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Epps Receives ARTBA’s Steinberg Award at TRB
Jon Epps Jon Epps, executive associate director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) — with 45 years of combined experience as an educator, researcher, academic administrator and...
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TTI Program Promotes Safer Driving in 100 New High Schools Nationwide
The No. 1 killer of U.S. teenagers is automobile crashes, especially during their first — and most inexperienced — year of driving. The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s Teens in the Driver...
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New Study Examines Alternative Fuel Vehicles’ Impact
Alternative Fuel Technology adoption could affect long-term state fuel tax revenues with Alternative Fuel Vehicles (AFVs) accounting for 13 percent of the domestic passenger fleet and 11 percent of...
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TTI’s Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Railing Upgrade to Be Decided Soon
William Williams After decades of vehicles going overboard and into Lake Pontchartrain, a decision is expected soon on whether one of two Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) rail designs will...
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Traffic Gridlock Sets New Records For Traveler Misery
America’s traffic congestion recession is over. Just as the U.S. economy has regained nearly all of the 9 million jobs lost during the downturn, a new report produced by INRIX and the Texas A&M...
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TEES, TTI Announce Center For Infrastructure Renewal
The State of Texas has appropriated billions of dollars over the next biennium to address the state’s aging transportation infrastructure. Recognizing the need for better solutions to meet this...
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Texas Freight Survey Assesses Transportation System
Of the establishments surveyed, 39% project an increase in deliveries, and 33% project an increase in inventory. Researchers at TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center recently completed the Texas...
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Examining Potential Use Of Variable Speed Limits
With help from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), state officials in Texas explored the use of variable speed limits (VSLs), an effort that could lead to more efficient highway...
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My Car Does What?
TTI Researcher Assists with Innovative Safety Program MyCarDoesWhat, a national public education campaign launched by the University of Iowa (UI) and National Safety Council (NSC), kicks off this...
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I-35, SH 130 Route Decisions Just Got Easier
Interstate 35 motorists north and south of Austin are now able to decide, with just one glance, if taking the toll road is the better choice. Developed and installed by the Texas A&M...
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Revolutionizing Our Roadways
In discussions about the emergence of automated and connected vehicle travel, it’s the technology that tends to attract most of the attention and fascination, but that technology also presents...
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TTI Organizes Highway-Rail Grade Crossing Safety Conference
(L-R) Rick Campbell, CEO of CTC, Inc.; Hoy Richards Career Achievement Award winner Lyn Hartley, retired director of Public Projects and System Design for BNSF Railway; and Allan Rutter, head of TTI’s...
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“Zero Crazy!” Seeks To Reduce Teen Distracted Driving
This photo was gathered from Instagram (search term: “#DistractedDriving”). Every day teens take their eyes off the road to tweet, text, snapchat, or post to the Internet. In 2013, 3,154 people were...
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Would Austin Residents Use Self-driving Cars?
How likely might Austin-area residents be to use a self-driving vehicle, which could be on Texas roadways within several years? In a recent TTI study sponsored by the Transportation Policy Research...
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A Look Into Tomorrow
What-If Scenarios and Planning the Future of Transportation Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) recently formulated scenarios for howCV/AV technologies might be deployed....
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TTI Awarded Major FHWA Safety Contract
Shutterstock photo The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) has been selected as a team leader for a major multiyear, multimillion dollar contract awarded recently by the Federal Highway...
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Expediting Cross Border Emergency Care
Led by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), a team of public agencies is conducting research to speed up cross-border transportation for heart attack and stroke victims. Other agency...
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Next Level Trucking
Autonomous Truck Platooning a Game Changer for Fuel Efficiency, Safety It’s a technique that’s been used for years in the trucking industry, but now drafting, or truck platooning, is about to enter...
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Will Aging Drivers Impact Transportation Landscape?
TTI, School of Public Health Lead Global Research Effort It’s no secret that people are living longer, healthier lives. But, does that also mean people are driving longer and traveling more? If so, it...
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Texting Wreaks Havoc On Drivers’“Sixth Sense”
One of the 59 volunteers in a distracted driving study by the University of Houston and Texas A&M Transportation Institute sits in a high-fidelity driving simulator. (Photo credit: Malcom Dcosta)...
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