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TEXAS TRANSPORTATION http://tti.tamu.edu Multi-modal Transportation > Highway Transportation > Trucking > Railroad transportation > Public transit > Rural transportation > Rural transit > Freight and pipeline transportation > Airport planning and development > Airport maintenance > Bicycle and pedestrian > Ports and waterways >>> Transportation operations > Freight traffic > Commodities > Travel time > Travel demand > http://tti.tamu.edu > Traffic estimation > Traffic forecasting > Commuting > Carpools > Highway operations > Highway capacity > Freeway operations > Truck traffic > Railroad traffic > Traffic data > Measures of effectiveness > Traffic models > Traffic simulation > Traffic delay > Search @ www.tti.tamu.edu > Traffic congestion > Traffic speed >>> Management and organization > Project management > Education and training > Costs > Capital investments > Road pricing > Marketing > Inventory > Quality assurance > Abandon- ment > Right of way (Land) > Access control (Transportation) > Policy > State laws > Legislation > Regulations > Speed limits > International trade > Implementation > Recommenda- tions >>> Communication and control > Real time control > Highway traffic control > Ramp metering > Incident management > Traffic signal VOL. control 47 | NO. systems 1 | 2011 > Green interval (Traffic signal cycle) > Traffic signal timing > Work zone traffic control > Traffic control devices > Traffic signs > Guide signs > Variable message signs > Traffic actuated controllers > Traffic signals > Flashing traffic signals > Lane use control signals > Road markings > Rumble strips > Warrants (Traffic control devices) > Ground penetrating radar > Weigh in motion > Loop IMPLEMENTATION Where the Research Meets the Road IN THIS ISSUE: 5 Funding Tomorrow’s Transportation in Texas 7 Enlightening Sign Time 9 Improved Urban Mobility Report Distributed Nationwide A Member of The Texas A&M University System Saving Lives, Time and Resources TEXAS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCHER 2 Table of Contents Multi-modal Transportation > Highway Transportation > Trucking > Railroad transportation > Public transit > Rural transportation > Rural transit > Freight and pipeline transportation > Airport planning and development > Airport main- TEXAS TRANSPORTATION tenance > Bicycle and pedestrian > Ports and waterways >>> Transportation operations > Freight traffic > Commodities > Travel time > Travel demand > http://tti.tamu.edu > Traffic estimation > Traffic forecasting > Commuting > Multi-modal Transportation > Highway Transportation > Trucking > Railroad transportation > Public transit > Rural transportation > Rural transit > Freight and pipeline transportation > Airport planning and development > Airport maintenance > Bicycle and pedestrian > Ports and waterways >>> Transportation operations > Freight traffic > Commodities > Travel time > Travel demand > http://tti.tamu.edu > Traffic estimation > Traffic Carpools > Highway operations > Highway capacity > Freeway operations > Truck traffic > Railroad traffic > Traffic data > Measures of effectiveness > Traffic models > Traffic simulation > Traffic delay > Search @ www.tti.tamu.edu forecasting > Commuting > Carpools > Highway operations > Highway capacity > Freeway operations > Truck traffic > Railroad traffic > Traffic data > Measures of effectiveness > Traffic models > Traffic simulation > Traffic delay > Search @ www.tti.tamu.edu > Traffic congestion > Traffic speed >>> Management and organization > Project management > Education and training > Costs > Capital investments > Road pricing > > Traffic congestion > Traffic speed >>> Management and organization > Project management > Education and training > Costs > Capital investments > Road pricing > Marketing > Inventory > Quality assurance > Abandonment > Marketing > Inventory > Quality assurance > Abandonment > Right of way (Land) > Access control (Transportation) > Policy > State laws > Legislation > Regulations > Speed limits > International trade > Implementa- tion > Recommendations >>> Communication and control > Real time control > Highway traffic control > Ramp metering > Incident management > rafficT signal control systems > Green interval (Traffic signal cycle) > Traffic signal timing > Work zone traffic control > Traffic control devices > Traffic signs > Guide signs > Variable message signs > Traffic actuated controllers > Traffic signals > Flashing traffic signals > Lane use control signals > Road markings > Rumble strips > Warrants (Traffic control devices) > Ground penetrating radar > Weigh in motion > Loop detectors > Video imaging detectors > Vehicle detectors > Information display sys- tems > Advanced traveler information systems > Lettering > Sign sheeting > Messages (Communications) > Warning signals > Intelligent transportation systems > Advanced public transportation systems > Advanced traffic management systems > Advanced traveler information systems > Advanced driver information systems > Intelligent transportation systems programs >>> Planning and design > Planning > Evaluation and assessment > Evaluation > Technology assessment > Feasibility analysis > Plan implementation > Sustainable development > Improvements > Smart growth > Transportation planning > Design > Geometric design > Design practices > Location > Spacing > Pavement distress > Pavement performance > Highway design > Best practices > State of the practice > Innovation >>> Construction and maintenance > Soil stabilization > Road construction > Construction management > Construction scheduling > Quality control > Maintenance > Maintenance practices > Rehabilitation (Maintenance) > Retrofitting > Pavement management systems A PUBLICATION OF Saving Lives, Time and Resources http://tti.tamu.edu Member AGENCY DIRECTOR Dennis L. Christiansen, P.E. EDITOR ON THE COVER: TTI research yields practical innovations dedicated to making the Kelly West Texas transportation system smarter, safer and more efficient. MANAGING EDITOR Chris Pourteau EDITORIAL 3 TTI Research: Making Things Better WRITERS Michelle Benoit PLANNING Richard Cole Rick Davenport 4 Workshops Bring Local, State Planners Together Joanna Dickens 5 Funding Tomorrow’s Transportation in Texas Terri Parker 6 Rural Transportation Planning Chris Pourteau 5 Chris Sasser SAFETY Consol Torres 7 Enlightening Sign Time DESIGNER MOBILITY Stacy Schnettler 8 The WSDOT Express Lanes Project PHOTOGRAPHER 9 Improved Urban Mobility Report Distributed James Lyle LEGISLATURE PROOFREADERS 10 Texas Lawmakers Are Increasingly Turning to Michelle Benoit 8 Beverly Gracia TTI for Answers to Questions Like These BICYCLE AND PEDESTRIAN Texas Transportation Researcher is published 12 Walk This Way — and Bicycle Too by the Texas Transportation Institute to 13 Designing Context-Sensitive Solutions for inform readers about its research, professional and service activities. 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Periodicals postage 16 paid at College Station. 20 Listing of Available Reports TTI.RESR1102.0311.4.5M POSTMASTER, PLEASE SEND ADDRESS CHANGES TO: Texas Transportation Researcher Texas Transportation Institute TTI Communications The Texas A&M University System 3135 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3135 For more information, visit http://tti.tamu.edu/conferences/mbuf11/. TEXAS TRANSPORTATION RESEARCHER Editorial 3 Our problems might seem local, but we TTI Research: Making Things Better see it on the news every day — the Or, Why Transportation Research Is More Important Than Ever nation is tightening its collective belt. And Texas, while better off than some states, is no different. TTI research positively impacts t’s hard to tighten your belt when you run legislators the background they our state’s economic out of holes in the leather. But when you can’t need to craft good policy for the competitiveness and our citizens of Texas. citizens’ quality of life. afford a new belt, you just have to work with I With its summary of recent what you’ve got. TTI testimony before the Texas Legislature, the center spread of this issue of Researcher paints a In a nutshell, that’s what the Texas Legislature is facing in the broader portrait of how much legislators rely on what we know current budget cycle. According to some estimates, Texas faces about transportation at TTI. And beyond the borders of Texas, a budget shortfall in the neighborhood of $20 billion. we’re helping sponsors, from Washington State to Legislators will have to make some tough Florida, find that better way. TTI’s 2010 Urban decisions as a result. Mobility Report — currently the nation’s In this environment, the standard for understanding the benefits derived from effective, impact of congestion on bottom implementable research can lines around the country — be considerable. Through was released this quarter.