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Kay Fitzpatrick

TTI’s Fitzpatrick and Hansen Author Articles Featured in TR News

September 20, 2022

Two Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers recently authored articles featured in the 2022 March–April edition of TR News. TTI Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick published the article Determining the Posted Speed Limit — which focuses on the National Cooperative Highway Research Program Project 17-76: Guidance for the Setting of Speed Limits. The project investigated […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kay Fitzpatrick, Operations, public transit, Todd Hansen, TR News

TTI’s Fitzpatrick Co-Authors NCHRP User Guide on Setting Posted Speed Limits

September 13, 2021

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick led the team that wrote the recently published National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 966, Posted Speed Limit Setting Procedure and Tool: User Guide. Fitzpatrick’s co-authors include Subasish Das, associate research scientist, and Michael P. Pratt, assistant research engineer, both in TTI’s Roadway […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kay Fitzpatrick, NCHRP, safety

Kay Fitzpatrick Featured in ITE Journal March 2021 Issue

March 25, 2021

Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick was featured in two articles in the March 2021 issue of the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE’s) ITE Journal. In “From Pen to Practice,” ITE Journal interviewed Fitzpatrick on the following topics: the value of writing in advancing her transportation career, advice for young professionals […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: ITE, ITE Journal, Kay Fitzpatrick, pedestrian hybrid beacon

TTI Pedestrian Safety Research Influences National Policy

April 24, 2018

Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick, nationally known pedestrian safety researcher at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), is accustomed to phone calls from traffic engineers who want to discuss her lifesaving research results. She is expecting a lot more of those calls now that the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued Interim Approval 21 for […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kay Fitzpatrick, pedestrian crosswalk, Rectangular Rapid-Flashing Beacon, rectangular rapid-flashing beacons, safety

Fitzpatrick Featured in TR News

March 20, 2017

TTI Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick was recently featured in the November-December 2016 Edition of TR News. The TR News is TRB’s bimonthly magazine, which features timely articles on innovative and state-of-the-art research and practice in all modes of transportation. Fitzpatrick is the current Chair of the Operational Effects of Geometric Design Committee and an […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Kay Fitzpatrick, TR News

TTI’s Fitzpatrick Receives Award Named for TTI Director Christiansen

July 14, 2016

Kay Fitzpatrick, senior research engineer and manager of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Roadway Design Program, has received numerous awards over the course of her 33-year career at TTI. But the one she received at the 15th International Conference on Managed Lanes in Miami, Florida, held May 4-6, holds special significance. Fitzpatrick accepted the inaugural […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, Dennis Christiansen, Kay Fitzpatrick, managed lanes

Fitzpatrick, Briaud Receive Regents Awards

February 20, 2015

Kay Fitzpatrick and Jean-Louis Briaud were each named recipients of The Texas A&M University System’s Regents Fellow Service Award during a ceremony Feb. 11. The Regents Fellow Service Award is reserved for those A&M System employees “who have provided exemplary professional service to society that has created large and lasting benefits to Texas and beyond.” […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Jean-Louis Briaud, Kay Fitzpatrick, Regents Fellow Service Award

Fitzpatrick Receives Marsh Award for Distinguished Service

September 24, 2014

After more than 30 years of having her as a member—including serving on various committees—the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) honored Senior Research Engineer Kay Fitzpatrick of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute with the Burton W. Marsh Distinguished Service Award during its Annual Meeting and Exhibit in August. Named after Marsh, a founder and past […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Institute of Transportation Engineers, Kay Fitzpatrick, Marsh Award for Distinguished Service

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