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Building on a Foundation of Shared Trust, Vision: TTI and Texas A&M’s Zachry Department of Civil Engineering Look Toward the Future

March 1, 2018

In 1950, Texas A&M College already enjoyed a 40-year reputation for innovative road materials research. That, combined with the college’s land-grant mission of public service, made it a natural home for the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). The shared connection between academic learning and applied research was embodied in TTI’s first director, Fred Benson, who […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 54, Number 1 Tagged With: human interaction, infrastructure, partnership, research, safety, traffic operations, workforce development, Zachry Department of Civil Engineering

Texas State Transportation Innovation Council Recommends TTI Project for Statewide Implementation Funding

September 1, 2017

In June, the Texas State Transportation Innovation Council (STIC) met for the third time since its inception in 2016. The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) co-hosted the Austin event, with 110 transportation personnel attending. The STIC brings stakeholders together semiannually to facilitate more rapid deployment and implementation of new technologies, […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 53, Number 3 Tagged With: traffic incident management, traffic operations

TTI and TxDOT: Where State of the Art Meets State of the Practice

September 1, 2015

Over the past 60 years, drivers have seen countless changes on Texas roadways — not only in how they’re used by drivers but in how they’re built and maintained. Yet one thing remains constant: the partnership between the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). These two agencies work together […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 51, Number 3 Tagged With: infrastructure, managed lanes, partnership, pavement maintenance, traffic operations

THEN: Application of Technology In Traffic Operations Research Goes Back to Earliest TTI Studies

March 1, 2010

(excerpt from “A Study of Freeway Traffic Operation” by Charles J. Keese, Charles Pinnell and William R. McCasland, 38th Annual Meeting, Highway Research Board, Washington, D.C., January 5-9, 1959) In 1956, the Texas Transportation Institute initiated a research project for the Texas Highway Department to correlate freeway operational characteristics with design features.…The study was made […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 46, Number 1 Tagged With: design, freeway capacity, traffic operations

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