For the past several years, Traffic Engineers, Inc. has been proud to support the University of Houston during Engineering Week to award the Transportation Engineering Excellence award to a deserving student who has shown interest in transportation and displayed strong academic and community leadership.  Last night, Colby Wright, a principal with the firm was on hand to help award Martin Calzada,...

I am sticking with Modes and Nodes until someone comes up with something better.  The Happiest States…I guess moving to Texas from NYC was ok . Gas tax vs. VMT tax or …both? Fort Worth steps up its bike game. Houston reconsidering transit. Will my dream of owning a chili truck ever come true? Thinking about job creation. Who doesn’t love a little traffic engineering humor…She said...

I have built a list of interesting things (at leas interesting to me) to post that is just too long.  So I am pulling the lazy trick of the link list.  Still trying to come up with a clever name should I make this a regular feature Another Amazing TED Talk on the Last Mile Problem Portland’s $600 Million Bike Plan Chicago to Detroit via Train…Come on Texas we can do better Transportation...

I recently presented my findings of a study recently completed to TexITE at the annual winter meeting in Frisco.  The study was entitled “Strategies for the Greening of Student Pick-Ups During School Dismissal.” The following is a slide of note from the presentation; this slide displays the result of a statistically relevant model to predict the amount of on-site queue storage needed for...

I’m biking to work and loving it and blogging about it for posterity. It’s a 16-mile trip over the snow-capped mountains, through the verdant forests, and across the murky swamps of Houston. I’ve enjoyed sights that one can only view atop his or her trusty steed/bicycle. It’s a great experience, and I encourage everyone to try it. Lisa Gray from the Chronicle pointed out that I’ve never really...