Quantitative characterization of microstructure of asphalt mixtures (open access)

Quantitative characterization of microstructure of asphalt mixtures

"The main objective of this study was to quantitatively characterize the three dimensional micro-structure of the asphalt binder withing the fine aggregate matrix of an asphalt mixture and compare the influence of binder content, coarse aggregate gradation, and fine aggregate gradation on this micro-structure."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Badgekar, Swapneel; Bhasin, Amit & Izadi, Anoosha
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Valuing public sector risk exposure in transportation public-private partnerships (open access)

Valuing public sector risk exposure in transportation public-private partnerships

"This report presents a methodological framework to evaluate public sector financial risk exposure when delivering transportation infrastructure through public-private partnership (PPP) agreements in the United States (U.S.)."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Bujanda, Arturo & Valdez-Ceniceros, Gabriel Alejandro
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
CAPCOG Connections, October/November 2010 (open access)

CAPCOG Connections, October/November 2010

Newsletter of the Capital Area Council of Governments containing articles and news about the civic institutions in the ten-county Capital Area. The articles included are "CAPCOG Launches Regional Training Center," "CAPCOG Regional Law Enforcement Academy Graduates Another Class," "CAPCOG Completes Provider Database to the Regional Transit Coordination Committee," "9-1-1 Awards Presented," "Medicare Health Coverage Options and Change 2010-2011," "Regional Interoperable Communications Plan Created," and "Second Annual Construction and Demolition Waste Management Summit Set."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Capital Area Council of Governments (Austin, Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in the Brazos River Basin: Evidence from Lake Connection History and Chemical and Isotopic Compositions (open access)

Groundwater-Surface Water Interaction in the Brazos River Basin: Evidence from Lake Connection History and Chemical and Isotopic Compositions

This report describes study methods used in determining the sources of the water in oxbow lakes along the Brazos River, characteristics of the Brazos River and oxbow lakes, and the hydrogeologic setting that hydraulically connects the aquifer, river, and lakes.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Chowdhury, Ali H.; Osting, Tim; Furnans, Jordan & Mathews, Ray
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Facilitating Creation of Transit System Technology User Groups (open access)

Facilitating Creation of Transit System Technology User Groups

"The purpose of this research was to inventory current technology applications and vendors by transit agency and to assess the current use(s) of these applications" (p. i).
Date: October 2010
Creator: Edrington, Suzie; Sandidge, Matthew & Arndt, Jeffrey C.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
New Employee Benefits Guide: Plan Year 2011 (open access)

New Employee Benefits Guide: Plan Year 2011

Guide to benefits for new Texas state employees outlining optional benefits and coverage. "This booklet provides information on benefits for new employees of state agencies, higher education institutions, Community Supervision & Corrections Department (CSCD), the Texas Municipal Retirement System (TMRS), the Texas County and District Retirement System (TCDRS), and the Windham School District" (inside cover).
Date: October 2010
Creator: Employees Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Alternative methods for developing external travel survey data (open access)

Alternative methods for developing external travel survey data

Report on research examining alternative methods for collecting data on external travel movements and evaluating the potential for synthesizing/modeling external travel in lieu of conducting external surveys. The report also provides recommendations to the Texas Department of Transportation on the most viable methods to estimate external travel movements for use in travel demand models in urban areas in Texas.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Farnsworth, Stephen; Talbot, Eric; Songchitruksa, Praprut; Reeder, Phillip & Pearson, David
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Studies to determine the effectiveness of longitudinal channelizing devices in work zones (open access)

Studies to determine the effectiveness of longitudinal channelizing devices in work zones

"This report describes the methodology and results of analyses performed to determine whether the following longitudinal channelizing device (LCD) applications improve the traffic safety and operations of work zones relative to the use of standard drums."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Finley, Melisa D.; Theiss, LuAnn; Trout, Nada D.; Miles, Jeffrey D. & Nelson, Alicia A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of performance-based evaluation methods and specifications for roadside maintenance (open access)

Development of performance-based evaluation methods and specifications for roadside maintenance

" This report documents the work performed during Project 0-6387, "Performance Based Roadside Maintenance Specifications." "
Date: October 2010
Creator: Gharaibeh, Nasir G.; Shelton, Debora; Ahmed, Jubair; Chowdhury, Arif & Krugler, Paul E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Velocity Data Collection in the Corpus Christi Bay Ship Channel (open access)

Velocity Data Collection in the Corpus Christi Bay Ship Channel

Report documenting velocity data collected from the main shipping channel and in non-channelized portions of Corpus Christi Bay. The study was designed to provide data that can be used to better understand how the wind-driven flow through the main basin is coupled or decoupled from the tidally-driven flow in the ship channel.
Date: October 31, 2010
Creator: Gundlach, Laura C. & Hodges, Ben R.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rapid Field Detection of Sulfate and Organic Content in Soils: Technical Report (open access)

Rapid Field Detection of Sulfate and Organic Content in Soils: Technical Report

Report regarding efforts to identify a technique to map the sulfate content of soil over a large area to a depth of 3 to 4 feet. Two devices are noted: an electromagnetic device called EM-38 and a soil conductivity device called VERIS 315.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Harvey, Omar; Sebesta, Stephen & Harris, Pat
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Bat Control in Schools (open access)

Bat Control in Schools

This document provides information on how to "prevent or minimize problems associated with bats" in a school environment. (p. 1).
Date: October 2010
Creator: Hurley, Janet A.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Partnering with AVID to create transportation scholars (open access)

Partnering with AVID to create transportation scholars

"The goal of this project was to team with the Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program in local schools to stimulate student awareness of transportation and engineering careers and to encourage interest in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Jasek, Debbie & Finley, Melisa D.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
An evaluation of the effects of transit oriented development in a suburban environment (open access)

An evaluation of the effects of transit oriented development in a suburban environment

"Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) refers to dense, pedestrian-friendly, livable communities that have good transit as a nucleus. While transit facilities are missing in most suburban towns and the residents are heavily dependent on their vehicles, it is wondered whether residents would take advantage if public facilities were available. This paper presents information about some vital aspects of TOD when viewed in suburban communities."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Lewis, Carol Abel & Lastrape, Krystal M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Transportation Planning (open access)

Developing an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Transportation Planning

Final report of a project to develop and implement a graduate certification program in transportation planning at Texas A & M University.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Ndubisi, Forster, 1955- & Dumbaugh, Eric
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Lane assignment traffic control devices on frontage roads and conventional roads at interchanges (open access)

Lane assignment traffic control devices on frontage roads and conventional roads at interchanges

"This project conducted state-of-the-practice surveys, focus groups, and driver surveys to develop test signs used for field deployment and evaluation regarding lane assignment on frontage roads and cross streets."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Nelson, Alicia A.; Tydlacka, Jonathan M.; Stevens, Roma G.; Chrysler, Susan T. & Voigt, Anthon P.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Rural planning organizations, their role in transportation planning and project development in Texas :  technical report (open access)

Rural planning organizations, their role in transportation planning and project development in Texas : technical report

Report containing research identifying and examining rural planning organizations, their structure and operation, and their role in transportation planning and programming.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Overman, John H.; Ellis, Patricia; Frawley, William; Taylor, Ryan; Geiselbrecht, Tina & Goodin, Ginger
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Panhandle Water News, October 2010 (open access)

Panhandle Water News, October 2010

Quarterly newsletter of the Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District discussing the news, activities, and events of the organization and other information related to water in Texas.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Panhandle Groundwater Conservation District
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposed TxDOT strategic research program (open access)

Proposed TxDOT strategic research program

"This report documents the results of the work conducted by 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 the elements of the SRP."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Persad, Khali (Khali Ram), 1956-; Gilliland, Cynthia A. Weatherby; Nash, Phil; Machemehl, Randy B.; Stockton, Bill & Cleveland, Theodore
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Assessing the environmental justice impacts of toll road projects (open access)

Assessing the environmental justice impacts of toll road projects

"The objective of this study was to extend the work that was conducted under TxDOT Research Project 0-5208 by (a) reviewing the ability of available tools and analysis techniques to quantify and qualitatively describe the (environmental justice) EJ impacts associated with toll road projects and toll road systems through an evaluation of state-of-the-practice applications, and (b) recommending a suitable approach to assess the EJ impacts of toll roads and toll road systems on EJ communities."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Prozzi, Jolanda; Carroll, Lindsey; Loftus-Otway, Lisa Dawn; Bhat, Chandra; Paleti, Rajesh & McCray, Talia M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Responses of trucking operations to road pricing in central Texas (open access)

Responses of trucking operations to road pricing in central Texas

"The purpose of this study is to identify and quantify how the different segments of the trucking industry would respond to road pricing applications, including traditional toll rads, variably priced toll roads, mixed-use express lane facilities, and truck-only tolled facilities."
Date: October 2010
Creator: Prozzi, Jolanda; Walton, C. Michael & Rutzen, Beatriz
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Advocate, Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2010 (open access)

The Advocate, Volume 15, Issue 4, October-December 2010

Quarterly update providing information on environmental regulations for small businesses and local governments in Texas.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Round Up, October/November 2010 (open access)

Round Up, October/November 2010

Magazine published for Texas lottery retailers with information about the lottery games, incentives for retailers, and other news.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas Lottery Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TMB Bulletin, Volume 8, Number 1, October 2010 (open access)

TMB Bulletin, Volume 8, Number 1, October 2010

Newsletter of the Texas Medical Board describing news and events as well as updates about medical licenses, disciplinary actions, and other regulatory information.
Date: October 2010
Creator: Texas Medical Board
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History