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[News Script: Signs]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about new pictograph traffic signs being installed in Dallas, Texas.
Date: September 25, 1972, 10:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections

[News Script: Transportaton troubles ahead]

Description: Script from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, relating a news story about a federal offical stating that the national demand for transportation services will double by 1990.
Date: September 27, 1972, 12:00 p.m.
Creator: WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Script
Partner: UNT Libraries Special Collections
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[News Clip: America's tower]

Description: Video footage from the KXAS-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, to accompany a news story.
Date: September 22, 1981, 6:00 p.m.
Duration: 1 minute 36 seconds
Creator: KXAS-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.)
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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[Photograph of Quarry Area]

Description: Photograph of construction equipment in a construction area. Text on the back reads "view of Flexible Base Plant and quarry in background"
Date: September 11, 1939
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
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Literature review of current practices in dealing with fluctuations of maintenance budgets

Description: Report discussing a literature review of current budget cutting strategies used in routine roadway maintenance planning, including methods and techniques that are employed by other state and international transportation organizations (DOT's). It also reviewed methodologies developed from previous research and identified the most effect risk management techniques.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Gonzales, Epigmenio.; Li, Wenxing; Murphy, Mike; O'Connor, James T.; Bhat, Chandra R. & Yildirim, Yetkin
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Prioritization of highway maintenance functions using multi-attribute decision making with fuzzy pairwise comparison

Description: Report on a methodological framework to help highway agencies develop maintenance plans that are minimally impacted by budget fluctuations. It includes a case study testing the effectiveness of the methodology using data from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Zhang, Zhanmin & Liu, Wenxing
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Managing commodity risks in highway contracts: quantifying premiums, accounting for correlations among risk factors, and designing optimal price-adjustment contracts

Description: Report on a study investigating the impact of commodity price risk on construction cost and the optimal risk hedging of such risks using price adjustment clauses.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Damnjanovic, Ivan & Zhou, Xue
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Investigate existing Non-Intrusive Inspection (NII) technologies for port cargo inspections

Description: "The goal of this research was to identify the most effective and efficient combination of NII technologies for inspecting cargo arriving at U.S. ports. For this purpose, a discrete-event simulation model was developed to simulate the cargo inspection procedure. By simulating the operations of different combinations of NII technologies, the effectiveness and efficiency of the various combinations were evaluated."
Date: September 2011
Creator: Salehi, Yasamin & Wang, Yubian
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Developing infrastructure for interconnecting transportation network and electric grid

Description: "This report is primarily focused on the development of mathematical models that can be used to support decisions regarding a charging station location and installation problem. The major parts of developing the models included identification of the problem, development of mathematical models in the form of bi-level and stochastic programming problems, and development of a solution approach using a meta-heuristic method."
Date: September 2011
Creator: Damnjanovic, Ivan & Kim, Seok
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Peer grouping and performance measurement to improve rural and urban transit in Texas

Description: "Rural and small urban transit systems in Texas will become even more important with predicted changes in population trends. Rural demographic trends indicate growth in the number of persons age 65 and over coupled with a decrease in population density. Small urban area trends indicate substantial population growth and broadened geographic boundaries, yet resources to provide rural and small urban transit are limited. Therefore, transit managers find it is increasingly important to maximize ser… more
Date: September 2010
Creator: Arndt, Jeffrey C.; Edrington, Suzie; Sandidge, Matthew; Quadrifoglio, Luca & Perkins, Judy
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Automated generation of virtual scenarios in driving simulator from highway design data

Description: "The current project explored ways to create custom roadway segments for use in the TTI driving simulator. The project initially attempted to use AutoCAD Civil 3D roadway drawings and export them for use in the simulator."
Date: September 2010
Creator: Zhao, Xi; Nelson, Alicia A.; Chrysler, Susan & Zhang, Yunlong
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Use of Intelligent Transportation Systems in rural work zones

Description: "This project defined an approach to integrating data collected and traveler information displayed in a work zone with a regional transportation management center and/or other state websites. The project conducted a literature review to define the state of the practice in work zone Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS; smart work zones) and worked with the Texas Department of Transportation traffic managers to identify their safety and nobility needs in a work zone and where ITS can play a r… more
Date: September 2011
Creator: Middleton, Daniel R.; Brydia, Robert; Pesti, Geza; Songchitruksa, Praprut; Balke, Kevin N. & Ullman, Gerald
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Testing information to improve communication with communities and decision makers

Description: "This work focuses on important concepts in making information available to decision makers and the public, specifically focused on the Transportation Industry. The emphasis is on the PowerPoint presentation and enhancing the message through this medium. Critical elements include adhering to the assigned time limit, incorporating animation, font size, including images, techniques, and preparation. While much information is available on-line about presentations, audiences at too many transportat… more
Date: September 2011
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abek & Hall, Kadijah
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
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Megaregion freight movements : a case study of the Texas triangle

Description: "U.S. population growth is predicted to substantially increase over the next 40 years, particularly in areas with large regional economies forecasted to contain over two-thirds of the national economic activity. In Texas, population growth from 200 to 2040 is predicted to increase around 72% and produce a diverse population of some 36 million. This will comprise 12% rural and 88% urban, much of it in the 26 metropolitan areas. These population and economic estimates stimulated the exploration o… more
Date: September 2011
Creator: Harrison, Robert & Seedah, Dan
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Opportunities and challenges for high-speed rail corridors in Texas

Description: "This thesis seeks to clarify the potential for passenger rail specifically in Texas through comparison and contrast with other regions and nations in the midst of new national-level knowledge and the changing transportation opportunities and challenges facing the state."
Date: September 2011
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Carroll, Todd
Item Type: Refine your search to only Report
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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