At its inception decades ago, our highway system exemplified the innovation and ambition of its day. Our research aspires to help inform policy decisions that represent the same bold vision in a digitally connected world.
Research
- Vertiports: Policy implications
- Connected Vehicle Infrastructure: Deployment and Funding Overview
- The Legal Status of Low Speed, Electric, Automated Vehicles in Texas
- Exploring Blockchain – Technology Behind Bitcoin and Implications for Transforming Transportation
- How Does Texas Law Change the Legal Landscape for Automated Vehicles?
- Motor Carrier Code Review – Considerations for TNC Legislation
- Implementation and Effectiveness of Sound Mitigation Measures on Texas Highways (HB 790)
- Regional Operations: One Approach to Improve Traffic Signal Timing
- Revolutionizing Our Roadways: Modeling the Traffic Impacts from Automated and Connected Vehicles in a Complex Congested Urban Setting
- Vehicle Telematics as a Platform for Road Use Fees
- Policy Implications of Transportation Network Companies
- Disruptive Technologies and Transportation
- Revolutionizing our Roadways: Implications of Automated Vehicle Crash Scenarios
- Revolutionizing our Roadways: Consumer Acceptance and Travel Behavior Impacts of Automated Vehicles
- Revolutionizing our Roadways: Data Privacy Considerations for Automated and Connected Vehicles
- Revolutionizing our Roadways: Liability Considerations for Automated and Connected Vehicles
- Revolutionizing our Roadways: Cybersecurity Considerations for Connected and Automated Vehicle Policy
- New Approaches to Transportation Management
- Automated Vehicles: Policy Implications Scoping Study
- Revolutionizing our Roadways: The Challenges and Benefits of Making Automated Vehicles a Reality
Presentations
Testimony to the Texas Legislature
Technology
- Guidance for the policy discussion on the implications of autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles and their safe use on Texas roadwaysGinger Goodin, September 18, 2020
- Technology issues in transportationGregory Winfree, February 8, 2018
- Transportation network companiesGinger Goodin and Maarit Moran, March 14, 2017
- The intersection of transportation policy and innovative technologyGinger Goodin and Greg Winfree, March 2, 2017
- Regulation of autonomous vehiclesGinger Goodin, December 7, 2016
- Transportation network companiesGinger Goodin and Maarit Moran, August 30, 2016
Ginger Goodin, PE
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Tel: 512-407-1114
Area Leader
Ginger has more than 30 years of experience in transportation planning and operations, both as a practitioner and a researcher. She has led or supported research on automated and connected vehicles since 2013. Her primary research focus area has been policy issues such as state regulation and transportation system impacts. She was principal investigator for NCHRP Study 845, Strategies to Advance Automated and Connected Vehicles: A Primer for State and Local Decision Makers to provide policy tools to shape deployment of vehicle technologies toward societal goals. She has been invited as a speaker and thought leader on the topic of state and local policy implications of automated vehicles, covering issues ranging from policy roles to infrastructure investment opportunities for connected automation. Ginger is a member of USDOT’s Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program Advisory Committee and the Transportation Research Board’s Vehicle-Highway Automation Committee.
