the corporate, to the community, to the national, and to global levels. The authors are […]
TTI’s Crawford Appointed Chair of ITE Coordinating Council
Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Research Engineer Jason Crawford has been appointed chair of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Coordinating Council. Crawford’s two-year appointment began Jan. 1. The ITE Coordinating Council provides leadership and coordination across the technical and employer councils’ activities. The ITE councils “enhance professional collaboration and advance the technical body of […]
Kuhn Receives ITE’s Matson Award
Beverly Kuhn, senior research engineer with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), is the recipient of the Theodore M. Matson Memorial Award. Kuhn received the award at the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Annual Meeting in August. The prestigious Matson Award is given annually to those considered pioneers in their engineering professions. For Kuhn, transportation […]
Christiansen Honored with ITE Matson Award
Dennis Christiansen, agency director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), was awarded the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Theodore M. Matson Award on August 15 during the ITE Annual Meeting in Anaheim, California. “Dr. Christiansen has worked tirelessly for more than four decades to further research in the areas of traffic operations, transportation and […]
Kuhn Appointed Chair of ITE Coordinating Council
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Division Head and Senior Research Engineer Beverly Kuhn was recently appointed as Chair of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) Coordinating Council. Kuhn’s appointment began on Jan. 1. The coordinating council coordinates activities of the professional, technical and employer-type councils of ITE and oversees more than 70 council projects currently underway, […]
Crawford Elected to ITE Texas District Director
Texas A&M Transportation Institute Associate Research Engineer Jason Crawford was recently elected to serve as the Texas District director to the Institute of Transportation Engineer’s (ITE) International Board of Direction. The term is from January 1, 2015, to December 31, 2017. Crawford, who has been an ITE member since 1989, will be working with the […]
Hawkins Honored with Educator Award
Dr. Gene Hawkins, associate professor in the Texas A&M Zachry Department of Civil Engineering, is the recipient of a prestigious educator award from the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE). Hawkins, who is also a research engineer with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), received the 2012 Wilbur S. Smith Distinguished Transportation Educator Award at the […]
Finley Elected President-elect of TexITE
Texas Transportation Institute Associate Research Engineer Melisa Finley was recently elected to serve as vice president/president-elect of the Texas District of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (TexITE). Finley will begin her term as vice president on January 1, 2012, and then serve as president in 2013. Finley’s duties include chairing the program committee and developing […]
TTI Researchers receive awards at annual ITE meeting
The Traffic Engineering Council Technical Committee on Pavement Marking Patterns Used at Uncontrolled Pedestrian Crossings: An Informational Report was selected to receive the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE’s) 2011 Coordinating Council Best Project Award. Kay Fitzpatrick, research engineer at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), chaired the committee, and TTI Assistant Research Engineer Marcus Brewer was […]
Awards and more
TTI and IBM Partner for Intelligent Transportation Solutions In a collaboration that could lead to future transportation improvements in Texas and around the globe, leaders from the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) and IBM signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) during a ceremony in Austin April 1. “This agreement is a starting point that allows us […]
Awards and more
Awards and more Communications staff designs motorcycle safety trailer The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) showed off its eye-catching, mobile motorcycle training unit at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) in July as board members of the Texas Motorcycle Safety Coalition held a meeting at the Institute. The mobile classroom is part of the DPS […]