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
Proposed Texas Department of Transporation Strategic Research Program: Second Year Report (open access)

Proposed Texas Department of Transporation Strategic Research Program: Second Year Report

In February 2010, The Texas Department of Transportation (TcDOT) contracted with the Center for Transportation Research (CTR) at The University of Texas at Austin, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), and The Center for Multidisciplinary Research in Transportation (TechMRT) at Texas Tech University, to assist TxDot in developing a Strategic Research Program (SRP). This report documents the work conducted from September 2010 to August 2011.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Persad, Khali; Machemehl, Randy; Nash, Phillip T.; Cleveland, Theodore G.; Weatherby, Cynthia & Stockton, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Measuring access to transit service in rural transit systems : feedback from the workshops and recommendations for improving the Demand Response Transit accessibility tool (open access)

Measuring access to transit service in rural transit systems : feedback from the workshops and recommendations for improving the Demand Response Transit accessibility tool

Report on the application of a paratransit microsimulation patron accessibility analysis tool in four rural transit agencies in workshops. The workshops provided an overview of the Demand Response Transit [DRT] accessibility tool developed by the research team, obtained feedback on the results predicted by the DRT tool, and identified ways to improve the DRT tool.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Vyas, Gaurav; Bhat, Chandra R. & Ferdous, Zazneen
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comparative study of mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of bridge post-tensioning strands (open access)

Comparative study of mechanical and corrosion resistance properties of bridge post-tensioning strands

This report summarized the exploration of new methods of protection for the strands used in post-tensioning of concrete bridges.
Date: August 2011
Creator: Mac Lean, Sean Anthony; Breen, J. E. & Kalina, R. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History