Addressing the number-one killer of young people in America. In our second Houston Transportation Series YPT Houston explores one of the many ways the Texas A&M Transportation Institute is seeking to address the number-one killer of young people in America and Texas: car crashes. This article will seek to highlight some of the program oriented … Continue reading Houston Transportation Series – Utilizing Peer Influence to Reduce Traffic Fatalities
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute, with the support of the Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC), recently published the results of traffic and economic effects resulting from access management improvements. Three corridors were examined for this study: FM 1093, FM 1960 and FM 518. Access management is defined as a series of techniques utilized to "proactively" maintain … Continue reading TTI/HGAC Release Innovative Access Management Study
On Thursday, January 30th YPT Houston and the Conference of Minority Transportation Officials (COMTO) hosted guest speaker Jeff Taebel from H-GAC to discuss the "Our Great Region 2040" initiative. This plan aims to make the entirety of the H-GAC region "one of the worlds greatest to live, work and succeed". This initiative focuses on 6 … Continue reading YPT Houston and COMTO hosts Discussion on Regional Plan
