Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders (open access)

Fracture Properties and Fatigue Cracking Resistance of Asphalt Binders

"The main objective of this study was to evaluate the inherent fatigue cracking resistance of asphalt binders in the form of a matrix with rigid particle inclusions. The underlying rational for this approach was to subject the binders to a state of stress that is similar to the one in a full asphalt mixture."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Bhasin, Amit; Izadi, Anoosha & Motamed, Arash
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Birds of Kickapoo Cavern State Park: A Field Checklist (open access)

Birds of Kickapoo Cavern State Park: A Field Checklist

This document provides geographical information about the Kickapoo Cavern State Park and a checklist that "includes all species know to occur within the park's boundaries."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Bryan, Kelly & Lockwood, Mark
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Equity evaluation of vehicle miles traveled fees in Texas (open access)

Equity evaluation of vehicle miles traveled fees in Texas

"This report used 2009 National Household Travel Survey (NHTS) Texas data to consider the equity impacts surrounding four vehicle miles traveled (VMT) scenarios. Results indicate that all of the VMT fee scenarios are essentially as equally vertically equitable as the current state gas tax system."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Burris, Mark; Larsen, Lisa. & Whitty, James M.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Evaluation of traffic control devices : year 3 (open access)

Evaluation of traffic control devices : year 3

Report summarizing the research activities that were conducted between September 2010 and August 2011. The five primary activities were evaluating nighttime visibility along rural highways with bright signs, continuing the evaluation of lead-free thermoplastic pavement markings, evaluating contrast pavement marking layouts, continuing the evaluation of accelerated pavement marking test decks, and providing district support for hurricane evacuation routing.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Carlson, Paul J.; Pike, Adam M.; Miles, Jeff D.; Ullman, Brooke R. & Borchardt, Darrel W.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas (open access)

Archaeological Survey of the Proposed Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project Area, Tarrant County, Texas

An archaeological survey report of the proposed site of the Marine Creek Corridor Linear Park Improvements Project in Fort Worth, Texas to determine whether there were any cultural resources in the area.
Date: March 8, 2012
Creator: Chavez, Michael R. & Hall, Crystal
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: State Commission on Judicial Conduct (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct, including background information, an overview of new issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Fajardo, Erick; Ogle, Steven; Roberson, Dawn & McKay, Ginny
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Use of Performance Measurement to Include Air Quality and Energy Into Mileage-Based User Fees (open access)

Use of Performance Measurement to Include Air Quality and Energy Into Mileage-Based User Fees

"This research project is aimed at establishing a framework for levying MBUFs designed to achieve various air quality improvement policy objectives. This research presents the first step toward a pricing framework based on the concept of performance measurement that systematically defines and incorporates potential air quality goals. The process of developing the proposed framework included defining the interactive role of user fees and pricing in roadway transportation operations and identifying air quality performance measures for determining the appropriate vehicle mileage fee price."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Farzaneh, Reza; Novak, Kristen; Baker, Richard T. & Goodin, Ginger
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Fatigue failure and cracking in high mast poles (open access)

Fatigue failure and cracking in high mast poles

Report presenting the findings of a research project to investigate the fatigue cracking and failure of galvanized high mast illumination poles used by the Texas Department of Transportation.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Goyal, Raka; Dhonde, Hemant B. & Dawood, Mina
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Megaregion Freight Planning: A Synopsis (open access)

Megaregion Freight Planning: A Synopsis

"Megaregion interest has grown strongly in the last decade and is now seen be a growing number of planners as offering effective contributions to problems such as modal congestion, development disparity, and air pollution that individual metropolitan areas or cities cannot resolve individually. Megaregion planning presents an alternative way of mitigating metropolitan problems of large-scale transportation systems, green infrastructure, and economic development and has attracted a number of transportation advocates since 2000."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Harrison, Robert; Johnson, Donovan; Loftus-Otway, Lisa; Hutson, Nathan; Seedah, Dan; Zhang, Ming et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Cross Section, Volume 58, Number 3, March 2012 (open access)

The Cross Section, Volume 58, Number 3, March 2012

Monthly newsletter of the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1, discussing the field of underground water. Topics include profiles of water conservation research, annual pre-plant soil moisture survey data, annual Winter Water Level measurement data, and information about the latest water conservation tips.
Date: March 2012
Creator: High Plains Underground Water Conservation District No. 1 (Tex.)
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Subbase and Subgrade Performance Investigation and Design Guidelines for Concrete Pavement (open access)

Subbase and Subgrade Performance Investigation and Design Guidelines for Concrete Pavement

Report regarding research into cheaper alternatives for the construction of pavement subbases that maintains adequate pavement performance.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Jung, Youn su; Zollinger, Dan G.; Cho, Byoung Hooi; Won, Mooncheol & Wimsatt, Andrew James, 1964-
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Report from the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Kirkle, Sarah; Downie, Michelle; Holley-Hurt, Carrie; Latta, Karen; Wilk, Skylar; Wood, Janet et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Refining the Real-Timed Urban Mobility Report (open access)

Refining the Real-Timed Urban Mobility Report

This report describes a methodological improvement in the Urban Mobility Report (UMR) arterial street congestion calculations, including a change in the definition of "free-flow speed," which is used for delay calculations on arterial streets.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Lomax, Tim; Turner, Shawn; Eisele, Bill; Schrank, David; Geng, Lauren & Shollar, Brian
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Rural Planning Organization Workshop Implementation Project Summary (open access)

Texas Rural Planning Organization Workshop Implementation Project Summary

This report documents rural planning organization (RPO) workshops conducted throughout Texas.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Overman, John H.
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Algorithms for Routing Vehicles and Their Application to the Paratransit Vehicle Scheduling Problem (open access)

Algorithms for Routing Vehicles and Their Application to the Paratransit Vehicle Scheduling Problem

"As the demand for paratransit services increases, there is a constant pressure to maintain the quality of service provided to the customers while minimizing the cost of operation: this is especially important as the availability of public funding for paratransit services has been on the decline. Key tasks in accomplishing this objective are efficiently allocating vehicles to service trips and adjusting the schedules of vehicles dynamically in response to calls received by the service providers from the customers on the day of the service."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Park, Myoungkuk; Oberlin, Paul; Rathinam, Sivakumar; Quadrifoglio, Luca & Darbha, Swaroop
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Energy Developments and the Transportation Infrastructure in Texas: Impacts and Strategies (open access)

Energy Developments and the Transportation Infrastructure in Texas: Impacts and Strategies

"This report describes the work completed to measure the impact of increased level of energy-related activities on the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) right-of-way and infrastructure, as well as develop recommendations to reduce and manage TxDOT's exposure and risk resulting from those activities."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Quiroga, César A.; Fernando, E. G. & Oh, Jeongho
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: State Preservation Board (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: State Preservation Board

Report from the Sunset Commission regarding the Texas State Preservation Board, including background information, an overview of issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Rencher, Faye; Ninaud, Christian; Tripp, Amy; Hartley, Cee & Jones, Jennifer
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Implementation of technology for rapid field detection of sulfate and organic content in soils (open access)

Implementation of technology for rapid field detection of sulfate and organic content in soils

This report discusses a protocol using the Veris 3150 for determination of sulfate-rich soils, which has been implemented to two full-scale projects in Dallas and Paris Districts.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Shon, Chang-Seon; Sebesta, Stephen & Scullion, Tom
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas Ethics Commission (open access)

Sunset Commission Staff Report: Texas Ethics Commission

Report from the Sunset Advisory Commission regarding the Texas Ethics Commission, including background information, issues and recommendations, and supplementary documentation.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Spock, Karl; Johsnon, Emily; Martin, Ken; Wood, Janet & Walraven, Joe
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Development and validation of a testing protocol for carbon sequestration using a controlled environment (open access)

Development and validation of a testing protocol for carbon sequestration using a controlled environment

"This project conducted initial testing to develop a method for quantifying plant and soil carbon sequestration capabilities under the controlled conditions of the Texas Transportation Institute's Environmental and Emissions Research Facility (EERF)."
Date: March 2012
Creator: Storey, Beverly B.; Foster, Derrold; Johnson, Jeremy & McFalls, Jett
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Laws and Rules (open access)

Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Laws and Rules

A guide to the laws and rules of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guidelines for Developing Emergency Action Plans for Dams in Texas (open access)

Guidelines for Developing Emergency Action Plans for Dams in Texas

These guidelines define the requirements of an acceptable emergency action plan (EAP) and facilitate its preparation, distribution, annual testing, and update.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Book
System: The Portal to Texas History
Natural Outlook, March 2012 (open access)

Natural Outlook, March 2012

Newsletter discussing environmental issues and policies in Texas. This issue outlines changes to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's emergency response structure.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
RV Parks: Am I Regulated? (open access)

RV Parks: Am I Regulated?

This guide is intended to inform owners of recreational-vehicle parks that some of their activities might be regulated by the TCEQ.
Date: March 2012
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History