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TranStar

TTI, Houston TranStar Win Awards for Roadway Flood-Warning System

December 9, 2019

Houston residents often experience heavy rainfall events that make travel more difficult and even dangerous. In collaboration with Houston TranStar, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) developed a real-time flood-warning tool to educate motorists on high-risk flood areas during severe storms. Houston TranStar’s website and traffic map, seen by over three million unique visitors during […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: awards, flood-warning system, TranStar

TTI Helps Develop Innovative Flood Warning System for Houston

August 21, 2018

Flooding has plagued Houston roadways for decades, but now, thanks to a first-of-its-kind warning system initiated by Houston TranStar and developed by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), motorists will be warned in real time about locations where roadway flooding is likely occurring. View the Houston TranStar warning system “Houston was ground zero for Hurricane […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Flood, Hurricane Harvey, infrastructure, TranStar

TTI, Houston TranStar® Partnership Celebrate 25 Years of Traffic and Emergency Management Service

December 1, 2017

TTI research and technical support pivotal to development and success over the years Approaching its quarter-century birthday, the Houston TranStar Transportation Management and Emergency Operations Center (TranStar) has saved Harris County area motorists more than $5.4 billion in reduced traveler delay and fuel costs since 1997, when benefits were first assessed. The multi-agency effort uses […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 53, Number 4 Tagged With: Hurricane Harvey, mobility, partnership, safety, TranStar

Houston TranStar Wins National Award

October 20, 2011

Houston TranStar has received the “2011 Digital Government Achievement Award” from the Center for Digital Government. The award is for TranStar’s cutting-edge Anonymous Wireless Address Matching travel time information system. The new deployment, extending north more than 200 miles along the I-45 North corridor to Dallas, gives Houston TranStar the capability to monitor and manage […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: TranStar

Using Bluetooth Technology to Aid in Hurricane Evacuation

June 1, 2010

In August and September 2005, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita created many disturbing realities for Gulf Coast states, including the need for safely evacuating large numbers of coastal residents. Five years later, planning and implementation of improved hurricane evacuation information systems using Bluetooth® technology are emerging in Texas. After these storms highlighted areas for improvement in […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 46, Number 2 Tagged With: hurricane evacuation, TranStar, travel-time monitoring

NOW: Taking It to the Streets: Collecting travel time data, speed with Bluetooth technology

March 1, 2010

You might be familiar with the name Bluetooth® as a way of wirelessly talking on your cell phone. More generally, it’s a personal area network that connects devices wirelessly over short distances. Researchers at the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) are using Bluetooth technology for a host of applications involving traveler information, traffic management and planning […]

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 46, Number 1 Tagged With: traffic management, TranStar, traveler information

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