Texas State Railroad Map: 2009

Map of Texas depicting the railroad network within the state. Each railroad line is shown with a different color. There are insets for the Dallas/Fort Worth region as well as the Houston region.
Date: 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Map
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence

Report from the Texas House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water (open access)

Water Issues in Texas : A Survey of Public Perceptions and Attitudes about Water

"The Texas AgriLife Extension Service facilitated a random sample survey of Texas residents to evaluate their awareness of, attitudes about and willingness to act on water issues. The results of this survey will be useful to citizens, local governments, state agencies and policy makers in planning for the future" (p. 6).
Date: September 2010
Creator: Boellstorff, Diane E.; Boleman, Chris T. & McFarland, Mark Lee
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence (open access)

Interim Report to the 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence

Report from the Texas House Committee on Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 7, 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Judiciary Committee.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Naturally Occurring Groundwater Contamination in Texas (open access)

Naturally Occurring Groundwater Contamination in Texas

Report on a study to evaluate statewide water quality: "Groundwater quality in the state is greatly impacted by naturally occurring contamination derived from meteoric sources (precipitation), soils, and/or geologic sources [... which] contrast with anthropogenic substances that are added to the system through human activities. The objective of this study is to assess all naturally occurring and limiting chemical constituents that affect the quantity of fresh groundwater in Texas" (p. 1).
Date: 2010
Creator: Reedy, Robert C. (Robert Challenger); Scanlon, Bridget R.; Walden, Steven & Strassberg, Gil
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Things to Know About Cystic Fibrosis (open access)

Things to Know About Cystic Fibrosis

This pamphlet is an informative guide to understanding and dealing with cystic fibrosis.
Date: January 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of State Health Services.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Northwest Texarkana 345-kV Transmission Line, Bowie County, Texas (open access)

An Intensive Cultural Resources Survey of the Proposed Northwest Texarkana 345-kV Transmission Line, Bowie County, Texas

"At the request of American Electric Power, Atkins North America, Inc., conducted an intensive cultural resources survey of the Texas portion of the proposed Northwest Texarkana 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line in Bowie County, Texas....The survey resulted in the location of two newly recorded archaeological sites, neither of which is recommended for further work" (p. 1).
Date: June 2010
Creator: Shipp, Julie; McWhorter, Amy & Canavan, Katie
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Interim Report To The 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business & Industry (open access)

Interim Report To The 82nd Texas Legislature: House Committee on Business & Industry

Report from the Texas House Committee on Business and Industry describing the group's goals, activities, accomplishments, and other information, for review by the 82nd Texas Legislature.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives. Committee on Business and Industry.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
WIC Wellness Works - Holiday Survival Guide, Employee Packet (open access)

WIC Wellness Works - Holiday Survival Guide, Employee Packet

Pamphlet for WIC Wellness Works employees containing tips for keeping active, time management, money management, and more during the holidays.
Date: 2010
Creator: WIC Wellness Works
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Updated Rules for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department] (open access)

[Updated Rules for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department]

Document containing the updated guidelines for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Regulations, which includes new rules regarding fishing and hunting.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Texas. Parks and Wildlife Department.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Travelog, June 2010 (open access)

Texas Travelog, June 2010

Newsletter dedicated to traveling in Texas, including information about news, locations, and events of interest to visitors as well as statistics and summaries of travel in the state.
Date: June 2010
Creator: Texas. Travel and Information Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas County Mapbook (open access)

Texas County Mapbook

Book of maps of Texas counties depicting major roads, military facilities, and state properties.
Date: 2010
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Training Manual for Pavement Concrete Proportioning Method (open access)

Training Manual for Pavement Concrete Proportioning Method

"This manual presents a method to proportion concrete paving mixtures made with manufactured sands and increased micro-fines percentages in a step-by-step manner. This method was adapted from Koehler's (2007) proportioning method for self-consolidating concrete" (p. 1).
Date: February 2010
Creator: McLeroy, Meredith; Fowler, David; Won, Moon & Whitney, David
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Judiciary Annual Report: 2010 (open access)

Texas Judiciary Annual Report: 2010

Annual statistical report of the Texas Judiciary outlining the organizational structure, activities, and court case categories for fiscal year 2010.
Date: December 2010
Creator: Texas. Office of Court Administration.
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
Investigating the effect of freeway congestion thresholds on decision-making inputs (open access)

Investigating the effect of freeway congestion thresholds on decision-making inputs

Report on a study researching the differences inherent in the threshold choices using detailed freeway data from seven metropolitan areas in Texas.
Date: May 2010
Creator: Qu, Tongbin
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas (open access)

Texas Urban Triangle: Creating a Spatial Decision Support System for Mobility Policy and Investments That Shape the Sustainable Growth of Texas

Report on a project examining the Texas Urban Triangle to identify issues that arise with the rapid growth of the area and develop a tool, Spatial Decision Support System, to assist local municipalities in making policy decisions.
Date: November 2010
Creator: Bright, Elise M.; Morgan, Curtis Alan & Neuman, Michael
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas transit leadership initiative (open access)

Texas transit leadership initiative

Report on the Texas Transit Leadership Initiative which researched national leadership development programs and developed a longterm leadership development program for use by the transit industry in Texas.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Cherrington, Linda Kay; Arndt, Jeffrey C.; Edrington, Suzie & Taylor, Ryan
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Promoting Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession Through a Multi-University/Agency Partnership: Final Report (open access)

Promoting Workforce Development for the Transportation Profession Through a Multi-University/Agency Partnership: Final Report

"The objective of this multi-university/agency partnership between Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU), Texas Transportation Institute (TTI), and Texas A&M University (TAMU) is to build on the progress made through the UTCM seed funding to produce high-quality transportation professionals from underrepresented groups through research and other real-world experiences."
Date: December 15, 2010
Creator: Kommalapati, Raghava; Perkins, Judy; Jasek, Deborah; Stockton, William & Benz, Robert J. (Robert Joseph)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Landside freight access to airports : findings and case studies (open access)

Landside freight access to airports : findings and case studies

Report identifying the issues, and infrastructure needs concerning access to airports in Texas for both travel and freight shipping purposes and proposing solutions to the identified problems.
Date: August 2010
Creator: Frawley, William E.; Borowiec, Jefferey D.; Protopapa, Annie A.; Morgan, Curtis Alan & Warner, Jeffery E.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Peer grouping and performance measurement to improve rural and urban transit in Texas (open access)

Peer grouping and performance measurement to improve rural and urban transit in Texas

"Rural and small urban transit systems in Texas will become even more important with predicted changes in population trends. Rural demographic trends indicate growth in the number of persons age 65 and over coupled with a decrease in population density. Small urban area trends indicate substantial population growth and broadened geographic boundaries, yet resources to provide rural and small urban transit are limited. Therefore, transit managers find it is increasingly important to maximize service efficiency and effectiveness. The purpose of this research was to identify peer groups, performance benchmarks, and strategies used by successful transit providers to achieve high performance. The research project identifies peer groups based on the transit environment within which each agency operates, so that agencies can be compared to other operators who face similar environments. Peer group effectiveness and efficiency performance are examined within and between rural and urban peer groups, and high performers are identified for case studies. Through the case studies, key attributes are identified for achieving high operating efficiency and/or effectiveness. Performance strategies are categorized to provide transit providers with transferrable information to improve performance and increase the return on transit investment."
Date: September 2010
Creator: Arndt, Jeffrey C.; Edrington, Suzie; Sandidge, Matthew; Quadrifoglio, Luca & Perkins, Judy
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development of precast bridge deck overhang system: technical report (open access)

Development of precast bridge deck overhang system: technical report

"The testing and analyses documented in this report (0-6100-3) provides a new equation for determining the number of shear pockets required for the various shear connector/coupler systems evaluated in this research. This equation was used to determine the number of shear pockets required for the newer TxDOT girders."
Date: February 2010
Creator: Kim, Young Hoon & Trejo, David
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Automated generation of virtual scenarios in driving simulator from highway design data (open access)

Automated generation of virtual scenarios in driving simulator from highway design data

"The current project explored ways to create custom roadway segments for use in the TTI driving simulator. The project initially attempted to use AutoCAD Civil 3D roadway drawings and export them for use in the simulator."
Date: September 2010
Creator: Zhao, Xi; Nelson, Alicia A.; Chrysler, Susan & Zhang, Yunlong
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
San Jacinto River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2009 (open access)

San Jacinto River Authority Annual Financial Report: 2009

Comprehensive annual financial report of the San Jacinto River Authority discussing the finances and statistics for the activities of the agency during fiscal year 2009.
Date: January 25, 2010
Creator: San Jacinto River Authority (Tex.)
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History