CITY ANNOUNCES TRAFFIC CONGESTION ACTION PLAN Plan will assure smoother traffic flow within existing roadway network. The City of Austin announced Friday, March 27, a Traffic Congestion Action Plan that outlines immediate and long-term steps to help alleviate traffic issues throughout the city. The plan will utilize a variety of strategies to manage traffic to […]
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Texas Tribune Points to Autonomous Vehicle Policy, a focus of TTI Research
“You talk to any car company that’s trying to develop automation, they’ll tell you when they encounter an unexpected event, that’s where the challenge is,” said Ed Seymour, the associate director of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. “They’re developing the tech. We’re looking at how you might use it.” […]
Toll Road Primer provides snapshot of tolling operations and network in Texas
Among the nearly 360 transportation-related bills introduced thus far in the current session of the Texas Legislature, more than 40 relate to the operations of toll agencies and toll roads. TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center in November published its Texas Toll Road Primer to provide policy makers with a comprehensive summary of toll roads from […]
U.S. DOT’s Texas Transportation by the Numbers Profile
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (US DOT’s) Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released its State Transportation by the Numbers Profiles 2014 – two-page collections of transportation statistics for each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Highlights from US DOT’s Texas Transportation by the Numbers two-pager point to several efforts recently completed […]
UT/Texas Tribune poll findings mirror those from TTI survey
Results from a new University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll mirror the findings from a Fall 2014 survey by the Transportation Policy Research Center at the Texas Transportation Institute. Three-fourths of the respondents to the UT/Texas Tribune Poll said traffic congestion is a serious problem, and the same percentage in TTI’s Texas Transportation Poll said they […]
Researchers examine potential use of variable speed limits in Texas
With help from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI), state officials in Texas are exploring the use of variable speed limits (VSLs), an effort that could lead to more efficient highway operations and a decrease in collisions. Based on legislation passed in 2013, the Texas Department of Transportation began the VSL study, using signs that […]