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Self-Driving Vehicles Begin Operating in Downtown Bryan, Texas

November 2, 2018

Bryan, Texas, is now among the first cities in the country to have self-driving vehicles, or trolleys, operating on their city streets. The mayor of Bryan and the chancellor of The Texas A&M University System introduced members of the media to the two self-driving trolleys Oct. 31, as the vehicles began operating in a looped, […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: automated vehicles, AV/CV, Bryan, self-driving car, testing, Texas, Texas A&M Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M Engineering, Texas A&M University, Texas A&M University System, trolley

TTI and 3M Expand Research Partnership at RELLIS Campus

October 5, 2017

The Texas A&M University System has signed a five-year master agreement with 3M that expands on a decades-long partnership between 3M and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to develop roadway signage and pavement marking technologies. The master agreement, which came about as a result of the availability of transportation testing facilities and expertise located […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: 3M, automated, CAV, connected transportation, driverless, infrastructure, Pavement Marking, RELLIS Campus, testing, Texas A&M University System, transportation, vehicle

Platform for Change: TTI Provides FHWA a New Way to Test CV/AV Technologies

June 24, 2016

Self-Driving Cars. Seamless communication between vehicles and the roadside. The ability to multitask while driving from point A to point B reliably, safely and on time. It all sounds a bit like the George Jetson future we were promised in the 1950s, minus the flying cars. The difference is — the connected vehicle/automated vehicle (CV/AV) […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Automated/Connected Vehicles, FHWA, RELLIS Campus, testing

TTI Divisions Showcase Materials and Structures Capabilities to TxDOT

October 28, 2015

On Tuesday, October 13, and concurrent with the 89th Annual Transportation Short Course, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Materials and Pavements and Construction, Geotechnical and Structures Divisions hosted an open house of four transportation research laboratories. Facilities participating in the open house included TTI’s McNew Lab, High-Bay Structural and Materials Testing Lab, the Sensors […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: facilities, materials, McNew Laboratory, research, structures, testing

Testing Connected Transportation Innovations Starts with First Creating the Test Itself

June 1, 2014

Before the new era of connected vehicles can become a reality, researchers must first find a way to test each proposed component and application under a variety of conditions that mimic real-world scenarios. For example, can the hardware inside a connected vehicle successfully receive and correctly interpret a queue warning, even with driving environments that […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 50, Number 2 Tagged With: connected vehicle research, hardware-in-the-loop simulation, testing

Today’s Forecast: More Rain — TTI Hydraulics, Sedimentation and Erosion Control Laboratory Expands

September 1, 2012

New facilities for the TTI HSECL should be up and running by the spring of 2013.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 48, Number 3 Tagged With: HSECL, rainfall simulator, research, Sediment and Erosion Control Laboratory, testing

Testing Is Key to Roadside Safety

September 1, 2012

For the last four decades, TTI and TxDOT have ensured that wet-weather travel on the state’s 80,000 miles of roadways is safe — thanks to evaluating highly sophisticated and seldom-seen pieces of machinery.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 48, Number 3 Tagged With: design, highway signs, pavements, safety, skid rigs, testing

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