Understanding where people choose to live and the factors that influence housing location decisions could improve the type, scale, and timeliness of transportation improvements and policies. This project examines demographics, housing characteristics, education quality, and other factors in comparison to traffic congestion levels to gain insight into how congestion affects housing choice. The resulting assessment […]
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Road User Charges (RUCs) for transportation funding: Right for Texas?
TTI researchers are working to find solutions to Texas’ long-term fuel tax shortage. State and federal taxes on a gallon of gas have been 38 cents for more than 20 years, and because of inflation, 38 cents is worth a little over half of what it was worth two decades ago. According to the Texas […]
Coming soon: Research examines investment in rail and pipeline infrastructure for shale development regions
Investment in rail infrastructure (e.g. new or improved rail infrastructure, rail capacity improvements, or reactivation of former rail lines) and/or pipeline infrastructure along with roadway improvements might serve as an alternative approach to address freight transport needs in Texas shale energy regions. The research will provide information to policy makers of potential costs and benefits […]
Coming soon: Research explores online communities to help build effective transportation policy
In order to develop transportation policy effectively, elected officials should be provided with the opportunity to tap into the views of a broadly representative group of citizens who reflect the expansive range of political, demographic and geographic characteristics that define the state of Texas. Input from this representative group of Texans may be achieved through developing […]
Lomax outlines lower cost strategies to address congestion on one of the state’s busiest highways
Efforts are underway to improve traffic conditions on US 59 / IH 69 in Houston, rated as one of the state’s most congested roadways. In the newest episode of Mobility NOW, Tim Lomax, a TTI Senior Research Engineer, explains how lower cost strategies can address gridlock problems on that busy highway stretch and others like it, […]
TTI Researchers Identify Research Needs Resulting from Energy Boom
With all the positive impacts associated with Texas’ most recent oil boom, there are numerous challenges faced by communities and motorists. Researchers with the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) are identifying those challenges in hopes of initiating research projects that will lead to solutions. A series of free workshops will take place this month in […]