The National Highway Safety Administration published a Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) report, State of Knowledge and Practice for Using Automated License Plate Readers for Traffic Safety Purposes, Apr. 1, 2021, in the National Transportation Library. The authors include TTI Associate Research Scientist Ben Ettelman, TTI Associate Research Scientist Laura Higgins, TTI Center for Alcohol […]
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NHTSA Recognizes Wunderlich with Public Safety Award
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has recognized Robert Wunderlich, director of the Center for Transportation Safety at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), with a Public Service Award. Wunderlich’s plaque reads: “For your dedication to saving lives on our highways by championing data-driven traffic safety initiatives.” This year’s Public […]
TTI to Lead Autonomous Vehicle Research Team
Five-Year NHTSA Project Examines Collision Avoidance The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has selected the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to lead a team of accomplished researchers on a recently announced, $7-million contract designed to improve the safety of autonomous vehicles. The five-year NHTSA Crash Avoidance Human Factors Research project is an indefinite delivery/indefinite […]
NHTSA Administrator Tells TTI: Technology Can Help Create Safer Roads
In his first visit to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), David Strickland, administrator for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), claimed that “we are on the precipice of being able to say that cars can’t crash.” Strickland, who delivered the honorary lecture for the G. Sadler Bridges Conference Room dedication June 17, detailed […]
Safe Summer Driving Tips
As Texans take off across our roadways over the upcoming Fourth of July holiday, the Texas Transportation Institute and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) would like to pass along a few helpful tips to ensure safe travels. Prevention and planning are much easier than dealing with the consequences of a breakdown or, worse yet, […]