Research and Implementation

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The Research and Implementation Division is made up of the following groups:

Houston Region

The Research and Implementation Office in Houston assists local agencies and organizations through technology transfer and through the implementation and evaluation of advanced technologies in the urban transportation environment. View a map to this office’s location online.

North Texas Region

  • Dallas
    The Research and Implementation Office in Dallas assists local agencies and organizations link research findings to implementation practices through the transfer of technology.
  • Arlington
    The System Operation Management Program in Arlington provides ongoing research and technical support to the Dallas, Fort Worth, El Paso and Lubbock TxDOT Districts, DART and other sponsors.

San Antonio and El Paso Region

  • San Antonio
    The mission of the San Antonio Office (GSA) spans the traditional areas of transportation planning, design, operations, and maintenance.
  • El Paso
    El Paso, along with its sister city of Ciudad Juarez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, comprises the largest bi-national metropolitan area in the world.
Featured Research
Are Pylons Practical? TTI Recommends Implementation Guidelines

They are known by different names and are cheaper to install and more portable than concrete barriers. But over the last few years, agencies responsible for roadway maintenance have discovered a costly problem when it comes to plastic pylons. Also called delineators, channelizing devices or tubular markers, these traffic control devices offer an initial cost savings over concrete barriers. Over the long term, though, they can have a lot of unexpected costs.

Plastic pylons are those tall, thin, flexible devices used on roadsides to indicate lane edges in curves or, most often in larger cities, as a cheaper alternative to concrete barriers for lane separation in managed or HOV lanes. They started showing up on Texas roadways about 10 years ago and have grown in popularity owing to their relatively low installation costs. (Read More)

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