As directed in 2015 by the 84th Texas Legislature, researchers compared highway noise guidelines in Texas with those in five other states and interviewed officials representing several toll road authorities in Texas. They also measured sound levels behind noise barriers along three toll road sections in Harris County, Dallas County, and Williamson County to compare […]
As young adults, millennials are an important consumer demographic. Millennials (born between 1983 and 2000) represent about 25 percent of the U.S. population and make up more of the workforce than baby boomers (born between 1946 and 1964). Austin, Houston, and Dallas-Fort Worth are in the top 10 cities in the United States for highest […]
On Jan. 19, Ginger Goodin, director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center (PRC), briefed about 50 State Capitol staffers on a range of transportation issues on the agenda of the 85th Session of the Texas Legislature. The staff members represented both individual legislator offices and legislative committees. Lawmakers are expected to take up topics that include: […]
Members of the Texas House Transportation Committee on December 7 heard updates on research related to two of the Committee’s priority interest areas. Ginger Goodin, Director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, briefed members on the topic of autonomous vehicles in the context of policy and regulation. Robert Wunderlich, Director of TTI’s Center for Transportation […]
After 2007, the application of hydraulic fracturing (or fracking) and horizontal drilling techniques led to rapid new development in the oil and natural gas (O&G) industries in many areas of Texas and in other shale formation areas across the United States. Between 2007 and 2014, an increasing demand for O&G products in a favorable market […]
Roadway congestion challenges and solutions were front and center on November 3 as transportation policy followers gathered for a symposium hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas Tribune. Throughout the morning, policy makers and other leaders stressed the need for careful planning in anticipation of continued rapid population growth, most of […]
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