Recent Publications

Research Digest, March 2026: Recent TxDOT Research Publications

Posted by Geoffrey Potter | April 2, 2026

The March 2026 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download from the CTR Library's website.

This month's digest provides abstracts for 15 reports from the research program sponsored by TxDOT's Research and Technology Implementation Division (RTI).

To stay up-to-date on all the latest research published through different transportation programs, you can visit the library's online catalog. We provide links to online full-text of reports in our catalog when publishers make that content available for free.

Free registration on the library's catalog portal will allow you to create monthly, weekly, or daily email alerts or RSS feeds from the searches you perform in your area of interest.

Research Digest, February 2026: TxDOT Video Summary Reports

Posted by Geoffrey Potter | March 2, 2026

The February 2026 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download from the CTR Library's website.

This month's digest provides abstracts for 15 video summary reports from the research program sponsored by TxDOT's Research and Technology Implementation Division (RTI).

The research projects represented here cover a wide range of topics. This issue includes video summaries on workforce development for road and bridge agencies, examining reconnaissance scanning of underground utilities in the ROW, developing crash modification factors for super 2 highways, and exploring and developing innovative methods for estimating VMT on local roads in Texas. Links to online videos for each summary report are provided in the digest.

To stay up-to-date on all the latest research published through different transportation programs, you can visit the library's online catalog. We provide links to online full-text of reports in our catalog when publishers make that content available for free.

Free registration on the library's catalog portal will allow you to create monthly, weekly, or daily email alerts or RSS feeds from the searches you perform in your area of interest.

Research Digest, January 2026: State DOTs

Posted by Michael Nugent | January 27, 2026

The January 2026 issue of the Research Digest is now available for download from the CTR Library. This digest provides abstracts for 16 recently cataloged publications from other states' department of transportation research programs.

The research projects represented here are from various states including Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, Washington State, and Wisconsin. The reports cover a wide range of topics such as countermeasures for high-risk locations for wildlife related crashes, unmanned aerial systems for determining vegetative establishment on construction sites, roundabout construction using precast concrete, and pedestrian safety and traffic operations near transit stops.

Full-text links are provided for each report.

To stay up-to-date on all the latest research published through different transportation programs, please visit the library's online catalog. We provide links to online full-text of reports in our catalog when publishers make that content available for free.