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NICR-Sponsored Study Evaluates Managed Lane Pricing Methods — Researchers Create New Measures for Comparing Pricing Strategies

June 1, 2021

Optimizing traffic flow is one goal of transportation agencies looking to improve mobility for transportation system users. Doing so reduces congestion, which not only optimizes roadway operations but also gets folks where they’re going faster while often improving safety. Managed lanes represent one method for achieving this, and many states have implemented them. Managed lanes […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 57, Number 2 Tagged With: managed lanes, mobility, NICR, Operations

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

Attention Texas Travelers! We Need Your Input

February 2, 2017

Texas A&M Transportation Institute is conducting a traveler survey with support from the Texas Department of Transportation. The purpose of this survey is to identify what information travelers use and desire for planning trips that may use managed lanes. In Texas, managed lanes may be called carpool lanes, HOV (high occupancy vehicle) lanes, Express Lanes, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: managed lanes, traveler survey

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: award, Dennis Christiansen, Kay Fitzpatrick, managed lanes

TTI and TxDOT: Where State of the Art Meets State of the Practice

September 1, 2015

Over the past 60 years, drivers have seen countless changes on Texas roadways — not only in how they’re used by drivers but in how they’re built and maintained. Yet one thing remains constant: the partnership between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). These two agencies work together […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 51, Number 3 Tagged With: infrastructure, managed lanes, partnership, pavement maintenance, traffic operations

TTI Researchers Attend Workshop on Future of Road Vehicle Automation

August 14, 2012

Within the last year there has been an upsurge of activity related to road vehicle automation, notably vehicular development activities from automobile manufacturers, Google, and research underway throughout the world. Recently, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers Ginger Goodin and Ed Seymour attended a three-day workshop to share the state of the practice and participate […]

Filed Under: MyTTI News, News Tagged With: managed lanes

Turnbull Cited for Excellence in Applied Research

June 6, 2012

Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) Executive Associate Agency Director Katie Turnbull received recognition from the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Managed Lanes Committee on May 23 for her contribution to high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) and high-occupancy toll (HOT) research, an effort spanning more than 20 years. The citation states that “[Turnbull’s research findings] and her hands-on involvement in […]

Filed Under: Honors, MyTTI News, News Tagged With: HOT Lane, HOV, managed lanes, Transportation Research Board

The Big Squeeze: The future of congestion management

September 1, 2010

Gone are the days when we simply build new roads or more lanes to ease traffic congestion. Funding is limited, and — in many areas — the space is no longer available. As a result, there’s been a shift from building new highways to managing the roads we have. Mobility analysts examine problems associated with […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 46, Number 3 Tagged With: congestion, managed lanes, mobility

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