Texas exporters are increasingly concerned that current weight regulations do not maximize the capacity of oceangoing containers. To comply with these regulations, some containers are underloaded and transported to a transloading facility, where additional product is added to the containers. Exporters maintain that this process adds costs to the supply chain and results in higher […]
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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 […]
Goodin helps lead policy discussion at TRB automated vehicles symposium
Ginger Goodin, director of TTI’s Transportation Policy Research Center (PRC), recently joined other national automated-transportation experts for the 2014 Automated Vehicles Symposium in San Francisco. The Transportation Research Board and the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International sponsored the event. The symposium focused on the challenges and opportunities presented by automated vehicles and the roadway […]