Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

Dr. Kara Kockelman, Professor of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, will speak May 3rd, 2012, at UT Austin on the topic, “The Search for Sustainable Transport: Anticipating Americans’ Vehicle and Travel Choices.” The event takes places at 5:15 p.m. in Mezes Hall on the UT Austin campus in [...]

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The April 2012 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download; it highlights recent research publications from the Texas Department of Transportation Research Program, which is sponsored through the Research and Technology Implementation Office (RTI). You can also stay up to date on new published research results and products from transportation research programs [...]

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THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012 A new report released today by the U.S. Public Interest Research Group Education Fund and the Frontier Group demonstrates that Americans have been driving less since the middle of last decade. The report, Transportation and the New Generation: Why Young People are Driving Less and What it Means for Transportation Policy, [...]

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UT-Austin/CTR attendees at the Women’s Transportation Seminar Heart of Texas Chapter’s 2012 Annual Fundraising Gala. Back row from left: Katherine Kortum, Ashley Williams, Jorge Prozzi, Jolanda Prozzi, Bridget Bienkowski, Talia McCray, Jen Duthie. Front row from left: Yiyi Wang, Sarah Janak, Lisa Loftus-Otway, Meredith Cebelak. UT student researchers Yiyi Wang and Katherine Kortum won the [...]

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