Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

(Photo: Mark Batchelder/KXAN) Some UT Austin engineering students are hoping to one day solve the problem of rush hour gridlock. Valerie Kaiser sounds like a kindergarten teacher as she counts numbers out loud: “One. Two. Three…” As she counts, she writes a tally mark in a spiral notebook. Today, Valerie and another classmate are posted [...]

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Dr. Kara Kockelman has been selected by the American Society of Civil Engineering (ASCE) to receive one of the 2010 Walter L. Huber Civil Engineering Research Prizes. The award citation will read: “For her contributions in the areas of data acquisition and analysis for highway safety, urban systems forecasting, vehicle design, road pricing, spatial statistics [...]

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“When the earthquake occurred, our organization decided to send a team,” Rathje said. “I was the leader, and I put the team together.” A veteran of visiting disaster sites, Rathje said the intensity of the Haiti quake was comparable to that of the 1995 earthquake in Turkey. While Turkey sustained damage during the ’95 quake, [...]

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Continuing to aid the American auto industry, the House passed a bill on Wednesday to approve an expansion of U.S. government-led research in the creation of more fuel-efficient and green vehicles. Chevy Volt. Picture from www.autospectator.com The bill would authorize $2.9 billion to the Energy Department to boost the research over five years. It would [...]

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YouTube Video. A brief introduction to jobs in public transportation. Produced by the National Center for Transit Research at the Center for Urban Transportation Research at the University of South Florida in conjunction with the Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority in Tampa, Florida.

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Student researcher Calvin Tribby, University of New Mexico, won an URISA award for the paper, “Construction of a Household-level Public Transportation Accessibility Model.” “This research details the construction of a public transportation accessibility model, with a focus on the necessity of using travel time as the accessibility measure. The primary objective of this work is [...]

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The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) has launched a new website outlining key recommendations in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. “This is a 40-year-mission, but every day counts,” said AASHTO Executive Director John Horsley. “The stakes are too high to get this wrong and that’s why we’re hoping policy makers, journalists, [...]

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Information results from the 2009 Used Car Safety Ratings released by the Monash University Accident Research Centre indicate that drivers have many options in the mid-size car range when looking for a car with good safety features. “People often only consider vehicle safety from the perspective of how the vehicle will protect them as an [...]

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