Equipment Replacement County Installation Packet: Procedures and Reference Materials to Support County Equipment Installations (open access)

Equipment Replacement County Installation Packet: Procedures and Reference Materials to Support County Equipment Installations

This document provides information of the Equipment Replacement Project conducted by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Motor Vehicles.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessment of Groundwater Modeling Approaches for Brackish Aquifers :  Final Report (open access)

Assessment of Groundwater Modeling Approaches for Brackish Aquifers : Final Report

Final report of a study assessing groundwater modeling methods for brackish aquifers. The study included a literature review to assess current brackish water applications, a high-level summary of the hydrogeologic features of brackish aquifers in Texas, and the development of method for assessing brackish groundwater resources.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Deeds, Neil Edward
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Aquifers of Texas Bibliography to support the Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) Program (open access)

Aquifers of Texas Bibliography to support the Brackish Resources Aquifer Characterization System (BRACS) Program

This document contains a bibliography of approximately 7,800 references developed for the "Groundwater Availability Model (GAM) Program and other relevant literature published in journals, books, conference proceedings, government agency reports, theses and dissertations, journals, scientific magazines, and abstracts. The bibliography includes, among other things, references to works on geology, geophysics, geochemistry, hydrology, and other pertinent topics that are relevant to the goals of BRACS." (p. vii).
Date: November 2011
Creator: Young, Steven C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $580 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments (open access)

Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $580 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

This document provides information on the distribution of $580 million in monthly sales tax revenue to local government.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Combs, Susan
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Inmate Monthly Report: October 2011 (open access)

Inmate Monthly Report: October 2011

Monthly report issued by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice providing statistical information about numbers and categories of inmates held in various locations across Texas.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Constitution :  Includes Amendments Through the November 8, 2011 Constitutional Amendment election (open access)

Texas Constitution : Includes Amendments Through the November 8, 2011 Constitutional Amendment election

This document contains information about the Texas Constitution and new amendments for the year 2011.
Date: November 8, 2011
Creator: Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Information Resources Strategic Plan: Fiscal Year 2001 (open access)

Texas Department of Information Resources Strategic Plan: Fiscal Year 2001

Agency strategic plan for the Texas Department of Information Resources describing the organization's planned services, activities, and other goals during fiscal years 2013 through 2017.
Date: November 1, 2011
Creator: Texas. Department of Information Resources.
Object Type: Book
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
Estimating Texas motor vehicle operating costs : final report (open access)

Estimating Texas motor vehicle operating costs : final report

"This report and its appendices summarize the findings of a 2-year extension to the TxDOT-sponsored study 0-5974 entitled "Estimating Texas Motor Vehicle Costs" undertaken by a Center for Transportation Research (CTR) team of mechanical engineers and economists at The University of Texas at Austin."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Matthews, Ronald; Seedah, Dan; Ates, Murat; Kim, Kyung Jin; Anderson, Garrett; Vaughn, James et al.
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
Development guidance for sign design standards (open access)

Development guidance for sign design standards

"This two-year project was designed to provide TxDOT with comprehensive review and update of mounting details and standards for large and small sign supports, and to provide a mechanism for TxDOT to quickly and effectively evaluate and address high priority needs related to sign support systems."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Silvestri, Chiara; Arrington, Dusty R.; Bligh, Roger P. & Menges, Wanda L.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lake Houston Facilities Project Annual Budget: 2012 (open access)

Lake Houston Facilities Project Annual Budget: 2012

Proposed budget for the Coastal Water Authority Lake Houston Facilities Project outlining projected income and expenditures, with supporting documentation.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget, 2012 (open access)

Trinity River Water Conveyance Project Annual Budget, 2012

This report discusses the Annual Budget for the Trinity River Water Conveyance Project.
Date: November 9, 2011
Creator: Coastal Water Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Law Review, Volume 90, Number 1, November 2011 (open access)

Texas Law Review, Volume 90, Number 1, November 2011

Journal containing articles, notes, book reviews, and other analyses of law and legal cases. The topics of this issue cover sex discrimination, bankruptcy outcomes, forensic science, and the multiplication of indivisible injury.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas Law Review Association
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 8, 2011, Election (open access)

Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments: November 8, 2011, Election

"The Analyses of Proposed Constitutional Amendments contains, for each proposed amendment that will appear on the November 8, 2011, ballot, the ballot language, an analysis, and the text of the joint resolution proposing the amendment. The analysis includes background information and a summary of comments made during the legislative process about the proposed constitutional amendment by supporters and by opponents" (p. 3).
Date: November 8, 2011
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History

Breastmilk: Baby's First Immunization, 2011

Image with short graphs describing the benefits of immunization by maternal breastmilk feeding for infants.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Poster
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
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
Texas Lottery Commission Comprehensive Business Plan: Fiscal Years 2012-2015 (open access)

Texas Lottery Commission Comprehensive Business Plan: Fiscal Years 2012-2015

Business plan developed by the Texas Lottery Commission including organizational information about the Commission as well as the projected business plan with objects, strategies, and action plans.
Date: 2011-11?
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Creating the Next Generation of Transportation Professionals (open access)

Creating the Next Generation of Transportation Professionals

Report on a project that investigated new methods for conducting educational outreach activities for kindergarten through twelfth grade students to introduce students to transportation engineering and other technology careers, and compare the effectiveness of various implementation methods.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Finley, Melisa D. & Jasek, Debbie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Transportation Planning, Phase 2: The eCertificate (open access)

Developing an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Transportation Planning, Phase 2: The eCertificate

Final report of a project to expand the graduate certification program in transportation planning at Texas A & M University to include an Executive Certificate Program by distance.
Date: November 2011
Creator: Ndubisi, Forster & Dumbaugh, Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
White Paper:  State of ITS Industry and Assessment of Project Types (open access)

White Paper: State of ITS Industry and Assessment of Project Types

"This report describes the state of the intelligent transportation system (ITS) industry and provides a reference for use in soliciting ITS strategic plan inputs from stakeholders in Texas."
Date: November 2011
Creator: Seymour, Edward J. (Edward James), 1951-; Chaudhary, Nadeem; Middleton, Dan; Brydia, Robert & Miller, Kristine
Object Type: Paper
System: The Portal to Texas History