Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 30 minutes ago

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The Texas Department of Transportation continues to research best practices designed to improve safety on roadways. This includes work related to pavement projects, such as cross-slope improvement and flushing treatment techniques.

Researchers at the Texas A&M Transportation Institute and TxDOT looked at ways to measure pavement crash susceptibility, based on geometrics, skid resistance, and roughness. This work resulted in a tool that assists TxDOT districts proactively identify areas of concern and come up with options to improve road safety.


For more information on research project 0-7177, check out the TxDOT Research Library project record here: 

https://library.ctr.utexas.edu/Presto/content/Detail.aspx?ctID=M2UxNzg5YmEtYzMyZS00ZjBlLWIyODctYzljMzQ3ZmVmOWFl&rID=MTA2MA==&qrs=RmFsc2U=&q=NzE3Nw==&ph=VHJ1ZQ==&bckToL=VHJ1ZQ==&rrtc=VHJ1ZQ==

For access to all TxDOT research and more, please visit the TxDOT Research Library at https://ctr.utexas.edu/library/