The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Roadside Safety and Physical Security Division has been protecting occupants from roadside hazards since the 1960s. From the early days, this facility — located on the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus — has served as a test site for countless research projects improving both safety on the roadways and security of […]
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Center for International Intelligent Transportation Publishes New Reports on Border Research
Researcher’s with TTI’s Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research recently published two reports based on center-sponsored research. Evaluation of Ambulance Cross-border Operations | Cross-border travelers across the U.S.–Mexico border often experience delays due to international security and customs concerns. However, medical emergencies require expedited travel through land ports of entry to save patients. Researchers examined […]
TTI Part of Texas A&M Team Providing High-Tech Border Security through New DHS Center of Excellence
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has awarded the Texas A&M AgriLife Research-Institute for Infectious Animal Diseases (IIAD) a 10-year grant to lead its new Center for Excellence for Cross-Border Threat Screening (CBTS) and Supply Chain Defense. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and seven other Texas A&M University System entities, along with private- and […]
TTI Helps Keep Americans Safe at Home and Abroad
How do you keep a terrorist from bombing an embassy with a fast-moving car or truck fitted with explosives? The terrorist tactic goes back more than 30 years when the U.S. Marine barracks were bombed in Beirut, Lebanon. Today, embassies, consulates, and other facilities and bases here and abroad are protected with bollards and other […]
Time Is Money: Cutting Shipping Times Without Compromising Security
Getting goods to market incurs costs for manufacturers, costs inevitably passed on to consumers. But if manufacturers paid less through expedited shipping practices, consumers could benefit too. Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for International Intelligent Transportation Research have studied how goods are shipped from maquilas (Spanish for “manufacturers”) in Ciudad Juarez, […]
Security Is More Than a State of Mind
“9/11 changed everything.” Nearly a decade after the deadliest foreign attack on American soil in our nation’s history, that phrase is almost a cliche. Unfortunately, that doesn’t make it any less true. In medieval times, the main gate, or portcullis, was the most important part of a castle’s security. If the gate was breeched, enemy […]
If you build it…TTI lab is testing facility of choice for many
In Field of Dreams people from all over the country came to a baseball field to relive their childhood fantasies of playing alongside their favorite players. The playing field in the movie was magical…but how about polluted? Pollution is certainly a problem in the real world, and especially in our nation’s waterways. Everything from household […]
Neither rain, nor sleet, nor gloom of night:TTI research improves nighttime driving safety
Drivers have numerous tools they can use in their quest to drive safely. Properly maintained traffic signs and pavement markings are two of them. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) originally aimed its Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) at ensuring that signs and markings were uniform in their design and placement. This promoted consistent […]
Gate keeping in the 21st century: New Anti-Ram Standard Enhances Safety, Security
In the Middle Ages, gate keepers had it relatively easy. Castles were considered the pinnacle of defensive warfare technology. Then gunpowder was invented, and holes blasted in stone walls caused medieval strategists to reevaluate their old way of thinking. A similar change has occurred following terrorist attacks of the last 15 years, where the preferred […]