With limited funding and an increased emphasis on fiscal accountability and information transparency, transportation improvements are being analyzed to show that they provide the best ‘bang for the buck’. The Texas Legislature, in fact, called for such an approach in approving the state budget in 2011, requiring that highway projects have the greatest possible impact […]
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Looking at transportation through a supply-and-demand lens
Real estate professionals are familiar with the supply-and-demand patterns that drive so much of what they do. If housing demand exceeds supply, prices increase; if supply exceeds demand, prices decline. But a new kind of supply-and-demand puzzle is emerging in Texas – one that directly impacts the real estate industry – the demand for, and […]
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 […]
Examining New Approaches to Transportation Management in Texas
Congestion continues to increase in Texas and the United States, leading to longer delays, higher fuel consumption and related crashes. Adding capacity to existing systems isn’t easy, so transportation agencies are relying on operations and maintenance strategies like active traffic management (ATM), a common strategy in Europe, to help manage congestion. In recent years, ATM […]
Getting the performance we need from long-range transportation planning
Recently, the Austin Chamber of Commerce released its 2013 Mobility Report, in which it reported on its sponsorship of research by TTI that quantified a specific set of strategies targeting congestion. The research shows the predicted effect of six strategies on the Travel Time Index — the commonly used measure that compares congested travel time […]