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CIITR Expands Transit Capacity, QoS Guidance to Border Applications

February 28, 2022

In a recent research project, a team from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research (CIITR) addresses unique needs of border transit to inform the next edition of the Transit Capacity and Quality of Service Manual (TCQSM). Currently in its third edition, the manual gives guidance for transit capacity and […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: border crossing, mobility, Operations, transit

TTI Authors TCRP Guidance for Transit Agencies Using Social Media

January 14, 2022

Transit agencies increasingly acknowledge social media’s value in providing customers a voice, boosting ridership and presenting new solutions to the public. To help codify best practices for transit agencies using social media, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers authored Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 156 — Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation: A […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Operations, planning, Public Transportation, social media, TCRP

TTI’s Beverly Kuhn Co-Leads a STEM Workshop at the 2021 AISES National Conference

October 28, 2021

With support from the Institute of Transportation Engineers’ (ITE’s) Arizona Section and Mountain District, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Senior Research Engineer Beverly Kuhn co-led an activity during The Boeing Company’s Sept. 22 STEM Day event as part of the 2021 American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) National Conference at the Phoenix Convention Center. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: American Indian Science and Engineering Society, Beverly Kuhn, Institute of Transportation Engineers, Operations, planning, safety

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

Video Summary Report — Traffic Control Device Analysis, Testing, and Evaluation Program

April 5, 2021

Making sure the numerous existing or planned traffic control devices — like signs, pavement markings and pedestrian crossing treatments — are performing as planned or are sufficiently appraised before implementation, researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute conducted a high-priority, wide-ranging and multi-year evaluation project. The TTI video production group worked with the research team […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Operations, planning, video summary report, VSR

Looking to the Future with the Texas Connected Freight Corridors Project

March 1, 2020

Imagine yourself driving a truck along I-35 filled with perishable goods. You rely on your eyes to predict what you might encounter on the road ahead, though you can’t always see every hazard. Advanced transportation technologies can make the difference, noticing (and reacting to) things the human eye can’t. Mobility, safety, reliability, security — all […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 56, Number 1 Tagged With: connected transportation, freight, mobility, Operations, safety, Texas Connected Freight Corridors

Two Decades of Super 2 Research and Implementation for TxDOT Continues to Produce Benefits

March 1, 2019

With more than 57,000 miles of two-lane rural highways in Texas — where it’s estimated that 68 percent of rural travel occurs — Texas drivers are known to pull onto the shoulder to let a vehicle pass, sometimes creating an unsafe situation. Developing and increasing use of low-cost roadway safety and capacity improvements are key […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 55, Number 1 Tagged With: economics, mobility, Operations, planning, Rural Highways, safety, Super 2

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