Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

TRB is sponsoring the 8th International Conference on Managing Pavement Assets (ICMPA8) on November 15-19, 2011, in Santiago, Chile. The conference is designed to focus on issues associated with fulfilling the social, economic, and environmental responsibilities for sustainable, well managed, better roads. A call for abstracts has been issued for individuals or groups wishing to [...]

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Planners, public works and transportation managers, environmental and natural resource professionals are encouraged to attend the 4th Northeastern Transportation and Wildlife Conference to be held at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst on September 12-15, 2010. The conference theme is “Sustainability in an Uncertain Landscape.” The need to replace an aging transportation infrastructure and forecast [...]

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The LBJ School of Public Affairs, Office of Conferences and Training is pleased to announce that the 2009 Ethics is Government conference will be held in Austin on next week on Wednesday, October 28, 2009. This conference will feature: The Opening Keynote:  Robert Hoyk, Ph.D., co-author of the book “The Ethical Executive:  Becoming Aware of the Root Causes [...]

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Youtube video “Beyond Oil: Powering the Future” posted by University of Washington. From the University of Washington and the Research Channel: Transportation consumes 70 percent of the oil used in our country. But as worldwide demand for oil soars and supplies tighten, how will we keep transportation moving? Current and emerging technologies can quickly convert [...]

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UT’s Center for Transportation Research hosted its annual symposium on Wednesday, April 8, 2009. The theme of this year’s symposium was “Back to Basics.” CTR researchers addressed the future pavement and bridge needs in 2030, TxDOT revenue and expenditure trends, vehicle operating costs, stormwater quality improvements, and concrete durability. See photos from the event.

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