Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

Entries from June 2012

June 2012 Research Digest

June 29th, 2012 · Comments Off

The June 2012 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download. This month’s digest provides abstracts for 31 recent publications (May and June) from the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Research Program. The research projects represented here are sponsored through the TxDOT Research and Technology Implementation Office (RTI) and cover a wide range [...]

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Tags: CTR Library · Publications · Research Digest · Transportation Research · TxDOT

Kara Kockelman grad course on crash history studies makes the news.

June 8th, 2012 · Comments Off

Professor Kara Kockelman’s graduate course set out to explore crash histories so that personal characteristics could be better linked to crash risks. Exploring American Drivers’ Crash Histories: Transportation Data Acquisition and Analysis: new article is up about this graduate student course taught by UT Austin’s professory, Kara Kockelman. Read all about it on the CAEE [...]

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Tags: Transportation Research

Library of Congress Digital Collections

June 7th, 2012 · Comments Off

Visit the Digital Collections and Services page of the Library of Congress and find thousands of transportation related legislation, photographs, maps and even musical scores. http://www.loc.gov/library/libarch-digital.html

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Tags: CTR Library · Publications · Researchers · Students

WTKN Seminar: Planning for Historical Resources Digitization Projects

June 7th, 2012 · Comments Off

WTKN Seminar: Planning for Historical Resources Digitization Projects Join us for a Webinar on June 20 Space is limited. Reserve your Webinar seat now at: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/301929944 What are some factors to consider prior to digitizing historical resources in transportation libraries? This webinar covers basic information about implementing digital projects from an archivist’s perspective. Join instructor [...]

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Tags: CTR Library · Researchers · Students · Transportation Research · Webinars