Research Digest, Oct '11 issue, Southwest Region University Transportation Center research reports

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Research Digest FORWARD ALL REQUESTS TO: The University of Texas at Austin Center for Transportation Research LIBRARY 1616 Guadalupe St. | Suite 4.202 | Austin, Texas 78701 Phones: (512) 232-3126 and (512) 232-3138 Email: ctrlib@austin.utexas.edu In this Issue:

Southwest Region University Transportation Center (SWUTC)

Table of Contents Item 1.

Compendium of Student Papers : 2010 Undergraduate Transportation Engineering Fellows Program (TTI SWUTC/10/476660-00003-3).......................................................................................... 1

Item 2.

Managed Lane Travelers--Do They Pay for Travel as They Claimed They Would? (TTI SWUTC/11/161002-1)................................................................................................................... 1

Item 3.

The Relationship Between Income and Personal Vehicle Fuel Efficiency and Associated Equity Concerns for the Fuel Tax (TTI SWUTC/11/161007-1)............................................................

Item 4.

Designing Fine Aggregate Mixtures to Evaluate Fatigue Crack-Growth in Asphalt Mixture (CTR SWUTC/11/161022-1).................................................................................................................

Item 5.

The Light-Duty-Vehicle Fleet's Evolution : Anticipating PHEV Adoption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions Across the U.S. Fleet (CTR SWUTC/11/161023-1)......................................................

Item 6.

The Effect of Public Transit on Social Opportunities for Ethnic Minority Populations : Case Study of Huston-Tillotson University Students (CTR SWUTC/11/161024-1)......................................

Item 7.

Development of Reliable Pavement Models (CTR SWUTC/11/161025-1).............................................

Item 8.

Optimal Infrastructure Maintenance Scheduling Problem Under Budget Uncertainty (CTR SWUTC/11/161028-1).................................................................................................................

Item 9.

U.S. and Texas International Trade and Transportation (CTR SWUTC/11/161121-1).........................

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Item 10.

International Air Cargo Operations and Gateways : Their Emerging Importance to the State of Texas (CTR SWUTC/11/167261-1)....................................................................................................

6

Item 11.

Impact of Performance Goals on the Needs of Highway Infrastructure Maintenance (CTR SWUTC/11/169208-1)..............................................................................................................

Item 12.

Another Look at the Question of Density and Rail Transit (TSU SWUTC/11/473700/00052-1)..........

Item 13.

The Potential for Improving Rail International Intermodal Services in Texas and the Southwest Region of the United States (CTR SWUTC/11/473700-00076-1)........................................

Item 14.

Creating a Systems Engineering Approach for the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (TTI SWUTC/11/476660-00009-1)..........................................................................................

Item 15.

Optimized Deployment of Emissions Reduction Technologies for Large Fleets (TTI SWUTC/11/476660-00022-1).........................................................................................................

Item 16.

Hybrid Distribution Trucks : Costs and Benefits (CTR SWUTC/11/476660-00080-1).........................

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Research and Technology Implementation Office

October 2011


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