We close out this 53rd volume of the Texas Transportation Researcher by celebrating a number of milestones the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has reached with a wide array of our research sponsors. TTI was founded at Texas A&M University as a research support arm for the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), which remains our […]
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Restoring Our Infrastructure: Resilient. Reliable. Sustainable.
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has partnered with the Texas Department of Transportation for nearly 70 years to enhance the safety, mobility and reliability of the state’s transportation system. The trust and seamless interaction we’ve developed as partners were never more important than during Hurricane Harvey, when TTI personnel continuously updated Houston’s traffic management […]
Work in Progress: Building TTI’s New Home. Read the Latest Edition of the Texas Transportation Researcher
Located at The Texas A&M University System’s new RELLIS Campus, our headquarters and other facilities will house all the Institute’s employees in College Station, Texas, on one campus for the first time in decades. Volume 53, Number 2 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: At a Glance: The Amount of Drilling Activity in a […]
Expanding Our Reach: Read the Latest Edition of the Texas Transportation Researcher
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute reaches out to students across multiple disciplines —engineering, planning, environmental and others — to educate the next generation of professionals who will solve tomorrow’s transportation challenges. Volume 53, Number 1 (2017) Adobe PDF version Inside This Issue: Getting to Know TTI’s New Director, Gregory D. Winfree TTI-Texas A&M Engineering Collaborations […]
New Director, New Opportunities: Read the Latest Edition of the Texas Transportation Researcher
When The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents selected Dr. Dennis Christiansen as the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) fifth agency director in late 2006, the board tapped a seasoned leader, with 35 years of experience in advancing the national and international reputation of TTI already under his belt. In the subsequent 10 years […]
Redefining Freight Movement: Read the Latest Edition of the Texas Transportation Researcher
Without curious minds, our transportation system would, quite literally, come to a standstill. In a very real way, the transportation research process keeps the system moving, and that process starts with a seemingly simple question: How can we do this better? Asking that question shines the light of innovation on the status quo to help […]
Tomorrow’s Growth: Nurtured by Research
TRANSPORTATION TODAY IS IN TRANSITION. Congestion is clogging our roadways, particularly in urban areas, wasting fuel, polluting air, and negatively impacting the quality of life for everyday commuters. Expanding economies are demanding more responsiveness from our transportation system to optimize shipping and squeeze every ounce of efficiency out of the bottom line. Yet many of […]
Getting Our Transportation System Back on Its Feet: Latest Edition of Texas Transportation Researcher Now Available
Traditionally, transportation research has focused its agenda on building the system to improve access to markets and, more recently, meet the demands of a world economy. With the highway system mostly in place, transportation research is now focusing on enhancing system performance and minimizing detrimental side effects. Some of those side effects have reached the […]
Who’s Driving the Revolution?: Latest Edition of Texas Transportation Researcher Now Available
New technologies are revolutionizing our transportation system. In a few decades, cars could be driving themselves. How the private and public sectors work together to implement these new technologies will prove key to ensuring a seamless, safe and secure transportation network in the future. The latest issue of the Texas Transportation Researcher focuses on TTI’s […]
Happy Birthday to Texas Transportation Researcher: 50 Years of Informing, Sharing and Promoting TTI Research and Implementation
The Texas Transportation Researcher, or Researcher, is the flagship publication of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). In its current form, the quarterly magazine is intended to promote interest and inquiry into TTI‘s research, technology transfer and education; encourage research implementation and application; and increase awareness of the diversity of TTI research, divisions, centers and […]