Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-10 on 31-inch W-beam guardrail with standard offset blocks (open access)

Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-10 on 31-inch W-beam guardrail with standard offset blocks

"The test reported herein corresponds to American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware (MASH) test 3-10. This is primarily a severity test that assesses risk of injury to the vehicle occupants."
Date: November 2010
Creator: Abu-Odeh, Akram Y.; Menges, Wanda L. & Bligh, Roger P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2017 (open access)

Angelina & Neches River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2017

Annual financial report of the Angelina & Neches River Authority documenting income, expenditures, and other relevant financial information for fiscal year 2017.
Date: November 11, 2017
Creator: Angelina & Neches River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Angelo State University Annual Financial Report: 2011 (open access)

Angelo State University Annual Financial Report: 2011

Annual financial report of Angelo State University for fiscal year 2012 providing statements of assets, revenues, expenses, bond information, and other relevant data.
Date: November 18, 2011
Creator: Angelo State University
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 11, November 2017 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 11, November 2017

Newsletter of Ernest Bailes for his constituents in district 18 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on Bailes expressing the things his thankfulness for the legislative accomplishments in district 18.
Date: November 21, 2017
Creator: Bailes, Ernest James, IV
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr.: November 6, 2013 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr.: November 6, 2013

Newsletter of Cecil Bell, Jr. for his constituents in district 3 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the financing of our State Water Plan, home-rule cities will have greater local control.
Date: November 6, 2013
Creator: Bell, Cecil Ivan, Jr.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examination of Professional Counselors,Texas State Board of  Social Worker Examiner (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examination of Professional Counselors,Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiner

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists, Texas State Board of Examination of Professional Counselors, Texas State Board of Social Worker Examiner, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: November 2016
Creator: Beverly, Eric; Long, Tim; Wood, Janet & Jones, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: State Office of Administrative Hearings (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: State Office of Administrative Hearings

Report from the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding the Texas State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation. It offers recommendations on topics including: proper funding, organizational flexibility, greater independence over contested tax case hearing oversight, administrative license revocations hearings, authority to informally dispose of default cases, and access to quality information on the agency hearing process.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Beverly, Eric; Shurtleff, Sean; Simmons, Joel; Wood, Janet & Jones, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Skid-Mounted Support System for Temporary Guide Signs (open access)

Skid-Mounted Support System for Temporary Guide Signs

This is a research report to establish guidelines for both the direct embedded temporary wood support system and the skid-mounted support system. Tests covered in the report look at wind loads, ballast requirements, and impact performance.
Date: November 2014
Creator: Bligh, Roger P.; Arrington, Dusty R.; Menges, Wanda L. & Kuhn, Darrell L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Highway safety design workshops (open access)

Highway safety design workshops

Report on a series of workshops provided by the Texas Department of Transportation on the topic, "Incorporating Safety into the Highway Design Process." The report focuses on workshop content, attendance, and participation evaluation.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Bonneson, James A. & Pratt, Michael P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design-Build Highway Projects: A Review of Practices and Experiences (open access)

Design-Build Highway Projects: A Review of Practices and Experiences

This report: • Examines the academic literature about the design-build project delivery method. • Reviews national experiences and practices as reported by state departments of transportation. • Summarizes recent design-build legislative changes in Texas. • Provides a summary of design-build projects in Texas.
Date: November 2016
Creator: Borowiec, Jeff, Ph.D.; Norboge, Nick; Huntsman, Brett; Schrank, Cannon & Beckerman, Wayne
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas (open access)

Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas

Report on a project examining the Texas Urban Triangle to identify issues that arise with the rapid growth of the area and develop a tool, Spatial Decision Support System, to assist local municipalities in making policy decisions.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Bright, Elise M.; Morgan, Curtis Alan & Neuman, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Revised Pay Adjustments Factors for HMA and Concrete Pavements (open access)

Revised Pay Adjustments Factors for HMA and Concrete Pavements

Report on on improvements for the pay adjustment system for HMA and concrete pavements.
Date: February 2014
Creator: Buddhavarapu, Prasad; Smit, Andre F.; Prozzi, Jorge A.; Fan, Wei & Gurmu, Zegeye
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of the Benefits of Diamond Grinding of CRCP: Final Report (open access)

Evaluation of the Benefits of Diamond Grinding of CRCP: Final Report

"This report outlines the testing and evaluation of a continuously reinforced concrete pavement (CRCP) on IH35W near Fort Worth rehabilitated using diamond grinding instead of applying an asphalt overlay to extend the serviceability of the old concrete pavement."
Date: November 2014
Creator: Buddhavarapu, Prasad; Smit, Andrè de Fortier; Prozzi, Jorge A. & Trevino, Manuel
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flexible Pavement Narrow Widening Best Practices and Lessons Learned (open access)

Flexible Pavement Narrow Widening Best Practices and Lessons Learned

This report addresses problems with construction quality and performance on narrow widening projects. The report covers constraints regarding construction equipment widths and other limitations.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Burton, Maria; Kim, Moo Yeon; Smit, Andre; Trevino, Manual; Wu, Hui; Murphy, Mike et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study: Phase 2 (open access)

TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study: Phase 2

This report, phase 2 of a two-part project, offers an overview of infrastructure, operational, and policy solutions that TxDOT could utilize to better manage waterborne freight transportation in Texas waterways,
Date: November 30, 2011
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study. Task 1: Evaluation Criteria and Solution Packages (open access)

TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study. Task 1: Evaluation Criteria and Solution Packages

Final report of the Texas Department of Transportation Waterborne Freight Corridor Study. The study developed a list of projects which would address existing issues in the waterborne freight infrastructure of Texas.
Date: November 29, 2011
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study: Task 3. Waterborne Freight Performance Measures (open access)

TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study: Task 3. Waterborne Freight Performance Measures

Report on waterborne freight shipping in the state of Texas.
Date: November 18, 2011
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study: Task 5. Port and Waterway Funding and Financing Options (open access)

TxDOT Waterborne Freight Corridor Study: Task 5. Port and Waterway Funding and Financing Options

Final report regarding strategic solutions to address future waterborne needs in Texas, including funding sources for critical port and waterway projects.
Date: November 18, 2011
Creator: Cambridge Systematics
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, November, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, November, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planning in the Austin, Texas area.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Flood Protection Planning Study: Cow Bayou & Adams Bayou, Orange County, Texas (open access)

Flood Protection Planning Study: Cow Bayou & Adams Bayou, Orange County, Texas

Report on flood protection prevention in the Cow and Adams Bayous of Orange County, Texas.
Date: November 2015
Creator: Carroll & Blackman, Inc.
Object Type: Report
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
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Verification of Texas superheavy load criteria for bridges (open access)

Verification of Texas superheavy load criteria for bridges

"This report evaluates TxDOT criteria for the superheavy loads that trigger bridge analyses to determine whether the criteria adequately protects Texas bridges."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Chang, Byungik; Jao, Mien & Bourland, Mark C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Technology Taskforce White Papers, Volumes 1-5: How the Age of Technology is Transforming Transportation Agencies (open access)

Texas Technology Taskforce White Papers, Volumes 1-5: How the Age of Technology is Transforming Transportation Agencies

Report on the Texas Technology Taskforce white papers related to how technology is changing transportation agencies.
Date: August 2015
Creator: Chin, Kristie; Gold, Andrea & Walton, C. Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Decision-Support Framework for Quantifying the Most Economical Incentive/Disincentive Dollar Amounts for Critical Highway Pavement Rehabilitation Projects (open access)

Decision-Support Framework for Quantifying the Most Economical Incentive/Disincentive Dollar Amounts for Critical Highway Pavement Rehabilitation Projects

This is a study done by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute as a way of reducing construction duration is to reward contractors with and early completion incentive bonus and levy fines for delays.
Date: November 2013
Creator: Choi, Kunhee; Park, Eun Sug & Bae, Junseo
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History