2013 Spring Meeting
Richardson
Marriott Renaissance Richardson
Dave Carter and Mark Titus, LAC Chair
Social Event: Richardson Civic Center - District Traffic Bowl
Download the meeting program.
Presentations
Session 1: Transportation Funding |
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| Barbara C. Maley, Federal Highway Administration | Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21): Financing Federal-aid Highways |
| Marc Williams, Texas Department of Transportation | Transportation Funding in Texas |
| Nicholas Williams, Houston-Galveston Area Council | Review of H-GAC Project Prioritization and Proposed Transportation Funding Legislation |
| Gail Lyssy, Federal Transit Administration | MAP-21 – Transforming the Way We Build, Manage and Maintain our Nation’s Transit Systems |
Session 2: Accessibility |
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| Elizabeth Hilton, Federal Highway Administration | ADA Transition Plans 101 |
| Kristi Avalos, Accessology Too | ADA Transition Plans: We have to do WHAT?! |
| Melissa Anderson, US Access Board | Accessible Intersection Design |
Session 3A: Transportation Technology (Exhibitors) |
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| Matthew Baker, Polara Engineering | Changes in the MUTCD and ADA affecting Pedestrians at Signalized Intersections |
| Kurtis McBride, Miovision | How Technology Mega-Trends are Changing Traffic Control as We Know It |
| Roger Allen, C J Hensch & Associates | Utilizing Bluetooth Technology for Traffic Data Collection |
Session 3B: Bicycle Program Successes and Innovative Applications |
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| Annick Beaudet, City of Austin | |
| Max Kalhammer, City of Dallas | |
| Julia McCleeary, City of Fort Worth | |
Session 4A: Pedestrians |
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| Jim Dale, City of Austin | Pedestrian Hybrid Beacons: The Austin Experience |
| Peer Chacko, City of Dallas | Dallas Complete Streets Initiative |
| Scott Cooner, Texas A&M Transportation Institute | West 7th Street Bridge Project |
Session 4B: ITS and Operations |
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| Gary Schatz, City of Austin & Aaron Nathan, Kimley-Horn and Associates | Circuit of the Americas – Traffic Management for the 2012 US F1 Grand Prix |
| Gary Jost, Teal Engineering Services & Curtis Jarecki, City of Dallas | Procuring Local Controller Hardware and Software – A Multi-Agency Approach |
| Kevin Balke, Texas A&M Transportation Institute | Regional Traffic Signal Operations |
| Kent Kacir, Kimley Horn and Associates & Sharmon Owens, City of Lubbock | City of Lubbock Advanced Traffic Management System |
Session 5A: Transportation Planning in a Downtown Setting |
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| Kerri Collins, Pape-Dawson | City of San Antonio Downtown Transportation Study |
| Gary Schatz, City of Austin | Transforming South Congress in Austin, Texas |
| Mukul Malhotra, MIG Inc. | reStreets: Redesigning the Public Right-of-Way within Downtowns |
Session 5B: Accessibility Improvements Through Transit |
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| Paris Rutherford, The Catalyst Group | TOD – Transit in Partnership with Development |
| Rod Kelly, HDR | Dallas CBD Streetcar Plan/Improving Accessibility |
| Roberto Gonzales & Travis Housmann, CAPMETRO | Public Private Partnership Linking Buildings to Bus Stops |
| Dan Reich, Burns Group | The Job Access Reverse Commute Federal Initiative |
Session Student Poster Presentations |
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| Lisa Larsen, Texas A&M University | Education Level and Transportation Trends – Findings from the 2009 National Household Travel Survey |
| James Robertson, Texas A&M University | A Balanced Scorecard Approach to Selecting Traffic Control Devices |
| Chao Huang, Texas A&M University | How Gas Price Variation Impacted the Use of Toll Road |
| Brice Nichols, University of Texas at Austin | Who Rides and Who Pays: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Costs and Benefits of Motorcycling in the United States |
| Christopher Melson, University of Texas at Austin | Integration of Dynamic Traffic Assignment and the Traditional Transportation Planning Model |
| Jack Bringardner, University of Texas at Austin | Subnetwork Analysis for Dynamic Traffic Assignment Models: Strategies for Selection and Implementation |
| Chelse Hoover, Texas Southern University | Exploring the Affects of Emission Output on Alternative Origin-Destination Routes in the Houston Area |
| Qun Zhao, Texas Southern University | Reduction of Motorists Crash Potential Upstream of Highway Work Zones |
| Sandra Onyejekwe, Texas Southern University | Evacuation in Zone A: Examination of Public Transit’s Role during a Natural Disaster |
| Sasanka Pulipati, University of Texas at Arlington | Establishing Criteria and Their Weights for Evaluating Transportation Funding Alternatives Using a Delphi Survey |
| Ziaur Rahman, University of Texas at Arlington | Development of a Freeway Incident Rating System Based on Fuzzy Logic Approach |
| Tomas Horak, University of Texas at El Paso | Synergy of High-Speed Rail and Air Transportation |
| Katerina Strelcova, University of Texas at El Paso | Technical and Business Model for Transatlantic Air Transportation |
| Yubian Wang, University of Texas at El Paso | Development of Recommendations to Include Auxiliary Lanes at Freeway Weaving Segments |
