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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If Texas exports are growing, so is the rest of the economy
It’s only natural that most of us wouldn’t typically give a second thought to the almost countless trucks, trains, and ships moving goods from day to day. But we should. Because a lot of what they’re hauling is on its way to markets far from Texas. And what we export (and how much) matters a […]
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 […]