Looked Good on Paper — But Blockchain Technology Is Revolutionizing Data Management, Security FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 4 (2021) As part of a classroom assignment at Harvard Business School in 1978, Dan Bricklin created the prototype for spreadsheet software. Not only did it make paper-based account ledgers with handwritten figures obsolete, but Steve Jobs credited Bricklin’s…
TTI Hosts First In-Person Advisory Council Meeting Since 2019 FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 4 (2021) For the first time since 2019, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Advisory Council held its annual meeting in person Nov. 1–2 at the Barn at Circle T Ranch in Westlake, Texas. TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree and council chair…
TTI News FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 4 (2021) Kirk Watson Inducted into Texas Transportation Hall of Honor Kirk P. Watson, a champion of transportation investment for Austin and the state of Texas for more than two decades, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor Nov. 4. Texas A&M University System Chancellor John Sharp…
Thinking Transportation Podcast FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 4 (2021) Download, listen, and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. Every other week, we interview a TTI expert or special guest on a wide range of transportation topics and discuss how those topics impact the average person. Strong as Their Weakest Link What the pandemic taught us…
The Last Stop with Greg Winfree: More Reliable, More Resilient — A Supply Chain Is Only as Strong as Its Weakest (Data) Link FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 4 (2021) We’re in the middle of a global supply chain crisis. A shortage of supplies and workers, especially truck drivers, has combined with a post-pandemic surge in…
Urban Mobility Report 2021 – Congestion was Flattened in 2020: COVID-19 Made Traffic Congestion Disappear but Not for Long FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 3 (2021)
A Tale of Two Problems: 2021 Virtual Traffic Safety Conference Addresses COVID-19’s Impact on Traffic Safety Fatalities FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 3 (2021) For the second year in a row, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) hosted the virtual Traffic Safety Conference, held July 14–16, 2021. Supported by the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), the…
In the Fight: TTI, Team Study How Transportation Professionals Can Help End Human Trafficking FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 3 (2021) John Habermann, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) research engineer, recently coauthored the article “The Contribution of State and Local DOTs to Disrupting Human Trafficking” in the June 2021 issue of the ITE Journal published by the Institute…
Now You See It; Now You Don’t: The Traffic Hiatus from COVID-19 Was Historic…and Brief FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 3 (2021) America’s worst public health crisis in a century flattened roadway congestion to levels not seen in 40 years, but the respite was short lived, according to the 2021 Urban Mobility Report (UMR) from the Texas A&M…
TTI’s Mukhopadhyay Develops Test Methods for Cracking-Resistant Concrete FROM VOLUME 57, NUMBER 3 (2021) Alkali–silica reactions (ASRs) cause cracking issues in precast concrete bridge structures. In collaboration with Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) Assistant Research Scientist Kai-Wei Liu, TTI Senior Research Scientist Anol Mukhopadhyay developed two ASR test methods now accepted as American Association of…
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