Traffic gridlock is choking our roadway system, and we cannot simply build our way out of the problem. Our research aspires to help inform policy decisions that strike a balance between better efficiency and more construction.
Research
- Operations and Policy Implications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Traffic Incident Management
- Understanding Congestion Context and a Tool to Help Choose the Right Mitigation Strategies
- Managed Lanes in Texas: A Review of the Application of Congestion Pricing
- Improving Texas Incident Management Programs
- The Future of TDM: Technology and Demographic Shifts and Their Implications for Transportation Demand Management
- Commuter Tax Benefits
- Connecting Demand Management and Economic Development Activities
- Austin State Agency Congestion Footprint
- It's About Time: Investing in Transportation to Keep Texas Economically Competitive
- Mobility Investment Priorities Project
- Status of travel demand management efforts
- Improving Resource Allocation Through Layered Data Analysis
Testimony to the Texas Legislature
Finance
- Texas ports, innovation & infrastructureGinger Goodin and Jim Kruse, March 14, 2017
- Use of transportation reinvestment zonesGinger Goodin and Rafael Aldrete, September 28, 2016
- Transportation funding options used in other statesDavid Ellis and Brianne Glover, May 25, 2016
- History and current status of regional mobility authorities in TexasGinger Goodin and John Overman, March 29, 2016
- Future construction and maintenance funding need estimates through 2030Ginger Goodin and Brianne Glover, September 10, 2015
- Vehicle miles traveled fees as a transportation funding optionGinger Goodin, August 5, 2014
- Estimated effect of raising the state gas tax by 5 cents per gallonDavid Ellis, August 5, 2014
- Future construction and maintenance funding need estimates through 2030David Ellis, June 23-24, 2014
- Future construction and maintenance funding need estimates through 2030David Ellis, May 6, 2014
- Current status of transportation infrastructure, projected needs, and potential funding solutionsDavid Ellis, February 12, 2013
Freight
- Texas ports, innovation & infrastructureGinger Goodin and Jim Kruse, March 14, 2017
- Measures for designating and monitoring oversize/overweight vehicle corridorsGinger Goodin and Jolanda Prozzi, September 28, 2016
- Texas exports and potential impacts of the Panama Canal expansionGinger Goodin, May 4, 2016
- Funding practices for coastal port infrastructureJim Kruse, May 4, 2016
- Impacts of Mexico’s energy production on transportation infrastructure in TexasJolanda Prozzi, September 19, 2014
Congestion
- Tim Lomax Testimony June 23, 2014Testimony before the Senate Transportation Committee on the work of the Mobility Investment Priorities Project, addressing the state’s most congested roadways.
Technology
- Transportation network companiesGinger Goodin and Maarit Moran, March 14, 2017
- Right-angle crashes at signalized intersectionsGinger Goodin and Robert Wunderlich, March 8, 2017
- The intersection of transportation policy and innovative technologyGinger Goodin and Greg Winfree, March 2, 2017
- Regulation of autonomous vehiclesGinger Goodin, December 7, 2016
- Transportation network companiesGinger Goodin and Maarit Moran, August 30, 2016
Timothy J. Lomax, Ph.D., P.E.
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Tel: 979-845-9960 Ext. 59960
Area Leader
Dr. Lomax has been extensively involved in urban mobility research for more than 30 years. He developed and applied a methodology to assess areawide traffic congestion levels and congestion costs. The Urban Mobility Report examines trends in urban area mobility in 101 cities throughout the U.S. A related pooled-fund research project has developed several performance measures and analytical techniques to describe mobility to a wide range of audiences including transportation professionals, public policy decision-makers, the media and the general public.