Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

Professor Kara Kockelman responds to the question “What in your field could make the world a better place?” With population and standards of living rising, associated transportation congestion, energy demands and environmental impacts are serious concerns. In terms of advances that will enhance our future, I am most excited about vehicle sharing, vehicle propulsion and [...]

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2011 Urban mobility study covered by local news network in Austin: Austin’s growth is showing up in the morning and afternoon commutes. According to the 2011 Urban Mobility report produced by the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M , in 1982 Austinites spent an average nine hours a year in traffic. In 2010, that figure [...]

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The September 2011 issue of the Research Digest highlights the new Best Practices Video Summary Reports from TxDOT’s Research and Technology Implementation Office (RTI). These are available on YouTube and are also indexed in the CTR Library catalog. Each summary in the Digest includes a link to the online resource. This issue and the archive [...]

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Ozzie Bayrak has been selected to receive the 2011 George D. Nasser Award from the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute. This award recognizes the paper published in the PCI Journal that is most “worthy of special commendation for its merit on the design, research, production, or construction of precast/prestressed concrete structures.” He co-authored the winning paper with [...]

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The Sept. 11 attacks on the Pentagon and World Trade Center dramatically illustrated the catastrophic damage that terrorists can inflict on civil structures. Because of this, engineers like Williamson have worked in the decade since then to design structures and transportation systems that are more resistant to attacks. Over the centuries, one of the most [...]

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The Dallas Observer blog has posted the LBJ Express project’s sneak preview of the lane closures about to hit LBJ Freeway this weekend, as the Joe Ratclifff Pedestrian Walkway meets its maker at 1 a.m. Sunday. But before the closure, beginning at 7 Saturday night, eastbound traffic shrinks down to one whole lane at Webb [...]

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TxDOT’s “Happy Hour FAIL” online video recently won a 2010-2011 National Silver ADDY Award from the American Advertising Federation (AAF) in the public service category. The 30-second animated video is part of TxDOT’s fall college DWI-prevention campaign. The video is illustrated through social media. View the video at http://www.youtube.com/drivingtonight

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CITY FORUM: Revitalizing Communities Through Transit-Oriented Development Friday, September 9th, 12:00-1:30pm, Texas Governors Room, UNB 3.116 (Texas Union) Gary Hembree is an economic development planner and a CRP graduate (MSCRP ’89) with specialties in urban redevelopment and economic development. Most recently, he was the Deputy Director of Richmond, CA’s Community Redevelopment Agency. With over 25 [...]

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