System Reliability

What we do

As part of the Transportation Operations Group at TTI, the System Reliability Division conducts a wide variety of research, implementation, and technology transfer activities in the advanced areas of traffic operations and connected transportation. Total division funding is more than $20 million from a variety of Federal, State, Local, and Private-Sector sponsors. The division is comprised of two programs: Advanced Transportation Operations and Connected Infrastructure.

Advanced Transportation Operations Program

The Advanced Transportation Operations program improves operations through the application of expertise, innovative technologies, and superior performance.  Research is conducted across the operations arena using innovative technology deployments and the collection, analysis and presentation of data to both operators and users of the system.  Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Traveler Information, Incident Management, Performance Metrics, and Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO) are some of the many research areas.

Connected Infrastructure Program

The Connected Infrastructure program integrates infrastructure into the cooperative and connected environment to create systems that are self-aware, reactive to prevailing conditions, and support and enhance information exchange between roadside, devices, and vehicles.  Research is conducted across a broad range of infrastructure including roadside devices, traffic signals, signage, work zone environments, and more.  Through this broadly connected paradigm, the program seeks to improve safety and mobility as well as address environmental, economic and efficiency concerns.

OUR PROJECTS

The Division conducts research in the following traditional and strategic topics, all of which support the vision and mission of the Division: To transform transportation operations, reliability, mobility, and safety through the application of innovative concepts, tools, and technologies.

Performance Management

Outreach and Technology Transfer

System Operations

Technology Deployments

Data Analytics

System Modeling

Water Quality Enhancement Program for ConstructionAesthetic Concrete Barrier and Bridge Rail DesignsAlternative Fuel Vehicle ForecastsAutomated Traffic Signal Performance MeasuresBrownsville Truck Signal PriorityCampus Transportation Technology InitiativeConnected Vehicle Pilot Deployment ProgramDesigning Walkable Urban ThoroughfareDeveloping and Implementing TSMO PlansDeveloping Public Information to Advance Priced Managed LanesDevelopment & Validation of Testing Protocol for Carbon SequestrationEmerging Challenges to Priced Managed LanesEstablishment and Management of Roadside VegetationExisting Vegetation and Sensitive Landforms during ConstructionHigh-Volume Rural Corridors with Turning TrafficHighway Automation Concept of OperationsI-35 Connected Work ZoneI-35 Traveler Information During ConstructionI-35 Traveler Information Technology Transfer to AUSImplementation of Traffic Incident Management Performance MeasurementInnovation Inter-Agency ContractInnovative High-Speed Remote-Sensing Highway InfrastructureInspections at an International Port-of-EntryLandscape Development & Management – Urban Freeway RoadsidesLandscape, Aesthetics, and Environmental DevelopmentMaintaining an HOV Emphasis for Managed Lane ProjectsManaged Succession of Roadside VegetationNational Inventory of Specialty Lanes and HighwaysOperations Team Outreach SupportOversize/Overweight Truck Data and AnalysisPerform Activity for Truck Parking Information SystemsPerformance Testing of Coagulants to Reduce Stormwater Runoff TurbidityPort Arthur Truck Signal PriorityProactive Congestion ManagementRamp Metering Impact StudySmartphone-Based Alternative To Current Gas Tax StructureSound Mitigation Measures on Texas HighwaysStormwater Treatment with Vegetated BuffersSupport Management of Sites Containing Endangered SpeciesTechnical Support for the Texas Connected Freight CorridorsTechnical Support to the CAV Task ForceTrade-Offs: Center Separation & Shoulder Width AllotmentTraffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo)Traffic Optimization for Signalized Corridors (TOSCo) – Build and TestTraffic Signal Program HandbookTransportation Operations ManualTravel Time Reliability WorkshopsTSMO Strategy ToolkitUrban Tree and Landscape SafetyV2I Queue Advisory/Warning Applications

Our Team

Beverly Kuhn portrait.

Beverly Kuhn
TTI Senior Research Engineer, Division Head

Dr. Kuhn has over 30 years of diverse and extensive experience in the conduct and delivery of cutting-edge research results for the transportation community. As Head of the System Reliability Division of TTI, Dr. Kuhn leads a team of researchers in the areas of advanced transportation operations and connected infrastructure. She is considered a leader in the fields of transportation systems management and operations (TSMO), freeway operations, active transportation and demand management (ATDM), and active traffic management (ATM).

  • System Reliability Division

  • Connected Infrastructure

  • Advanced Transportation Operations

NameE-mailPhoneJob Title
Beverly Thompson Kuhn Resume(979) 317-2823 x72823TTI Research Fellow
Lisa Wagner Resume(979) 317-2834 x72834Administrative Coordinator II
Cheng Zhang Engineering Graduate Student Worker
NameE-mailPhoneJob Title
Kevin Balke Resume(979) 317-2836 x72836TTI Senior Research Engineer
Apoorba Bibeka(979) 317-2243 x72243TTI Assistant Research Engineer
Hassan Charara Resume(979) 317-2833 x72833Software Engineer V
David Florence Resume(979) 317-2827 x72827TTI Assistant Research Engineer
Niyati Shah Engineering Graduate Student Worker
Srinivasa Sunkari Resume(979) 317-2845 x72845TTI Senior Research Engineer
Nick Wood Resume(512) 407-1115 x71115TTI Associate Research Engineer
NameE-mailPhoneJob Title
Robert Brydia Resume(979) 317-2824 x72824TTI Senior Research Scientist
Nadeem Chaudhary Resume(979) 317-2840 x72840TTI Senior Research Engineer
Margaret Fowler Resume(979) 317-2783 x42783TTI Assistant Research Scientist
James Hubbard Resume(979) 317-2835 x42835TTI Assistant Research Scientist
Dan Middleton Resume(979) 317-2826 x72826TTI Senior Research Engineer
Geza Pesti Resume(979) 317-2829 x72829TTI Senior Research Engineer
Leonard Ruback Resume(979) 317-2837 x72837TTI Senior Research Scientist
Beverly Storey Resume(979) 317-2795 x72795TTI Research Scientist
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Reach Us

Beverly Kuhn

Division Head
(979) 317-2823
[email protected]

Physical Address

Texas A&M Transportation Institute
1111 RELLIS Parkway
Bryan, Texas 77807

Mailing Address

Texas A&M Transportation Institute
3135 TAMU
College Station, Texas 77843-3135