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Lavon, Texas: Crossroads of Opportunity (open access)

Lavon, Texas: Crossroads of Opportunity

This report examines the City of Lavon, Texas and its economic opportunities. It gives an overview of the City of Lavon and discusses the development of other small cities in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area. It reports on incentives for Lavon, discusses the organization of an Economic Development Corporation (EDC) and its tasks, offers an in-depth profile of the community in Lavon, and shows economic development strategies with conclusions about their findings.
Date: April 2010
Creator: University of North Texas. Center for Economic Development and Research.
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries Master Plan, Volume 1: Twenty Year Vision for the UNT Library Facilities (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Master Plan, Volume 1: Twenty Year Vision for the UNT Library Facilities

First volume of a space-planning report by architectural consultants PSA-Dewberry, Inc. regarding the needs and vision of the University of North Texas Libraries in Denton, Texas. This volume contains: Executive Summary, A Vision for the UNT Libraries, Existing Facilities Assessment, Peer Institution Research, User Research, Preliminary Program Assessment, Planning Options, Sustainability, Construction Cost and Scheduling, and Appendix.
Date: November 2011
Creator: PSA-Dewberry, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
University of North Texas Libraries Master Plan, Volume 2: Building Assessment (open access)

University of North Texas Libraries Master Plan, Volume 2: Building Assessment

Second volume of a space-planning report by architectural consultants PSA-Dewberry, Inc. regarding the needs and vision of the University of North Texas Libraries in Denton, Texas. This volume contains: Executive Summary, Architectural Report, MEP Report, Structural Report, Life Safety Report, and Accessibility Report.
Date: November 2011
Creator: PSA-Dewberry, Inc.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress (open access)

Federal Evacuation Policy: Issues for Congress

This report discusses federal evacuation policy and analyzes potential lessons learned from the evacuations of individuals in response to the Gulf Coast hurricanes of 2005. Several issue areas that might arise concerning potential lawmaking and oversight on evacuation policy are also highlighted.
Date: January 18, 2011
Creator: Lindsay, Bruce R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shear strengthening of reinforced and prestressed concrete beams using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) sheets and anchors (open access)

Shear strengthening of reinforced and prestressed concrete beams using Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) sheets and anchors

This report presents experimental results, installation procedures for CFRP sheets and anchors, specifications for fabrication and installation of CFRP anchors, and anchored CFRP shear design guidelines.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Kim, Yungon.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Validation of field test methods for use of tire bales (open access)

Validation of field test methods for use of tire bales

Report discussing an implementation project that validates field test methods for checking he conformity of tire bales used in transportation applications.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Zornber, Jorge C.; Freilich, Brian J. & Guzman, Carlos
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Assessment and Framework of Management Science Applications for TxDOT (open access)

An Assessment and Framework of Management Science Applications for TxDOT

Report discussing the results of a project in which researchers implemented a systematic approach to identify the domains within the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDot) where Operations Research and Management Science (OR/MS) techniques could lead to substantial improvements.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Waller, S. Travis; Walewski, John; Chang, Carlos; Fajardo, David; Lasdon, Leon; Montes, Edith et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Energy Sector: Past and Future (open access)

Texas Energy Sector: Past and Future

"The objectives of this research study were to (a) illustrate and quantify the impacts imposed by the energy sector on Texas's transportation system and (b) identify key energy demand indicators by energy source that TxDOT can track in an effort to anticipate the associated future transportation impacts on Texas's transportation system."
Date: December 2011
Creator: Prozzi, Jolanda; Dumais, Ashley; Cline, Mike; Loftus-Otway, Lisa & Seaborne, Eleanor
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Operations and Safety Benefits of Active Traffic Strategies on TxDOT Freeways (open access)

Traffic Operations and Safety Benefits of Active Traffic Strategies on TxDOT Freeways

Report discussing a project, which developed a series of interdependent models and a simulation framework to evaluate the traffic operations and safety benefits of ATM strategies. Four ATM scenarios were evaluated in this study: variable speed limits (VSL), peak-period shoulder use, VSL and shoulder use, and ramp metering.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Nezamuddin, N.; Jiang, Nan (Writer on transportation); Zhang, Ti; Waller, S. Travis & Sun, Dazhi
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implementation of Database for TxDOT ARRA Projects (open access)

Implementation of Database for TxDOT ARRA Projects

Report discussing projects initiated under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), a fiscal stimulus package signed by President Obama on March 6, 2009. State agencies like the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) who received ARRA funds had to report, on a monthly basis, various data on each project in the ARRA program, including staff numbers, hours worked, and payroll. TxDOT asked the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) to identify and isolate specific elements of the 0-6592 database that TxDOT's Construction Division (CST) can implement into an existing TxDot database. This report describes the implementation of the database and procedures for updating it.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Persad, Khali R. & Suri, Jasjyot S.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of Improved Post-Tensioning Materials After Long-Term Exposure Testing (open access)

Evaluation of Corrosion Resistance of Improved Post-Tensioning Materials After Long-Term Exposure Testing

Technical report on the results of a study evaluating the corrosion resistance of post-tensioned beams after four years of aggressive cyclic ponded saltwater exposure.
Date: October 2011
Creator: McCool, G. E.; Ahern, M. E.; Breen, J. E. & Wood, S. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Application guide and specifications for geotextiles in roadway applications (open access)

Application guide and specifications for geotextiles in roadway applications

Abstract: "Geotextiles, one among the different geosynthetic products, can be used for a number of functions or applications in pavement design. The benefits of using geotextiles in pavements and other transportation applications have triggered a proliferation of products. While this abundance of new products has led to reduction in costs, it has also made it difficult for TxDOT personnel to choose appropriate products based on their engineering properties. Consequently, this report provides the basis for (i) guidelines for proper use and selection of geotextiles in pavements, (ii) material specifications for geotextiles in pavement applications, and (iii) draft construction specifications."
Date: February 2012
Creator: Zornberg, Jorge G. & Thompson, Nathan
System: The Portal to Texas History
Training Manual for Pavement Concrete Proportioning Method (open access)

Training Manual for Pavement Concrete Proportioning Method

"This manual presents a method to proportion concrete paving mixtures made with manufactured sands and increased micro-fines percentages in a step-by-step manner. This method was adapted from Koehler's (2007) proportioning method for self-consolidating concrete" (p. 1).
Date: February 2010
Creator: McLeroy, Meredith; Fowler, David; Won, Moon & Whitney, David
System: The Portal to Texas History
Literature review of current practices in dealing with fluctuations of maintenance budgets (open access)

Literature review of current practices in dealing with fluctuations of maintenance budgets

Report discussing a literature review of current budget cutting strategies used in routine roadway maintenance planning, including methods and techniques that are employed by other state and international transportation organizations (DOT's). It also reviewed methodologies developed from previous research and identified the most effect risk management techniques.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Gonzales, Epigmenio.; Li, Wenxing; Murphy, Mike; O'Connor, James T.; Bhat, Chandra R. & Yildirim, Yetkin
System: The Portal to Texas History
Prioritization of highway maintenance functions using multi-attribute decision making with fuzzy pairwise comparison (open access)

Prioritization of highway maintenance functions using multi-attribute decision making with fuzzy pairwise comparison

Report on a methodological framework to help highway agencies develop maintenance plans that are minimally impacted by budget fluctuations. It includes a case study testing the effectiveness of the methodology using data from the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Zhang, Zhanmin & Liu, Wenxing
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Economic Efficiency of Allowing Longer Combination Vehicles in Texas (open access)

The Economic Efficiency of Allowing Longer Combination Vehicles in Texas

Paper discussing the economic efficiency of allowing longer combination vehicles to operate in Texas.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Bienkowski, Bridget N.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the effect of street network connectivity on first/last mile transit performance (open access)

Evaluating the effect of street network connectivity on first/last mile transit performance

"This study defines a novel connectivity indicator (CI) to predict transit performance by identifying the role that street network connectivity plays in influencing the service quality of demand responsive feeder transit services."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Chandra, Shailesh. & Quadrifoglio, Luca
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implementation of the Soil Compactor Analyzer Into Test Method TEX-113-E : Technical Report (open access)

Implementation of the Soil Compactor Analyzer Into Test Method TEX-113-E : Technical Report

This report describes a study showing that the Soil Compactor Analyzer(SCA) enables excellent precision precision of total statistics of test method Tex-113-E.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Sebesta, Stephen & Taylor, Ross
System: The Portal to Texas History
Unknown Foundation Determination for Scour (open access)

Unknown Foundation Determination for Scour

This report describes a project to develop a global approach that would reduce the level of uncertainty associated with unknown foundations.
Date: April 2012
Creator: Briaud, Jean-Louis; Medina-Cetina, Zenon; Hurlebaus, Stefan; Everett, Mark; Tucker, Stacey; Yousefpour, Negin et al.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance (open access)

Alternative Methods of Flexible Base Compaction Acceptance

"This report summarizes the concerns expressed with the current Texas Department of Transportation(TxDOT) methods, presents approaches some TxDOT districts have taken to overcome problems, and summarizes the current status of other agencies' efforts at mechanistic based acceptance for flexible base. Also this report presents results and findings from a full-scale compaction experiment."
Date: May 2012
Creator: Sebesta, Stephen; Taylor, Ross & Frazier, James
System: The Portal to Texas History
Community Design and the Incidence of Crashes Involving Pedestrians and Motorists Aged 75 and Older (open access)

Community Design and the Incidence of Crashes Involving Pedestrians and Motorists Aged 75 and Older

"This report studies a series of negative binomial regression models to understand how urban form may affect the incidence of total and killed-or-severely-injured (KSI) crashes involving older drivers and pedestrians."
Date: April 2012
Creator: Dumbaugh, Eric; Zhang, Yi & Li, Wenhao
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of an Early-Stage Toll Revenue Estimation Model (open access)

Development of an Early-Stage Toll Revenue Estimation Model

This report contains a standalone, spreadsheet-based model that prepares early-stage traffic and toll revenue estimates.
Date: May 2012
Creator: Beaty, Curtis & Lieu, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
Performance Measures for Sustainable Freight Movement (open access)

Performance Measures for Sustainable Freight Movement

This report addresses the issues of freight sustainability at the transportation corridor level.
Date: February 2012
Creator: Farzaneh, Reza; Ramani, Tara; Krishnan, Anupama & Zietsman, Josias
System: The Portal to Texas History
Positive Feedback:  Exploring Current Approaches in Iterative Travel Demand Model Implementation (open access)

Positive Feedback: Exploring Current Approaches in Iterative Travel Demand Model Implementation

This report looked at the current Texas Department of Transportation Travel Demand Model (TxDOT TDM) and found that they do not include any impedance or accessibility measures in the trip generation step and found that the best approach is to feed back the output from the traffic assignment step to the trip distribution step.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Reeder, Phillip; Bhat, Chandra & Hall, Kevin
System: The Portal to Texas History