Many Departments of Transportation (DOTs), including Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), have been challenged by inadequate funding from traditional federal and state fuel taxes, increasing construction cost, aging ...

The selection of a project delivery method is a complex decision that can greatly affect the project outcome. Multiple methodologies have been developed to facilitate the selection for private entities as well as for public ...

The thesis investigates potential methods of linking transportation planning in Texas, principally long range planning, with the environmental clearance process required of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The ...

Alternative delivery methods for transportation infrastructure projects, besides the traditional Design-Bid-Build (DBB) approach, have been implemented by private and public sectors since the last decades. The Texas ...

An investigation into the load-settlement behavior of two drilled shafts, founded in shale, is presented. The motivation for this research is to advance the understanding on how drilled shafts react under loading in stiff ...

Utility relocation is a consequential step while undertaking a new transportation project. Past research shows that utility adjustment or relocation is one of the several major factors that causes delay in timely delivery ...

For this project, an optimization scheme was developed to locate Road Weather Information System (RWIS) stations along the Interstate Highway 35 (IH-35) corridor for the Austin TxDOT district. In order to do this, eight ...

The proper implementation of pavement preservation techniques can extend the life of a pavement structure in a cost-effective manner. For this reason, a large part of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) annual ...

Efficient, reliable, and safe freight transportation is critical to the economic prosperity of any region. In the U.S., the dramatic increase in freight volumes has resulted in the growing disparity between demand and ...