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Performance analysis of the "zoning" strategies for Americans with Disabilities Act paratransit services

Description: "The objective of this research is to provide a more in-depth evaluation and comparison between centralized and decentralized zoning strategies for the city of Houston, Texas, by developing a simulation model to evaluate the effect of zoning strategies on the productivity and service quality for the ADA paratransit service."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Shen, Chung-Wei & Quadrifoglio, Luca
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Network methods for project selection based on optimizing environmental impact

Description: "Traditionally, transportation road networks have been designed for minimal congestion. Unfortunately, such approaches do not guarantee minimal vehicle emissions. Given the negative impacts of vehicle pollutants as well as tighter national air quality standards, it is critical for regions to be able to identify capacity modifications to road networks such that vehicle emission are minimal. This ability combined with land use changes and opportunities for non-auto travel are paramount in helping… more
Date: August 2010
Creator: Duthie, Jennifer Clare; Waller, S. Travis & Ferguson, Erin M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A comprehensive examination of heavy vehicle emissions factors

Description: "This report summarized the findings from reviewing the literature on several topics that are related to heavy vehicle emissions including engine and fuel types, vehicle technologies that can be used to reduce or mitigate vehicle emission, the factors that affect vehicle emission, vehicle emissions modeling, and current and future policy requiring accurate accounting of heavy vehicle emission."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Thompson, Melissa Renee; Unnikrishnan, Avinash; Conway, Alison J. & Walton, C. Michael
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

A Road Pricing Methodology for Infrastructure Cost Recovery

Description: "The purpose of this research is to provide a theoretical framework for future commercial vehicle user-charging using real-time vehicle weight and configuration information collected using weigh-in-motion systems" (p. i).
Date: August 2010
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Conway, Alison J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

State commercial vehicle security enforcement: operations, technologies, and barriers

Description: "This report details the results of a survey of state enforcement agencies concerning past, present, and future enforcement practices and advanced technology use for commercial vehicle security, as well as recommendations for future improvements."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Conway, Alison J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2010

Description: Annual report compiling information about required groundwater monitoring activities and cases of contamination by state-regulated activities during the 2010 calendar year. Includes tables with the enforcement status of each case of contamination.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Non-Custodial Parent Choices. Establishement Pilot: Impact Report

Description: Report that discusses the Non-Custodial Parent Choices Establishment Pilot Program (NCP Choices-EP) and how it will expand the previous program, and the results it has had.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Schroeder, Daniel & Khan, Amna
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Unified Transportation Program [Annual Report]: 2020

Description: Annual report documenting progress on the unified transportation program, a long-term plan to guide transportation development in Texas. The report discusses project activities and projections for future work.
Date: August 29, 2021
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Suitability Analysis Guidebook/Training Materials: Manual for Application of Suitability Analysis for a Selected Region in Texas

Description: "This report is part of Task 2 of implementation project 5-5667, which focuses on the development of a prototype application of the Suitability Analysis model using GIS for a selected region in Texas. It is organized in two sections. Section I provides a description of study area and background information on data collection and analysis process. section II introduces a prototype model with a step-by-step process to run it."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Anjomani, Ardeshir; Tayebi, Ali; Nostikasari, Dian & Kharel, Gehendra
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Operating Budget: 2012

Description: Operating budget of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for fiscal year 2012, including an overall summary and budget information organized by specific programs and methods of finance, with information from the previous year for comparison.
Date: August 19, 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Operating Budget: 2010

Description: Operating budget of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) for fiscal year 2010, including an overall summary and budget information organized by specific programs and methods of finance, with information from the previous year for comparison.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Use of dowel bars at longitudinal construction joints

Description: Report discussing the primary objective of this research project, whcih was to develop rational guidelines on the use of dowel bars in longitudinal construction joints (LCJs) for better-performing concrete pavements without potential longitudinal cracking problems.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Ha, Soojun; Cobos, Luis; Choi, Cheol Choi; Yeon, Jungheum; Cho, Byounghooi & Won, Moon C.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Landside freight access to airports : findings and case studies

Description: Report identifying the issues, and infrastructure needs concerning access to airports in Texas for both travel and freight shipping purposes and proposing solutions to the identified problems.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Frawley, William E.; Borowiec, Jefferey D.; Protopapa, Annie A.; Morgan, Curtis Alan & Warner, Jeffery E.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Proposed Texas Department of Transporation Strategic Research Program: Second Year Report

Description: In February 2010, The Texas Department of Transportation (TcDOT) contracted with the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at The University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), and The Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation (TechMRT) at Texas Tech University, to assist TxDot in developing a Strategic Research Program (SRP). This report documents the work conducted from September 2010 to August 2011.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Persad, Khali; Machemehl, Randy; Nash, Phillip T.; Cleveland, Theodore G.; Weatherby, Cynthia & Stockton, William
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Horizontal cracking in Continuously Reinforced Concrete Pavements

Description: Report of the findings on a study to identify the mechanism of horizontal cracking (HC) in continuously reinforced concrete pavements (CRCP) due to environmental loading (temperature and moisture variations).
Date: August 2011
Creator: Won, Moon-Cheol & Choi, Seong Cheol
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Taxiway aircraft traffic analysis at George Bush Intercontinental Airport

Description: Report assessing the congestion at George Bush International Airport (IAH) by analyzing taxi times and flight data during different hours of the day. The capacity of IAH is investigated by examining the number of departing flights on the ground. The report shows that IAH is operating close to the capacity most of the time.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Yin, Kai; Tian, Chunyu; Wang, Bruce X. & Quadrifoglio, Luca
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Characterizing Fly Ash

Description: A report on the character of fly ash from different sources and the types that work best in concrete.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Kuruse, Karla; Jasso, Andres; Folliard, Kevin; Ferron, Raisaa; Juenger, Maria & Drimalas, Thanos
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Microsurfacing in Texas

Description: This report describes the current state of practice of microsurfacing in Texas and compares it to best practices extracted from existing literature. A survey of DOT personnel, contractors and emulsion suppliers in Texas provides insight into the most crucial factors contributing to the success or failure of a microsurfacing. From the results of the survey, literature reviews, case studies and site visits, the research team analyzed material selection and mix design methods, construction practic… more
Date: August 2011
Creator: Broughton, Benjamin & Lee, Soon-Jae
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Evaluating the Use of Transfers for Improving Rural Public Transportation Systems

Description: "In this report researchers consider a variation of the regular demand responsive transit system that adopts the transfer practice to reduce operating costs.Researchers evaluated the effect of different transfer operating policies by developing a simulation model of several plausible scenarios. The results indicate that zoning with transfer can provide significant benefits paratransit operations that are managing zoning structure."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Quadrifoglio, Luca; Shen, Chung-Wei & Edrington, Suzie
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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