Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

  Dr. Randy B. Machemehl, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, and VeloTexas organizer Gonzalo Camacho.  Photos, article by Clair LaVaye Forth Worth Mayor Betsy Price says that Texans need to get aggressive and creative about solving congestion issues. She gave an update on Fort Worth’s efforts to develop bicycling facilities to encourage transportation alternatives on Friday at [...]

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Elgin — along with a group of cities including Hutto, Lockhart, Dripping Springs and Austin — are going to be “planning demonstration sites” through the Sustainable Places Project. The project is made up of local governments and agencies serving Central Texas. Elgin — along with a group of cities including Hutto, Lockhart, Dripping Springs and [...]

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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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- Are you & your colleagues interested in a user-friendly forecasting TOOLKIT to examine the BENEFITS AND COSTS of new congestion-abating transportation projects and policies? – Are you ready for a methodologically sound process to evaluate TRAVEL TIME, RELIABILITY, SAFETY, and EMISSIONS impacts of CAPACITY expansion and OPERATIONAL improvement projects? Please have your top planning [...]

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A workshop will be held at the Center for Transportation Research on pavement preservation strategies in February 2010. The event is sponsored jointly by Colas Solutions Inc. and the Texas Pavement Preservation Center. Event: Pavement Preservation Strategies using Chipseal and FiberMat® Date and Time: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 9:00 – 12:30 Location: Center for Transportation [...]

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USNewswire/ — In last night’s State of the Union address, President Barack Obama called for the United States to “… become the first country to have a million electric vehicles on the road by 2015.” The IEEE-USA Electric Vehicles & Personal Transportation Workshop will explore the challenges and opportunities to make that vision a reality. [...]

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Center for Transportation Research researchers are working with the City of Austin to test some new initiatives to make biking safer in Austin. [As part of the study, the city has] set up colored bicycle lanes, to examine just how well they protect cyclists. “Bike boxes allow cyclists to come up to a cue at [...]

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