Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

The The Texas Transportation Commission recently approved updates to the Texas Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD) and the new edition became effective on Dec. 8, 2011. This 2011 edition of the Texas MUTCD supersedes and replaces the 2006 revision and all earlier editions of the Manual. The Manual is available for download at [...]

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The November 2011 issue of the Research Digest highlights recent research publications from the Texas Department of Transportation Research Program, which is sponsored through the Research and Technology Implementation Office (RTI). The reports abstracted in this Digest cover many topics related to transportation infrastructure in Texas–including research related to planning for increased freight transportation, improving [...]

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A PBS examines electric cars and Austin, Texas. Electric vehicles like the Chevy Volt and Nissan Leaf are rolling into a handful of U.S. cities. Austin, Texas is one of them. It’s no coincidence General Motors (NYSE: GM) picked the city as a launch market for the Volt. It has an educated, eco-friendly workforce. Diane [...]

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A pavement workshop, “101 Pavement Preservation Strategies with A-R Workshop,” will be held in San Antonio, Texas, in February 2011. The event is sponsored jointly by the Rubber Pavements Association and the Texas Pavement Preservation Center. This is a half-day workshop designed to provide the attendees with the latest specifications, inspection objectives, quality control points, [...]

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In Houston, Texas, a city-commissioned study examined the effect of the Safe Clear program from 2005 through 2008 and found there were 120 fewer accidents per month, on average, compared to the baseline year of 2004. Safe Clear gives one towing company the exclusive right to clear disabled vehicles from designated highway segments, eliminating competition [...]

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New Texas law bans drivers from using cell phones in school zones, but a proposed Austin city ordinance may ban texting while driving altogether. For the full story and video, visit: KVUE News, Austin

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Image from myfoxaustin.com Texas drivers, do you use your cell phone while driving through a school zone?  A new law prohibits this and other traffic concerns, beginning September 1, 2009. For the KVUE news article and video, click here. For a quick look at some of the changes, see the Texas Motor Transportation Association Poster [...]

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