Roadway congestion challenges and solutions were front and center on November 3 as transportation policy followers gathered for a symposium hosted by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute (TTI) and the Texas Tribune. Throughout the morning, policy makers and other leaders stressed the need for careful planning in anticipation of continued rapid population growth, most of […]
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Using stacked data layers to provide the best ‘bang for the buck’
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 […]
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 […]