A new sediment device testing facility at TTI’s Hydraulic, Sedimentation, and Erosion Control Laboratory (HSECL) at the Riverside Campus puts TTI and the Texas Department of Transportation “way ahead” of future, strict run-off regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “For the first time, run-off at construction sites will have to meet EPA restrictions called […]
Archives for April 2009
Institute Aids Legislature with Transportation Funding Info
Armed with evidence of Texas’ massive transportation needs and a looming transportation funding shortfall, State Sen. John Carona — chairman of the Senate Transportation and Homeland Security Committee — held a news conference in Austin April 8 to focus attention on the issues. The State’s transportation needs were identified by the 2030 Committee in a […]
Paying by the Mile for Road Projects
A first-of-its-kind symposium will be held on April 14-15 in Austin, Texas to address a controversial subject: the use of mileage-based user fees as a potential transportation financing alternative to the fuel tax. The Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) is co-sponsoring the symposium with the University of Minnesota. “Paying a transportation user fee based upon the […]