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 […]
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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 […]
Hudson Awarded NHTSA grant for The Unintended Highway Pedestrian
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has been selected by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) to conduct a one-year project on reducing the number of motor vehicle–related pedestrian fatalities in Texas. Project manager and TTI Associate Researcher, Joan Hudson has been awarded $47,500 for the one-year project titled, The Unintended Highway Pedestrian – What […]
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, […]