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Algorithms for Routing Vehicles and Their Application to the Paratransit Vehicle Scheduling Problem

Description: "As the demand for paratransit services increases, there is a constant pressure to maintain the quality of service provided to the customers while minimizing the cost of operation: this is especially important as the availability of public funding for paratransit services has been on the decline. Key tasks in accomplishing this objective are efficiently allocating vehicles to service trips and adjusting the schedules of vehicles dynamically in response to calls received by the service providers… more
Date: March 2012
Creator: Park, Myoungkuk; Oberlin, Paul; Rathinam, Sivakumar; Quadrifoglio, Luca & Darbha, Swaroop
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas

Description: An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project in Fort Worth, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Chavez, Michael R. & Hall, Crystal
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Brazos River Basin and Bay Expert Science Team Environmental Flow Regime Recommendations Report

Description: This report from the Brazos River Basin and Associated Bay and Estuary System Science Team (Brazos BBEST) is part of Texas Legislature Senate Bill 3 that created a process to set environmental flow standards for river basin and bay systems in Texas. This report gives recommendations for an environmental flow regime for the Brazos Basin and associated areas." (p. 1-1).
Date: March 1, 2012
Creator: Texas Water Development Board
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

The Cross Section, Volume 58, Number 3, March 2012

Description: Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: March 2012
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Development and validation of a testing protocol for carbon sequestration using a controlled environment

Description: "This project conducted initial testing to develop a method for quantifying plant and soil carbon sequestration capabilities under the controlled conditions of the Texas Transportation Institute's Environmental and Emissions Research Facility (EERF)."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Storey, Beverly B.; Foster, Derrold; Johnson, Jeremy & McFalls, Jett
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Energy Developments and the Transportation Infrastructure in Texas: Impacts and Strategies

Description: "This report describes the work completed to measure the impact of increased level of energy-related activities on the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) right-of-way and infrastructure, as well as develop recommendations to reduce and manage TxDOT's exposure and risk resulting from those activities."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Quiroga, César A.; Fernando, E. G. & Oh, Jeongho
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Equity evaluation of vehicle miles traveled fees in Texas

Description: "This report used 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Texas data to consider the equity impacts surrounding four vehicle miles traveled (VMT) scenarios. Results indicate that all of the VMT fee scenarios are essentially as equally vertically equitable as the current state gas tax system."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Burris, Mark; Larsen, Lisa. & Whitty, James M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Evaluation of traffic control devices : year 3

Description: Report summarizing the research activities that were conducted between September 2010 and August 2011. The five primary activities were evaluating nighttime visibility along rural highways with bright signs, continuing the evaluation of lead-free thermoplastic pavement markings, evaluating contrast pavement marking layouts, continuing the evaluation of accelerated pavement marking test decks, and providing district support for hurricane evacuation routing.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Carlson, Paul J.; Pike, Adam M.; Miles, Jeff D.; Ullman, Brooke R. & Borchardt, Darrel W.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fatigue failure and cracking in high mast poles

Description: Report presenting the findings of a research project to investigate the fatigue cracking and failure of galvanized high mast illumination poles used by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Goyal, Raka; Dhonde, Hemant B. & Dawood, Mina
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders

Description: "The main objective of this study was to evaluate the inherent fatigue cracking resistance of asphalt binders in the form of a matrix with rigid particle inclusions. The underlying rational for this approach was to subject the binders to a state of stress that is similar to the one in a full asphalt mixture."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Bhasin, Amit; Izadi, Anoosha & Motamed, Arash
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Getting the Parking Right for Transit-Oriented Development

Description: "The main objective of this study is to report the state-of-the-knowledge on parking regulations and practice influencing the planning, design, and implementation of TOD. The report first offers a narrative review of the published works on TOD-Parking. Based on the review findings it then presents a matrix of best parking practices for TOD."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Zhang, Ming; Mulholland, Katie; Zhang, Jane & Gomez-Sanchez, Ana J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Inmate Monthly Report: February 2012

Description: Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Main Street Matters, March 2012

Description: Newsletter issued by the Texas Main Street Program discussing news, events, and other information related to the program as well as featuring designated participating communities and providing technical advice regarding conservation and restoration.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Megaregion Freight Planning: A Synopsis

Description: "Megaregion interest has grown strongly in the last decade and is now seen be a growing number of planners as offering effective contributions to problems such as modal congestion, development disparity, and air pollution that individual metropolitan areas or cities cannot resolve individually. Megaregion planning presents an alternative way of mitigating metropolitan problems of large-scale transportation systems, green infrastructure, and economic development and has attracted a number of tr… more
Date: March 2012
Creator: Harrison, Robert; Johnson, Donovan; Loftus-Otway, Lisa; Hutson, Nathan; Seedah, Dan; Zhang, Ming et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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