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After a Suspected 157 MPH Crash in Fort Worth, TxDOT Reminds Drivers to Slow Down

April 7, 2022

Center for Transportation Safety Director Robert Wunderlich is quoted in a KERA News article after a suspect was arrested for crashing into an SUV while driving 157 MPH in Forth Worth — killing one person and injuring two others. The article links to a 2021 interview with KERA News where Wunderlich mentions speed as the number one determinant of the severity of a crash. … [Read more...] about After a Suspected 157 MPH Crash in Fort Worth, TxDOT Reminds Drivers to Slow Down

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: car crashes, CTS, fatal crash, Fort Worth, Safety, Severity, speed, Texas, traffic safety, TTI, TxDOT

Texas Just Saw its Second-Deadliest Year on Record for Road Fatalities. Here’s Why.

March 23, 2022

Robert Wunderlich, CTS director, was recently interviewed by Texas Standard to discuss the factors that contributed to 2021 being the second-deadliest year on Texas roadways on record. New data from the Texas Department of Transportation reports 4,480 people died in car wrecks in 2021. The only year with more vehicle fatalities was 1981. … [Read more...] about Texas Just Saw its Second-Deadliest Year on Record for Road Fatalities. Here’s Why.

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: crashes, CTS, Deadly Crashes, Roadways, Safety, speeding, Texas, Texas Standard, transportation, TTI, TxDOT, Wunderlich

TTI, TxDOT Win National Safety Award

October 8, 2021

The Roadway Safety Foundation has honored the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) with a 2021 National Roadway Safety Award. The foundation lauded the TxDOT-sponsored, TTI-developed “Safer by Design” tool, a user-friendly innovation roadway designers can use to assess the safety characteristics of rural highway design. … [Read more...] about TTI, TxDOT Win National Safety Award

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: Award, Construction, crashes, Design, fatalities, Highway, injuries, pandemic, Roadway Safety, Roadway Safety Foundation, Safety, Safety Tool, Texas, traffic, TTI, TxDOT, USDOT

Distance Learning Is the New Normal: What TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety Program Is Doing for Young Drivers

May 5, 2020

During the school year, the TTI Center for Transportation Safety's Youth Transportation Safety (YTS) program is active in schools and communities across the country, supporting peer-led road safety education and outreach. However, due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) and subsequent school closures for the rest of the academic year, the YTS program staff has adapted their in-school programs to accommodate distance learning. Much like teachers across … [Read more...] about Distance Learning Is the New Normal: What TTI’s Youth Transportation Safety Program Is Doing for Young Drivers

Filed Under: Featured Story Tagged With: coronavirus, COVID-19, Distance Learning, IGTV, Instagram, Kahoot!, State Farm, tds, TDS Talks, teen driving, teens in the driver seat, Texas Department of Transportation, traffic safety, Twitter, TxDOT, Union Pacific, Youth Transportation Safety Program, YouTube, YTS

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