Tyler earns GRIT Award for creation of district’s first-ever Traffic Incident Management team

  • Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Childress District Traffic Safety Specialist Nicole Tyler, center, is presented with the GRIT Award by the Texas Transportation Commission Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Austin. From left: Director of Traffic Safety Michael Chacon, Commissioner Robert C. Vaughn, Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr., Tyler, Childress District Engineer Darwin Lankford, Commissioner Laura Ryan, Commissioner Alvin New and Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Marc Williams. Courtesy Photo
    Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Childress District Traffic Safety Specialist Nicole Tyler, center, is presented with the GRIT Award by the Texas Transportation Commission Tuesday, Dec. 13 in Austin. From left: Director of Traffic Safety Michael Chacon, Commissioner Robert C. Vaughn, Chairman J. Bruce Bugg, Jr., Tyler, Childress District Engineer Darwin Lankford, Commissioner Laura Ryan, Commissioner Alvin New and Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Marc Williams. Courtesy Photo

    AUSTIN — Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Childress District Traffic Safety Specialist Nicole Tyler was presented with the GRIT Award, which recognizes passion and perseverance toward a goal in difficult circumstances, by the Texas Transportation Commission in Austin.

    Tyler recently created the first-ever Traffic Incident Management (TIM) team for the district and the first-ever for all r…