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Allan Rutter

America Without Railroads? Yes, That Almost Happened.

November 30, 2020

By Allan Rutter You could be forgiven for not knowing who Harley Staggers was. After all, the name sounds like a character in an Elmore Leonard novel. But the next time you stop at a gas station or drive on streets and highways to get there, just know that this West Virginian made those activities […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allan Rutter, freight, What We're Thinking

Truck Drivers Are Essential Workers, Too

May 5, 2020

By Allan Rutter When the Oxford Dictionary chooses its word of the year for 2020, “essential” will be a strong contender, as the label for these service providers we couldn’t function without during the COVID-19 pandemic: First responders, nurses, doctors, and other hospital workers. Grocery store stockers, cashiers, and baggers. And of course, truck drivers. […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allan Rutter, coronavirus, COVID-19, freight, What We're Thinking

Oil Exports Top Imports For the First Time, Adding to Texas Transportation Challenges

February 6, 2019

By Allan Rutter In the last week of November 2018, daily exports of U.S. oil, gasoline and other products exceeded imports for the first time in nearly 70 years, thanks in large part to energy-rich Texas. But despite appearances, the boom of the state’s oil and gas production will not halt the flow of oil […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allan Rutter, freight, Oil and Gas, What We're Thinking

Transportation Technology and the Law: TTI Takes Part in Symposium

May 17, 2016

Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) played a major role in a Texas A&M School of Law conference dedicated to the future of transportation. Changing Landscape of Transportation: Technology, Data and the Law was held in Fort Worth April 1. Ginger Goodin, director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, moderated two sessions of […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Allan Rutter, Ginger Goodin, Technology, transportation

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