Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

Meredith Cebelak, P.E., was recently selected to represent The University of Texas at Austin at the 21st Annual Leadership Development Conference, hosted by the Eno Center for Transportation. This conference, held in Washington DC June 2–6, is attended by 20 of the nation’s top graduate students in transportation and gives them a first-hand look at [...]

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Lisa Loftus-Otway, president of the Heart of Texas Chapter of Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS), was selected to be one of fourteen transportation industry professionals to participate in the 2013 WTS international Leadership Program. The program will be held February 3-7, 2013, at Rutgers State University. The National Transit Institute (NTI), located at Rutgers, provides logistical [...]

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UT Austin’s AT&T conference today as part of the Texas Tribune Festival Trade & Transportation: “Is Light Rail the Answer?” Summary Notes from “Paying for Roads – The Great Debate” Mike Martinez (Austin City Council) Transit doesn’t pay for itself. No highway has ever paid for itself. It’s an investment. It’s like investing in the [...]

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UT Austin’s AT&T conference today as part of the Texas Tribune Festival Trade & Transportation: Paying for Roads – The Great Debate. Photos and article by Clair LaVaye Summary Notes from “Paying for Roads – The Great Debate” Speakers opening presentations John Carona (State Senator, R-Dallas) There is a public misunderstanding about our [financial needs [...]

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The Texas Tribune’s Second Annual Festival, held on the campus of UT Austin, begins this Friday night. The Tribune brings more than 150 speakers who will discuss a broad range of topics, including health and human services, law and order, public and higher education, energy and the environment, and race and immigration. The festival runs Friday, Sept. [...]

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UT students, researchers, City of Austin and San Antonio city planners, TxDOT coordinators, bicyclists, and representatives of Movability Austin will gather for two days in Austin at VeloTexas to promote the use of bicycles and safety in Texas. “Through this effort we hope to promote bicycle use as a basic travel mode — but maybe [...]

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Robert Harrison spoke to transportation leaders on the Panama Canal expansion at the recent Seventh Annual TxDOT Transportation Forum in San Antonio, Texas. Harrison is the Deputy Director of the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at The University of Texas at Austin. “ The new locks on the Panama Canal will offer shippers in Texas [...]

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Researchers from The University of Texas at Austin will be presenting papers at the Transportation Research Board meeting January 2012. See the PDF for specifics on papers, presenters, dates, and time of presentation. Schedule (PDF): http://www.utexas.edu/research/ctr/pdf_reports/ut_trb_schedule_2012.pdf

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