Design

Sessions: Previous Session – Construction I | Next Session – Environment

Tuesday, October 10
1:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Room: Rudder Auditorium

Program and Session Co-Chairs: Bill Brudnick, P.E., Houston District, TxDOT
Marcus Brewer, P.E., PMP, TTI

	USE OF TECHNOLOGY IN DESIGN Moderator: Max Proctor, Jr., P.E., CFM, Design Division, TxDOT
1:30 − 2:00 p.m.	TxDOT Roadway Design Manual (Background and the Future) Kenneth Mora, P.E., Design Division, TxDOT (Mora presentation slides, 3.5MB \| Mora presentation video)
2:00 − 2:30 p.m.	What’s in the TxDOT Roadway Design Manual and How Do I Use It? Travis Hajek, P.E., Design Division, TxDOT Chris Graf, P.E., Brownwood District, TxDOT Curtis Hanan, P.E., Fort Worth District, TxDOT Michelle E. Milliard, P.E., Houston District, TxDOT (Hajek, Graf, Hanan and Milliard presentation slides, 8.3MB \| Hajek, Graf, Hanan and Milliard presentation video)
2:30 − 3:00 p.m.	Super 2: Recent Research and Implementation in Energy Corridors Kay Fitzpatrick, P.E., Ph.D., PMP, TTI (Fitzpatrick presentation slides, 1.8MB \| Fitzpatrick presentation video) Saul Romero, P.E., Odessa District, TxDOT (Romero presentation slides, 1.1MB \| Romero presentation video)
3:00 – 3:30 p.m.	BREAK
	Moderator: Patrick Gant, P.E., Houston District, TxDOT
3:30 − 4:00 p.m.	How Might Connected Vehicles and Autonomous Vehicles Influence Geometric Design? David McDonald, P.E., Ph.D., Hanson Professional Services (McDonald presentation slides, 2.0MB \| McDonald presentation video)
4:00 – 4:30 p.m.	Designing for Older Drivers Marcus Brewer, P.E., PMP, TTI (Brewer presentation slides, 1.3MB \| Brewer presentation video)
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.	Designing for Pedestrians Pete Krause, R.L.A., Design Division, TxDOT (Krause presentation slides, 1.6MB \| Krause presentation video) Ana Ramirez Huerta, Houston District, TxDOT (Ramirez Huerta presentation slides, 3.6MB \| Ramirez Huerta presentation video)