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Predicting the Incremental Effects on Transit Ridership Due to Bus-on-Shoulder Operations (open access)

Predicting the Incremental Effects on Transit Ridership Due to Bus-on-Shoulder Operations

Report exploring how the residents of Austin, Texas would respond to a Bus-on-Shoulder operation on local freeways, which allows buses to use the freeway shoulder as a passing lane.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Machemehl, Randy B. & Pappas, Elani
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Microsurfacing in Texas (open access)

Microsurfacing in Texas

This report describes the current state of practice of microsurfacing in Texas and compares it to best practices extracted from existing literature. A survey of DOT personnel, contractors and emulsion suppliers in Texas provides insight into the most crucial factors contributing to the success or failure of a microsurfacing. From the results of the survey, literature reviews, case studies and site visits, the research team analyzed material selection and mix design methods, construction practices, equipment practices and performance measures for microsurfacings.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Broughton, Benjamin & Lee, Soon-Jae
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Suitability Analysis Guidebook/Training Materials: Manual for Application of Suitability Analysis for a Selected Region in Texas (open access)

Suitability Analysis Guidebook/Training Materials: Manual for Application of Suitability Analysis for a Selected Region in Texas

"This report is part of Task 2 of implementation project 5-5667, which focuses on the development of a prototype application of the Suitability Analysis model using GIS for a selected region in Texas. It is organized in two sections. Section I provides a description of study area and background information on data collection and analysis process. section II introduces a prototype model with a step-by-step process to run it."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Anjomani, Ardeshir; Tayebi, Ali; Nostikasari, Dian & Kharel, Gehendra
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluating the Use of Transfers for Improving Rural Public Transportation Systems (open access)

Evaluating the Use of Transfers for Improving Rural Public Transportation Systems

"In this report researchers consider a variation of the regular demand responsive transit system that adopts the transfer practice to reduce operating costs.Researchers evaluated the effect of different transfer operating policies by developing a simulation model of several plausible scenarios. The results indicate that zoning with transfer can provide significant benefits paratransit operations that are managing zoning structure."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Quadrifoglio, Luca; Shen, Chung-Wei & Edrington, Suzie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
General Guidelines for Active Traffic Management Deployment (open access)

General Guidelines for Active Traffic Management Deployment

"This report provides an overview of practices to date in active traffic management (ATM) deployment as well as general guidelines that can help facilitate ATM implementation."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Levecq, Charles; Kuhn, Beverly & Jasek, Deborah
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparison of hot rubber crack sealants to emulsified asphalt crack sealants (first report of a three-year study) (open access)

Comparison of hot rubber crack sealants to emulsified asphalt crack sealants (first report of a three-year study)

"This report presents the results, findings, conclusions, and recommendations based on the surveys, lab tests, and information collected on the test sections for the first year of a 3 year study. This project is intended to compare the cost-effectiveness, ease and safety of installation, performance, and life-cycle cost for hot rubber asphalt crack sealant, cold pout asphalt emulsion crack sealant, and cold pour asphalt emulsion joint sealant."
Date: August 2004
Creator: Yildirim, Yetkin; Solaimanian, Mansour & Kennedy, Thomas W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation and Tourism: Final Report (open access)

Transportation and Tourism: Final Report

Report exploring the link between transportation and tourism in Texas. A session on transit and tourism was organized and conducted as part of the 2012 Texas Transit Conference. Session participants discussed additional research needs, outreach activities, and possible demonstration projects.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Turnbull, Katherine F. & Griffin, Greg P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Round Up, August/September 2011 (open access)

Round Up, August/September 2011

Magazine for Texas Lottery retailers that contains news, retailer spotlights, and a list of lottery winners.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Round Up, August/September 2012 (open access)

Round Up, August/September 2012

Magazine for Texas Lottery retailers that contains news, retailer spotlights, and a list of lottery winners.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
State commercial vehicle security enforcement: operations, technologies, and barriers (open access)

State commercial vehicle security enforcement: operations, technologies, and barriers

"This report details the results of a survey of state enforcement agencies concerning past, present, and future enforcement practices and advanced technology use for commercial vehicle security, as well as recommendations for future improvements."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Walton, C. Michael & Conway, Alison J.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Environmental Guide for Texas Automotive Repair Shops (open access)

An Environmental Guide for Texas Automotive Repair Shops

Booklet for Texas automotive repair shops that contains information regarding pollution standards pertinent to this industry, such as vehicle exhaust, hazardous waste storage, and waste disposal.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Directory of Traffic Safety Professionals (open access)

Texas Directory of Traffic Safety Professionals

Book containing a list of Texas traffic safety specialists as of 1997. Includes their positions, contact information, and experience. There are three tabbed indexes that sort these individuals by their area of expertise, by name, and by agency. A final tabbed index includes a list of district safety specialists and a district map of Texas.
Date: August 1997
Creator: Rodriguez, Katherine; Davies, Becky & Seymore, Melody
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Statutory Authority and Rules and Regulations for Lanscape Irrigators/Installers, Effective June 28, 1996 (open access)

Statutory Authority and Rules and Regulations for Lanscape Irrigators/Installers, Effective June 28, 1996

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Date: August 1996
Creator: Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission. Compliance Support Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Drafting the Future (open access)

Drafting the Future

Report containing information regarding House Bill 3588 and the resulting options for improving transportation across Texas.
Date: August 2003
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 34, Number 4, July - August 2009 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 34, Number 4, July - August 2009

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: August 2009
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2001 (open access)

Joint Groundwater Monitoring and Contamination Report: 2001

Annual report compiling information about required groundwater monitoring activities and cases of contamination by state-regulated activities during the 2001 calendar year. Includes tables with the enforcement status of each case of contamination.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Texas Groundwater Protection Committee
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 30, Number 5, August 2005 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 30, Number 5, August 2005

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: August 2005
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transportation News, Volume 32, Number 7, August 2007 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 32, Number 7, August 2007

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: August 2007
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Design and application of accessible land-use modeling tools for Texas regions (open access)

Design and application of accessible land-use modeling tools for Texas regions

"This report consists of two parts. The first summarizes key details of the Suitability Analysis (SA) model, while the second illustrates the implementation details of the Gravity Land-Use Model (G-LUM). Both modeling approaches have been applied to the Austin region of Texas, but for different case study examples."
Date: August 2010
Creator: Kockelman, Kara; Anjomani, Ardeshir; Paul, Binny M.; Nostikasai, Dian; Tayyebi, Ali & Kharel, Gehandra
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Condition of Texas Pavements: Pavement Management Information Systems Annual Report, 2008-2011 (open access)

Condition of Texas Pavements: Pavement Management Information Systems Annual Report, 2008-2011

Annual report describing the condition of Texas pavements based on distress ratings and ride quality measurements from the Pavement Management Information System (PMIS) during fiscal years 2008-2011. "The report includes the percentage of lane miles in 'Good' or better condition, trends for the major highway systems (IH, US, SH and FM) and pavement types (ACP, CRCP and JCP), trends for pavement distress types and maintenance level of service information" (p. ii).
Date: August 25, 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, August/September 2010 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, August/September 2010

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: August 2010
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
High RAP mixes design methodology with balanced performance (open access)

High RAP mixes design methodology with balanced performance

"This report presents a comprehensive study focusing on methodologies to improve the performance of high reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) content mixes."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Zhou, Fujie; Hu, Sheng; Das, Gautam & Scullion, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Research on asset management for safety and operations (open access)

Research on asset management for safety and operations

"This report provided Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) with guidance on developing a well-designed asset management system as a critical component of the agency's approach to providing for the mobility of its customers, preserving the infrastructure already in place, planning for future improvements of that infrastructure, and being responsive and accountable to the public regarding the investment of their tax dollars."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Jasek, Debbie; Carson, Jodi L.; Theiss, LuAnn; Songchitruksa, Praprut; Perkins, Judy; Yang, Yonggao et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections (open access)

Development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections

"This document summarized the research conducted and the conclusions reached during the development of guidelines for pedestrian safety treatments at signalized intersections. The guidelines are focused on treatments that alleviate conflicts between left-turning vehicles and pedestrians."
Date: August 2011
Creator: Pratt, Michael P.; Songchitruksa, Praprut & Bonneson, James A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History