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How Do We Finance Transportation? That Is the (Philosophical) Question

September 1, 2013

Innovations in technology — like electric, hydrogen-fueled and hybrid cars — and improved gas mileage have resulted in flat gas-tax revenues…demands on the transportation network have continued to rise.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, finance, infrastructure, public policy, TREDIS

TTI’s SEC Lab Expands to Meet Demand

September 1, 2013

For years, TTI’s SEC Laboratory has provided sponsors with a state-of-the-art facility for assessing sediment and erosion control products. This expansion will more than double our current capabilities and reduce the waiting list.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: environment, featured, SEC lab

TTI Sponsors Fifth Annual MBUF Symposium

September 1, 2013

TTI sponsored the fifth MBUF symposium, held this year in conjunction with the ITS America’s 23rd Annual Meeting and Exposition.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, finance, Symposium on Mileage-based User Fees, transportation funding

Texas and the Panama Canal Expansion

September 1, 2013

TxDOT formed the Panama Canal Stakeholder Working Group in 2012…TTI assisted TxDOT with the working group meetings, reviewed previous studies and prepared the working group report.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, freight movement, maritime, multimodal, panama canal

Rider 42: “Bang for the Buck” and “Fast Planning”

September 1, 2013

Lawmakers set aside money to get the state’s highest-priority roadway projects moving…They turned to TTI to help partner agencies prioritize projects to achieve the biggest bang for the buck.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, investment priorities, mobility, public engagement, public policy

Texas Legislature Redefines Transportation Reinvestment Zones

September 1, 2013

The term hasn’t made it into daily conversation yet, but “transportation reinvestment zone” (TRZ) will likely become a familiar phrase among Texas taxing authorities soon.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, finance, infrastructure, transportation reinvestment zone, TRZ

Pilot Virtual Open House Ushers in New Era of Public Engagement

September 1, 2013

TTI, working with TxDOT and CTRMA, recently developed a virtual open house website as an online forum for the general public to learn about possible improvements to the Oak Hill Parkway project in Austin, Texas.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, public engagement, transportation planning, virtual open house

Revisiting Rural Rail Districts

September 1, 2013

When a rural rail line is removed due to unprofitability, the affected towns are quick to seek options, like a rural rail transportation district (RRTD), to remedy
the loss.

Filed Under: Texas Transportation Researcher, Volume 49, Number 3 Tagged With: featured, rail planning, RRTD, rural rail transportation district

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