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Exploratory study : vehicle mileage fees in Texas

Description: This project evaluates Vehicle Mileage (VM) fees as a possible funding mechanism for meeting the State of Texas' long-term transportation needs. Researchers conducted listening sessions with the general public and stakeholders to gather input on the concept. Researchers also prepared a decision matrix that can aid policy makers in evaluating the various trade-offs in policy that will be encountered in vehicle mileage fee system development. This study identified both challenges and opportunitie… more
Date: January 2011
Creator: Baker, Richard & Goodin, Ginger
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Implementation of Transverse Variable Asphalt Rate seal coat practices in Texas

Description: An implementation project was performed to expand use of transversely varied asphalt rate (TVAR) seal coat practices in all districts. The project included nine regional workshops, continued field texture testing of test sites, provided one set of sand patch test equipment to each Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) district, and published 500 copies of the TVAR Field Guide for broad TxDOT distribution.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Krugler, Paul E. & Estakhri, Cindy K.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report

Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-11 of the Texas Department of Transportation Portable Concrete Traffic Barriers with sign support assembly

Description: This report presents the details of the design developed for mounting the traffic control sign support on top a portable concrete traffic barrier (PCTB), description of the full scale crash test performed on the design, and an assessment and evaluation of the performance of the PCTB with the sign support mounted on top according to specifications of "Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware" (MASH). The PCTB mounted sign support assembly anchored to the top of the TxDOT Type 2 PCTB tested for this … more
Date: January 2011
Creator: Williams, William F. & Menges, Wanda L.
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Planning tools to assess the real estate leveraging potential for roadways and transit: technical report

Description: Report on research examining the implementation of Senate Bill 1266, which provides for alternative funding methods for transportation projects and presenting recommended amendments to address the bill's shortcomings.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Vadali, Sharada; Bujanda, Arturo; Li, Yingfeng; Kuhn, Beverly; Zhang, Ming; Aldrete, Rafael M. et al.
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Positive Feedback: Exploring Current Approaches in Iterative Travel Demand Model Implementation

Description: This report looked at the current Texas Department of Transportation Travel Demand Model (TxDOT TDM) and found that they do not include any impedance or accessibility measures in the trip generation step and found that the best approach is to feed back the output from the traffic assignment step to the trip distribution step.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Reeder, Phillip; Bhat, Chandra & Hall, Kevin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report

Safety and economic impacts of converting two-way frontage roads to one-way : methodology and findings

Description: Report on research develop information to communicate the safety and economic impacts of converting frontage roads from two-way to one-way. Researchers studied five locations in Texas where frontage roads were converted from two-way operation to one-way operation and developed accident modification factors related to frontage road conversion segments that roadway designers can use to guide frontage road conversion project planning.
Date: January 2011
Creator: Eisele, William L.; Yager, Christine E.; Brewer, Marcus A.; Frawley, William E.; Park, Eun Sug; Lord, Dominique et al.
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TxDOT uses of real-time commercial traffic data : opportunity matrix

Description: Based on a TxDOT survey, a review of other state DOTs, and researcher understanding of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) needs, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) team developed a comprehensive list of opportunities for TxDOT to consider pertaining to future use of private sector (PS) data. Specific opportunities for applying private data were reviewed in light of accuracy of the data, coverage areas, data availability, cost, and control of the data stream.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Middleton, Dan; Brydia, Robert; Kraus, Edgar; Cheu, Kelvin; Rajbhandari, Rajat, 1973-; Songchitruksa, Praprut et al.
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