ITRE Highway Systems researchers are improving the national transportation guidance for practitioners who work with traffic signals at diverging diamond interchanges (DDIs). Institute staff, funded by the National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP), are leading the…
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This spring ITRE launched NC AirTAP—the North Carolina Airport Technical Assistance Program—a new initiative to support the state’s public- and private-sector airport professionals. The program will help North Carolina airports improve the safety, quality and efficiency…
ITRE research staff and students joined NC State University civil engineering faculty at the 95th annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting held January 10-14, 2016 in Washington, DC. A seminal event for transportation practitioners in…
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ITRE Director Dr. Nagui M. Rouphail has announced that he will step down from his position beginning in August of this year, fulfilling fifteen years of leadership at the Institute. Dr. Rouphail will be returning…
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The North Carolina Local Technical Assistance Program (NC LTAP), administered through ITRE, is expanding its highly successful Roads Scholar training curriculum. The new Master Roads Scholar program, which launched in October, enables local and state…
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Researchers in the ITRE Highway Systems group conducted a unique study this November for the NC Department of Transportation to learn how state taxpayers rate and prioritize roadway asset features. During a three-week period, ITRE…
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