Crash Test and MASH TL-3 Evaluation of the TxDOT Short Radius Guardrail (open access)

Crash Test and MASH TL-3 Evaluation of the TxDOT Short Radius Guardrail

This the report done by the TTI that investigated, modeled, and simulated crash tested the MASH 3-33, 3-32, 3-31, and 3-35 test conditions.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Abu-Odeh, Akram Y.; McCaskey, Katherine; Bligh, Roger P.; Menges, Wanda L. & Kuhn, Darrell L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
New Braunfels Utilities: Aquifer Storage and Recovery Demonstration Project (open access)

New Braunfels Utilities: Aquifer Storage and Recovery Demonstration Project

Report on the project to establish and reinvigorate water resources in the New Braunfels area of Texas, including analyses, recommendations, storage requirements, and more.
Date: March 2019
Creator: Arcadis U.S., Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed CPS Energy Tri-County Substation, Comal and Guadalupe Counties, Texas (open access)

An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed CPS Energy Tri-County Substation, Comal and Guadalupe Counties, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the CPS Energy Tri-County Substation in Comal and Guadalupe Counties, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Atkins North America, Inc.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 4, March 2017 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 4, March 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 the filing of bill to address public school accountability, the Dayton train, an update on Constable Justin Johnstone, the filed bill to protect ecological resources, the celebration of General Sam Houston, Child Protective Services, Daylight Savings Time, the House and Senate bills on high speed railways, and Bailes' appointment to the subcommittee.
Date: March 13, 2017
Creator: Bailes, Ernest James, IV
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 5, March 2017 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 5, March 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 reforms in public school finance, an update on Constable Justin Johnston, the presentation of CSHB 1469, updates in teacher retirement and property taxes, and the house bill to decrease the fee for carrying a handgun.
Date: March 28, 2017
Creator: Bailes, Ernest James, IV
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders (open access)

Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders

"The main objective of this study was to evaluate the inherent fatigue cracking resistance of asphalt binders in the form of a matrix with rigid particle inclusions. The underlying rational for this approach was to subject the binders to a state of stress that is similar to the one in a full asphalt mixture."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Bhasin, Amit; Izadi, Anoosha & Motamed, Arash
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-11 on the Texas T101 bridge rail (open access)

Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware test 3-11 on the Texas T101 bridge rail

Report on a study examining the impact performance of T101 bridge rails with pickup trucks. The study determined the T101 bridge rail did not meet Manual for Assessing Safety Hardware evaluation criteria for test 3-11 and the vehicle overturned after losing contact with the barrier.
Date: March 2011
Creator: Bligh, Roger P. & Menges, Wanda L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Performance of Lap Splices in Large-Scale Column Specimens Affected by ASR and/or DEF-Extension Phase (open access)

Performance of Lap Splices in Large-Scale Column Specimens Affected by ASR and/or DEF-Extension Phase

This is a report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute covering an experimental program consisting of the design, construction, curing, exposure, and structural load testing of 16 large-scale columns.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Bracci, Joseph M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birds of Kickapoo Cavern State Park: A Field Checklist (open access)

Birds of Kickapoo Cavern State Park: A Field Checklist

This document provides geographical information about the Kickapoo Cavern State Park and a checklist that "includes all species know to occur within the park's boundaries."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Bryan, Kelly & Lockwood, Mark
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equity evaluation of vehicle miles traveled fees in Texas (open access)

Equity evaluation of vehicle miles traveled fees in Texas

"This report used 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Texas data to consider the equity impacts surrounding four vehicle miles traveled (VMT) scenarios. Results indicate that all of the VMT fee scenarios are essentially as equally vertically equitable as the current state gas tax system."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Burris, Mark; Larsen, Lisa. & Whitty, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Collision Loads on Bridge Piers: Phase 2. Report of Guidelines for Designing Bridge Piers and Abutments for Vehicle Collisions (open access)

Collision Loads on Bridge Piers: Phase 2. Report of Guidelines for Designing Bridge Piers and Abutments for Vehicle Collisions

"An instrumented, simulated bridge pier was constructed, and two full-scale collisions with an 80,000-lb van-type tractor-trailer were performed on it. The trailer was ballasted with bags of sand on pallets. The simulated pier was 36 inches in diameter and was supported in the longitudinal direction by two load cells. Force-versus-time data were obtained from the load cells."
Date: March 2011
Creator: Buth, Eugene; Brackin, Michael S.; Williams, William F. & Fry, Gary T.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, March, 2013

Monthly newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments discussing news , upcoming events, and other information of relevance for regional planningi n the Austin, Texas area.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Traffic Control Device Evaluation Program: Technical Report [#2] (open access)

Traffic Control Device Evaluation Program: Technical Report [#2]

This project provides the Texas Department of Transportation with a mechanism to quickly and effectively conduct high-priority, limited scope evaluations of traffic control devices.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Carlson, Paul J.; Higgins, Laura L.; Pratt, Michael P.; Finley, Melisa D.; Theiss, LuAnn; Williams, William F. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of traffic control devices : year 3 (open access)

Evaluation of traffic control devices : year 3

Report summarizing the research activities that were conducted between September 2010 and August 2011. The five primary activities were evaluating nighttime visibility along rural highways with bright signs, continuing the evaluation of lead-free thermoplastic pavement markings, evaluating contrast pavement marking layouts, continuing the evaluation of accelerated pavement marking test decks, and providing district support for hurricane evacuation routing.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Carlson, Paul J.; Pike, Adam M.; Miles, Jeff D.; Ullman, Brooke R. & Borchardt, Darrel W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project in Fort Worth, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Chavez, Michael R. & Hall, Crystal
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Modeling a Change in Flowrate through Detention or Additional Pavement on the Receiving Stream: Final Report (open access)

Modeling a Change in Flowrate through Detention or Additional Pavement on the Receiving Stream: Final Report

Report discussing changes of water flow in hydraulic models.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Cleveland, Theodore G.; Schwarz, Marian R. & Tay, Cristal C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $433 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $433 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $433 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: March 9, 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
City of Denton Resident Update: March/April 2019 (open access)

City of Denton Resident Update: March/April 2019

Newsletter issued by the city of Denton, Texas documenting news and updates, announcing events, and providing other information of interest to residents.
Date: March 2019
Creator: Denton (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fit For 50+, Catalog for Denton Senior Center: March 2018 (open access)

Fit For 50+, Catalog for Denton Senior Center: March 2018

Catalog of seasonal activities offered by City of Denton Parks and Recreation and the Denton Senior Center for adults aged 50+, including special events, programs, and classes. Some issues also include articles or messages from staffmembers about topics of interest to seniors.
Date: March 2018
Creator: Denton Senior Center
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Reducing Lane and Shoulder Width to Permit an Additional Lane on a Freeway: Technical Report (open access)

Reducing Lane and Shoulder Width to Permit an Additional Lane on a Freeway: Technical Report

This is a report by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute that identified the operational and safety implications of using reduced lane and shoulder widths for a variety of freeway configurations.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Dixon, Karen; Fitzpatrick, Kay; Avelar, Raul; Perez, Marcie; Ranft, Stephen; Stevens, Roma et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Your ERS Connection, Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2012 (open access)

Your ERS Connection, Volume 17, Number 1, Spring 2012

Newsletter of the Employees Retirement System of Texas discussing news, policy changes, and other information about retirement and benefits.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Employees Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Your ERS Connection, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2013 (open access)

Your ERS Connection, Volume 18, Number 1, Spring 2013

Newsletter of the Employees Retirement System of Texas discussing news, policy changes, and other information about retirement and benefits.
Date: March 2013
Creator: Employees Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Your ERS Connection, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2015 (open access)

Your ERS Connection, Volume 20, Number 1, Spring 2015

Newsletter of the Employees Retirement System of Texas discussing news, policy changes, and other information about retirement and benefits.
Date: March 2015
Creator: Employees Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Your ERS Connection, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2016 (open access)

Your ERS Connection, Volume 21, Number 1, Spring 2016

Newsletter of the Employees Retirement System of Texas discussing news, policy changes, and other information about retirement and benefits.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Employees Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History