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Implementation of Database for TxDOT ARRA Projects

Description: Report discussing projects initiated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), a fiscal stimulus package signed by President Obama on March 6, 2009. State agencies like the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) who received ARRA funds had to report, on a monthly basis, various data on each project in the ARRA program, including staff numbers, hours worked, and payroll. TxDOT asked the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) to identify and isolate specific elements … more
Date: August 2011
Creator: Persad, Khali R. & Suri, Jasjyot S.
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

Mobility and economic effects of system investments in Texas: 2010 to 2020

Description: "The report summarizes estimates of the consequences of current funding levels and a range of greater and lesser funding amounts. The report describes the population, travel, system extent and expenditure data and analyses used to develop the mobility and economic effect analyses. An associated study by the Center for Transportation Research analyzed pavement maintenance spending and condition. Both the mobility and pavement studies were used as part of the March 2011 Texas 2030 Committee repor… more
Date: August 2011
Creator: Lomaz, Tim
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Texas transit leadership initiative

Description: Report on the Texas Transit Leadership Initiative which researched national leadership development programs and developed a longterm leadership development program for use by the transit industry in Texas.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Cherrington, Linda Kay; Arndt, Jeffrey C.; Edrington, Suzie & Taylor, Ryan
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

Measuring access to transit service in rural transit systems : feedback from the workshops and recommendations for improving the Demand Response Transit accessibility tool

Description: Report on the application of a paratransit microsimulation patron accessibility analysis tool in four rural transit agencies in workshops. The workshops provided an overview of the Demand Response Transit [DRT] accessibility tool developed by the research team, obtained feedback on the results predicted by the DRT tool, and identified ways to improve the DRT tool.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Vyas, Gaurav; Bhat, Chandra R. & Ferdous, Zazneen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Improving stop line detection using video imaging detectors

Description: Report discussing research conducted on video imaging vehicle detection system [VIVDS] products which resulted in the development of a VIVDS test protocol and performance measures that transportation agencies can use to uniformly evaluate VIVDS products.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Middleton, Daniel R.; Longmire, Ryan; Charar, Hassan; Bullock, Darcy & Bonneson, James A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Evaluation of mobile source greenhouse gas emissions for assessment of traffic management strategies

Description: "This research is intended to evaluate mobile source GHG emissions for traffic management strategies, in which a Portable Emission Measurement System (PEMS) is used to collect the vehicle's real-world emission and activity data, and Vehicle Specific Power (VSP) based modeling approach is used as the basis for emission estimation."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Yu, Lei & Shi, Qinyi
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

Operational and vehicular strategies for reducing fuel consumption and Green House Gas emissions from trucking

Description: "Reducing fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions is becoming increasingly important in the United States, and new legislation can be expected in the near future that will affect trucks either directly or indirectly. This work is a qualitative examination of operational strategies for reducing fuel consumption from freight trucking, and also compares them with vehicular strategies. A focus is placed on who implements, benefits from, and pays for each strategy, and what type of trucking ea… more
Date: August 2011
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Thompson, Melissa Renee
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Examining the influence of tolls on commute departure and route choice behavior in the Chicago region

Description: "The current study contributes toward understanding the influence of congestion pricing on commuter behavior by specifically examining what dimensions of commute travel behavior are affected as a response to congestion pricing."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Paleti, Rajesh; Bhat, Chandra R. & Eluru, Naveen
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

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
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