Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

The August 2011 issue of the Research Digest highlights recent research publications from the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) that are available at the CTR Library and online. Each TxDOT report summarized in the digest is available for free download and links to the full-text PDFs are provided in the Digest. This issue and the [...]

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Students participating in the transportation research programs pose with the Dean: (left to right) Donna Chen, Arash Motomed, Daniel Evans, Cockrell Dean Gregory L. Fenves, Ambarish Banerjee, Dan Fagnant, Mason Gemar, Epi Gonzalez. Even though it’s hot here, a lot of students still think Austin, Texas, is the coolest place to be. Ambarish Banerjee loves [...]

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The agenda for the upcoming Texas Transportation Commission meeting has been posted at http://www.dot.state.tx.us/about_us/commission/meetings.htm. Discussion items on the agenda include an update on TxDOT’s modernization project and an update on the Public Private procurement process. Additionally, the Commission will discuss proposed Amendments to Chapters 1 (Management), 11 (Design), 25 (Traffic Operations), and 26 (Regional Mobility [...]

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Do you have what it takes to apply data visualization for transportation investment or policy decisions? The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) wants to see what you can do! The Data Visualization Student Challenge is sponsored by the U.S. DOT Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics. This challenge is designed [...]

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TRB will be conducting a web seminar or “webinar” on August 11, 2011, from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM EDT that will enable individuals to become familiar with entering and managing project records in the Research in Progress (RiP) Database. Registration is free for all attendees. Register now at http://trb.org/ElectronicSessions/Blurbs/TRB_Webinar_Entering_and_Managing_Project_Records_165692.aspx The Transportation Research Board’s RiP [...]

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In the August 2, 2011 issue of the Federal Register (Vol. 76, No. 148) the FHWA issued a Request for Comments on proposed revisions to Sections 1A.09 and 1A.13 of the 2009 MUTCD. SUMMARY: The Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) is incorporated in our regulations, approved by the Federal Highway Administration, and recognized [...]

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Selected papers from the 19th International Symposium on Transportation and Traffic Theory held in Berkeley, California (July 18-20, 2011) this year are now available in volume 17 of Procedia: Social and Behavorial Sciences. Though automobile traffic theory has remained a focus of this series, its scope has expanded over the years to include theoretical contributions [...]

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