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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As Google confirms self-driving car tests in Austin, TTI continues research for automated/connected vehicles
In discussions about the emergence of automated and connected vehicle travel, it’s the technology that tends to attract most of the attention and fascination, but that technology also presents significant implications for policy makers. The TTI Transportation Policy Research Center is working to better understand those implications and inform the decision making that will influence […]
Texas Tribune reports on toll road funding policy; TTI research has examined public-private partnerships
Texas Tribune article, Toll Road Projects in Limbo Following Session, is about toll road funding following the 84th legislative session. The Policy Research Center published a report titled, Public-Private Investment Models for Roadway Infrastructure, which looks at public-private partnerships (P3s) as a means to support the increasing infrastructure demand in Texas. Researchers studied global and national P3 projects to determine what […]
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 […]