Center for Transportation Research: Highlights

image from bcycle.com Austin could soon take transportation in a new direction. A new bike-sharing program hopes to reduce downtown traffic congestion. On Thursday, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop at 4th Street and Nueces will host a demonstration and have bikes available for people to try out. The idea is similar to car-sharing programs currently in [...]

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The Flexible Workplace Initiative Program provides research on various aspects of flexible work options, including employee reactions and observed productivity, and mobility effects of implementing flex options. Consulting services are offered to companies needing assistance with development or implementation of new flexible work options or review of current policies. On Thursday, October 28 at 9:30 [...]

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photo: Daimler AG This fall Daimler AG brings its carsharing pilot program of car2go to Austin. During this test phase, Daimler will make 200 of its fleet of Smartcars available to a select group of city employees and their families. In 2010 the program will be expanded to all Austinites. For us, Austin is the [...]

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According to the 2009 Urban Mobility Report, recently published by The Texas Transportation Institute: Travelers spent one hour less stuck in traffic in 2007 than they did the year before and wasted one gallon less gasoline than the year before. The differences are small, but they represent a rare break in near-constant growth in traffic [...]

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