TTI’s Tsapakis Leads TRB Highway Traffic Monitoring Committee to Second Consecutive Blue Ribbon Award
For the second consecutive year, the Highway Traffic Monitoring Committee (ACP70), chaired by Ioannis “Yianni” Tsapakis, assistant program manager and research scientist at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, has been honored with the Blue Ribbon Award by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). This year, the committee earned recognition in the Research category for Identifying and Advancing Ideas for Research through the Development of Two e-Circulars Over Six Years and Collaboration with Multiple Committees and Organizations.
Do Not Enter! You’re Driving the Wrong Way
Few scenarios are more terrifying for a motorist than encountering someone driving the wrong way on a freeway. When a crash occurs because of wrong-way driving (WWD), the results are often catastrophic. Such was the case on March 15, 2011, when San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) Officer Stephanie Brown was killed by an intoxicated WWD […]
TTI Researchers, Staff Members Appointed TRB Committee Chairs
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) recently appointed Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers and staff members as chairs and co-chairs on TRB committees and groups. These newly appointed chairs and co-chairs started their term April 15. Committee chairs may serve two consecutive three-year terms, and group chairs a three-year term. TRB staff make recommendations for […]
Faster, Safer, Less Expensive Road Construction Through Utility Engineering
The practice of burying or placing utility lines without adequate documentation has caused large-scale problems across the country. It’s also helped create a new program devoted entirely to the issue. The Utility Engineering Program, formed last year at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) to capitalize on the Institute’s two decades of leading-edge research and […]
TTI’s Utility Engineering Program Helps Sponsors Avoid Unseen Expenses, Delays
Transportation project design and construction, even under the best of circumstances, are challenging for all concerned — the agency paying for the project, the engineer designing it, the contractor building it, and the travelers waiting on its completion. Transportation agencies face numerous obstacles regarding utilities, including a lack of accurate information about utility facilities that […]
At a Glance: The Amount of Drilling Activity in a Region Affects Vehicle Crashes and Crash Costs*
Comparison based on statewide data in Texas from 2006–2009 and 2010–2013. See related story. *SOURCES: Texas Railroad Commission, Texas Department of Transportation and Texas A&M Transportation Institute
New Report on Shale Development Impacts Draws upon PRC Studies
A new, comprehensive review of the impacts of shale oil and gas development in Texas by a cross-disciplinary task force — organized by the Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas (TAMEST) — finds a wide range of both benefits and consequences for the state’s infrastructure, environment and communities. These impacts are detailed in […]
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 […]