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CAR-STOP Project Improves Transportation Communication, Safety

Feb. 6, 2017

Over 80 percent of annual car crashes could be prevented by vehicular communications, a recent NHTSA report demonstrates. To improve vehicular communications and substantially improve safety benefits for all, TxDOT funded the Communications and Radar-Supported Transportation Operations and Planning (CAR-STOP).

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US News Ranks Four Schools, 50 Programs at UT Austin Among the Nation's Best

March 10, 2015

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas at Austin’s graduate schools in engineering, law, education and nursing are ranked among the Top 15 in the nation, and the university’s accounting program is No. 1 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report's 2016 edition of “Best Graduate Schools,” released this morning.