Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

CTR congratulates Dr. Richard Klingner, Professor in Civil Engineering in the Cockrell School of Engineering at UT Austin, for being selected to receive the 2010 Wilbur C. Schoeller Award from the Structural Engineers Association of Texas. Dr. Klingner was recognized for his teaching, research, and leadership of technical committees within ACI, TMS, and ASTM. Dr. [...]

[Read more]

Call for abstracts 9th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods: Scoping the future while staying on track. Termas de Puyehue, Chile 14-18 November 2011 The International Steering Committee for Travel Survey Conferences organize the conference with the aim of offering to transport professionals (researches, practitioners, modelers, planners, and others) the possibility to present their work, [...]

[Read more]

The “Texas Tribune” has posted an article about national and Texas laws about idling large vehicle, discussing the issues of energy resources and the needs of drivers. Well over half the states have some form of anti-idling rules, typically prohibiting idling for as short a duration as three minutes, according to a state-by-state summary from [...]

[Read more]

Former Transportation Secretaries Mineta & Skinner will release a bipartisan report outlining ten recommendations for the U.S. transportation system at a news conference October 4th, 2010, in Washington, D.C. The news conference will start at 10:00 am and take place in room 2167 of the Rayburn House Office Building. It will be webcast live at [...]

[Read more]

The Research Digest is a monthly newsletter targeted towards TxDOT staff and researchers. This month’s issue highlights reports from DOTs in other states.

[Read more]

The U.S. Department of Transportation announced more than $9.2 million in grants to seven University Transportation Centers, including the Center for Transportation Research at The University of Texas at Austin, that are using new technologies and developing innovative approaches to improve transportation systems throughout the country. You don’t have to look far to see the [...]

[Read more]

Houston is the location for a conference on Emerging Carbon Management Policies next week. The Baker Institute Energy Forum presents its study on carbon policy. Emerging energy and climate policies in the United States are accelerating the pace of technological changes and prompting calls for alternative energy and stricter energy efficiency measures. These trends raise [...]

[Read more]

This map illustrates pedestrian level-of-service, which shows the quality of walking conditions in Jacksonville, FL. Why didn’t the chicken cross the road? Because pedestrian Level-Of-Service was below “C”. Todd Litman, executive director of the Victoria Transport Policy Institute, wrote an article about “transportation planners and activists who do good work and have lots of fun [...]

[Read more]