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Texas A&M Transportation Institute website

Texas A&M Transportation Institute website screenshot

Click the image to go to the Texas A&M Transportation Institute website homepage

Requirements

  • Represent the depth and breadth of the Institute’s research without visually overwhelming the site visitor
  • Get further information regarding the Institute’s nine major research areas without leaving the homepage
  • Each of the Institute’s 30+ programs, divisions and urban offices have and control their own sub-website
  • Provide distinct sections on the homepage representing major user groups based on past analytics
    • Prominent area for Conferences hosted and/or run by the Institute’s Event Management & Planning group
    • Graphic maps to Institute offices and facilities statewide and internationally, and of international initiatives
  • Content management system to allow direct updates and revisions of content by writers and editors without the need for technical or IT staff

Site Details

  • Original design by TTI Communications
  • WordPress custom theme; Genesis Framework
  • YouTube video embeds
  • Mapress Google Map embeds
  • Responsive to conform with device widths including phones and small tablets
  • Visit the site

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

TTI Transportation Policy Research website

TTI Policy Research website

Click the image to go to the TTI Policy Research website homepage

Site Overview

The Texas A&M Transportation Institute launched Transportation Policy Research in 2013 under the direction and support of the Texas State Legislature, which recognizes that Texas must move to a more robust transportation system for the state to ensure economic prosperity and provide a high quality of life for its citizens.

Details

TTI Communications:

  • created the custom design based on current TTI elements
  • developed a custom WordPress theme
  • set custom page layouts to work with custom fields for content updates
  • built the site using responsive design to accommodate all device widths and sizes

Visit the website.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

Airport Pavement Maintenance Recommendation Tool

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Click the screenshot above to go to the homepage of the Airport Pavement Maintenance Recommendation Tool website.

This website provides guidance to general aviation airport managers in determining the most cost-efficient and appropriate preventative maintenance solution to common pavement issues.

One of the features of the website is a cost estimator tool. For example, if a user sees a pavement distress, they may identify it using pictures provided on the website. Then the user goes through a series of steps to determine the severity of the distress and is provided with a cost estimate that can be taken to local officials.

Visit the site.

Site Details

  • Original design by TTI Communications
  • Responsive to conform with device widths including phones and small tablets

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

Southwest Transportation Workforce Center

Click the screenshot above to go to the homepage of the Southwest Transportation Workforce Center website.

Click the screenshot above to go to the homepage of the Southwest Transportation Workforce Center website.

TTI Communications is a subcontractor on this Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) project, under California State University Long Beach.  The FHWA funded the launch of SWTWC in concert with four other regional centers that form the National Network for the Transportation Workforce. Each center is dedicated to providing a more strategic and efficient approach to transportation workforce development.

This website includes searchable collections of transportation-focused education and training programs, and workforce development resources.

Visit the website.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
t-w[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

Youth Transportation Safety Program Websites

TDS website

Click the screenshot above to go to the homepage of the Teens in the Driver Seat website.

TTI Communications has contributed to the design and development of at least five major stages of the Teens in the Driver Seat websites over the years. For this and its companion site U in the Driver Seat, TTI COM incorporated easy usability for phones and tablets with updated design and easy access to the sites’ now many years of content and videos.

Site Details

  • Original design by TTI Communications
  • WordPress custom theme; Genesis Framework
  • Responsive to conform with device widths including phones and small tablets
  • Visit the Teens in the Driver Seat or U in the Driver Seat websites
UDS website

Click the screenshot above to go to the homepage of the U in the Driver Seat website.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse website

National Work Zone Safety Clearinghouse website

Click the image above to go to workzonesafety.org.

The National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse was created through a cooperative agreement between the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) for the purpose of assembling and disseminating information relating to improvement of roadway work zone safety.  Under contract with ARTBA, Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) manages the Clearinghouse website and day-to-day operations.

Since it was launched in 1998, the Clearinghouse website has received over 1.5 million visitors from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and over 30 countries around the world.  The Clearinghouse is considered to be the world’s largest online library on roadway work zone safety including: crash data, best practices, key safety engineer contact information, laws and regulations, standards, manuals, guidelines, news and research publications, public awareness campaigns, safety products, training and educational materials, and foreign language materials.  The Clearinghouse has received numerous awards, the most recent being the 2008 International Road Federation’s Global Road Achievement Awards.

Details

TTI Communications:

  • created the current custom design based on the site’s previous established design elements
  • developed a custom WordPress theme
  • set custom page layouts to work with custom fields for content updates
  • built the site using responsive design to accommodate all device widths and sizes
  • migrated the site from its former Drupal installation to WordPress

Visit the website.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

Texas Impaired Driving Task Force website

https://www.texasimpaireddrivingtaskforce.org website

Click the image to visit texasimpaireddrivingtaskforce.org.

Site Overview

TTI Communications worked with Troy Walden to redesign Texas Impaired Driving Task Force. TTI developed a design emphasizing a clean, modern and professional layout that responsively conforms to any device screen size.

Details

TTI Communications:

  • created the custom design
  • wrote content for the website
  • created infographics for the website
  • built the site using responsive design to accommodate all device widths and sizes

Visit TexasImpairedDrivingTaskForce.org.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

TEES Gas & Fuels Research Center website

TEES Gas & Fuels Research Center homepage

Click the image to visit the GFRC website

Site Overview

TTI Communications worked with Center Director Dr. Nimir Elbashir to create a website for the new Gas & Fuels Research Center. Borrowing design elements from a workshop website created when the Center was an Initiative, TTI developed a design emphasizing a clean, modern and professional layout that responsively conforms to any device screen size.

Details

TTI Communications:

  • created the custom design
  • developed a custom WordPress theme
  • used post categories to tie together faculty and researchers with their research and appropriate facilities
  • built the site using responsive design to accommodate all device widths and sizes

Visit the GFRC website.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399

I-35 Traveler Information Interactive Map

i-35 Traveler Information website

Click the image above to visit the site.

Overview

This innovative resource integrates multiple aspects of traveler information and allows you to tailor it to your trip, all in real-time or for future trip projections.  There is no other DOT traveler information site in the nation providing this level of information.

The map is linked from My35.org and the Texas Department of Transportation’s DriveTexas.org and is dynamically responsive to the size of the device you’re using.

Visit the website.

Communications Contact

Travis Ward
[email protected]
(979) 317-2399