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TxDOT, Texas A&M to partner on automated vehicle research
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) and the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) are planning to partner on testing connected and automated vehicle (CV/AV) technologies on the state highway system. The two entities signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) detailing guidelines “that would allow TTI to test lab-proven technologies in a real-world environment.” The MOU […]
January 9, 2017
Roadbuilding
UTA engineer assessing use of lasers to measure microtexture of aggregates in asphalt and concrete mixtures
Roger Walker, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA), is working with the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) at Texas A&M to assess whether scanning lasers can accurately measure the microtexture of aggregates used in asphalt and concrete mixtures, according to a news release from UTA. The two-year, […]
May 20, 2016
Roadbuilding
Global research efforts focus on transportation system impacts from aging drivers
Researchers from the U.S., China, Germany, Japan and the United Kingdom are studying the impact that aging drivers are having on transportation systems, and plan to publish a report on their findings by the end of the year. “Changing Mobility Patterns of the Senior Generation” is sponsored by the Institute for Mobility Research (ifmo), a […]
April 19, 2016
Roadbuilding
ARTBA elects Oldcastle President, COO Doug Black as 2013-2014 chair
American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) has elected Doug Black, president and chief operating officer of Oldcastle, the association’s chairman. ARTBA announced the election results during its national convention in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, September 8-10. In a September 10 speech at the convention, Black outlined four key objectives for the association in the coming year: […]
September 12, 2013
Roadbuilding
Texas A&M Transportation Institute to set bollard standards
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) is working on a solution to vehicles crashing into buildings. The institute announced last month that it is looking for a way to strengthen of the concrete poles known as bollards that are designed to act as a barrier between vehicles and buildings. According to TTI, about 20 vehicles […]
August 16, 2013
Roadbuilding
Measuring Misery
Texas A&M’s Planning Time Index (PTI) measures travel reliability.
March 6, 2013
Roadbuilding
Study predicts $365 billion highway fund shortfall
As automobile fuel economy increases, the federal highway program’s fiscal position will become ever more precarious, a new study by researchers at the College of William and Mary finds. The team from William and Mary’s Thomas Jefferson Program in Public Policy (TJPPP) forecasts that over the next 23 years, as Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) […]
February 4, 2013
Roadbuilding
Texas Transportation Institute awarded $500K to study off-road construction equipment NOx
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded the Texas Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) Center for Air Quality Studies a $500,000 grant two-year project will monitor nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions of road construction equipment before and after the installation of an emission reduction system, called selective catalytic reduction (SCR). This system uses ammonia injection to convert NOx into […]
November 23, 2009
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