April 5, 2018, Filed Under: UncategorizedCM2 Presents at FHWA Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination Workshop The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) visited the Texas Megaregion to host the Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination for the Greater Texas Region Workshop. Representatives from Municipal Planning Organizations (MPOs) and Area Councils in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas gathered alongside FHWA and the Texas Department of Transportation to discuss pressing issues in planning for freight in the Greater Texas region. Among the… read more
April 5, 2018, Filed Under: UncategorizedCM2 Researchers and Students Attend FHWA Texas Megaregional Workshop The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) visited the Texas Megaregion to host the Multi-Jurisdictional Coordination for the Greater Texas Region Workshop. Representatives from Municipal Planning Organizations (MPOs) and Area Councils in Texas, Oklahoma, Louisiana, and Arkansas gathered alongside FHWA and the Texas Department of Transportation to discuss pressing issues in planning for freight in the Greater Texas region. Among the… read more
February 20, 2018, Filed Under: UncategorizedCM2 Consortium Attends Annual Transportation Research Board Meeting Researchers and students from the Cooperative Mobility for Competitive Megaregions (CM2) consortium attended the 97th annual Transportation Research Board (TRB) meeting on January 7-11, 2018. TRB brought more than 13,000 transportation professionals to Washington DC. While at the event, the CM2 team was involved in several key activities detailed below.
February 19, 2018, Filed Under: UncategorizedDr. Junfeng Jiao Presents Research on US Transit Deserts Dr. Junfeng Jiao, presented his research project about transit deserts, funded by the USDOT University Transportation Centers (UTC) grant, to students and faculty on February 7th during a Department of Architecture Goldsmith Talk. Interested in what areas in cities may be underserved by current transit networks, Dr. Jiao coined the term “transit desert.” A “transit desert” describes… read more
January 3, 2018, Filed Under: UncategorizedCM2 Fall Exhibition 2017: Anniversary of U.S. Department of Transportation Grant Funding It has been nearly one year since the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) selected The University of Texas at Austin as the lead institution for a Tier 1 University Transportation Center (UTC). The UT Austin team of faculty and student researchers gathered on December 1, 2017 to celebrate this… read more
November 3, 2017, Filed Under: UncategorizedACSP Conference – Denver 2017 During the Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP) conference in Denver, CM2 PIs met for a roundtable discussion: “Leveraging Local & State Planning for Megaregional Transportation Needs”. In attendance were PIs from Texas Southern University, University of Pennsylvania, and The University of Texas at Austin. The roundtable was jointly… read more
