The steady growth in online retailing continues to rattle long-established business models and the shopping patterns of consumers (who are also taxpayers, voters, and drivers). These changes, which include more frequent and immediate delivery options, can directly impact our transportation system, bringing to light a number of challenges. Planners and policy makers alike will need […]
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New Report: Role of the Texas Transportation System in Attracting and Retaining Business
In 2015, the Texas A&M Transportation Institute surveyed 500 Texas businesses to determine transportation factors that affect freight business decisions, including facility siting. In this more recent effort, researchers sought to further clarify the importance of transportation in site selection decisions for six key industry sectors: advanced technologies and manufacturing, aerospace and defense, biotechnology and […]