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 […]
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More Texans turning to phone apps, websites to avoid traffic, survey suggests
Texans are relying more on information from smart phones and websites to make routine travel decisions than they did two years ago, according to new research from the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI). According to the survey conducted this summer, 70 percent of respondents said they had recently used a smart phone app for navigation […]
TTI researchers testified May 25th on state transportation funding
Links Referenced in the May 25, 2016 hearing of the Texas House Transportation Subcommittee on Long-Term Infrastructure Planning may be found here. Members of a House committee on May 25 were briefed by TTI researchers who addressed finance options used in other states to fund transportation infrastructure. The testimony before the Texas House Select Committee on Long-Term Infrastructure […]
Most Texans support more funding for transportation, new poll shows
Traffic congestion in Texas continues to worsen each year, but that’s not changing how the vast majority of Texans feel about their cars and trucks. This and a variety of other insights come from the first Texas Transportation Poll, which was conducted by the Transportation Policy Research Center of the Texas A&M Transportation Institute. The […]
TTI researchers offer testimony on options for financing of transportation infrastructure
Texas Legislators recently heard testimony from four TTI researchers who responded to committee questions regarding potential funding mechanisms for transportation in the state. The testimony was requested by the House Select Committee on Transportation Funding, Expenditures, and Finance. Ginger Goodin, director of the Transportation Policy Research Center (PRC), addressed the topic of a Vehicle Miles […]