Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) researchers Ginger Goodin and Maarit Moran outlined the agency’s latest research on transportation network companies (TNCs) for members of the Texas Senate Committee on Business and Commerce on Mar. 14. Goodin, the director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, outlined in her testimony how TNC operations have expanded rapidly in […]
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Senate Committee Focuses on Right-Angle Intersection Crashes, TTI Testimony on Countermeasures
Members of the Texas Senate Transportation Committee concentrated their attention Mar. 8 on the problem of right-angle crashes at signalized intersections, and heard TTI testimony on options available to address the issue. Ginger Goodin, director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center, reviewed a number of countermeasures and their potential crash reduction effectiveness, which include: Speed […]
Transportation Policymakers in the 85th Texas Legislature
Leadership in both houses of the Texas Legislature have made their appointments to the committees that will examine legislation and shape transportation policy in Texas for the next two years. In the Senate, members of the Senate Transportation Committee and the Article VII Working Group of the Senate Finance Committee have, respectively, already begun deliberating […]
Winfree, Goodin Provide Testimony for State Transportation Policy Leaders
Members of The Texas House Committee on Transportation on March 2 heard invited testimony on the Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI’s) background and current research priorities. “Transportation covers a growing range of issues, encompassing much more than just constructing roads and bridges — technology and policy have become central considerations,” TTI Agency Director Greg Winfree […]
House Transportation Committee Interim Report
The House Transportation Committee has issued its 68-page Interim Report to the 85th Legislature. Following up on study charges issued by the Speaker of the House, the report studies a number of topics and provides recommendations. The Legislature may take those recommendations into consideration but is not required to. The report is found in full […]
Legislative Budget Board Staff Reports Issued 2/1/17
On Feb. 1, 2017, the Legislative Budget Board issued a document titled “Legislative Budget Board Staff Reports.” This is the report I referenced in a previous blog post. You can download the full 510-page report or access individual chapters in PDF form. The publication is divided into subject areas, with individual chapters for each item […]