data viz · advanced storytelling, geographic intelligence & telemetry
Explore statewide transportation equity, crash severity, and freight flow vectors across administrative and political boundaries.
Displays Texas 254 counties, TxDOT 25 engineering districts, deep-water maritime ports, international border gateways, and multimodal freight flow vectors.
District Code: HOU · HQ: Houston, TX
UTP Priority Score
94 / 100
Annual Letting Portfolio
$1420M
Lane Miles Maintained
11,450 miles
Structurally Deficient Bridges
1.8%
Key Corridors
I-10, I-45, US-59/I-69, Loop 610
Explore real-time racing bar step engines, universal polygon morphing transitions, and high-frequency streaming telemetry.
Watch corridor delay indices actively re-order across 12 consecutive years. Apache ECharts smoothly swaps bar positions with real-time value tweening.
In year 2026, I-35 Austin Central leads congestion, followed by Loop 610 West Houston and I-69 Southwest Freeway.
Universal Transition animates identical data slices between completely different geometric layouts.
Demonstrates universal transitions between Rose, Bar, and Donut views for modal commuter share, or between statewide capital allocations and district corridor megaprojects.
Speed
71 MPH
Throttle
72%
Brake Line
0 PSI
C-V2X Latency
8.9 ms
Streaming 4-channel telemetry across vehicle speed, throttle position, brake line hydraulic pressure, and C-V2X edge latency.
Time-space trajectory diagram tracking vehicle progression lines along the I-35 corridor (Mileposts 230 to 242) between 07:00 and 08:30. Watch the slope of trajectories flatten as traffic enters the queue, and observe the backwards-forming shockwave propagation boundary.
Corridor Bottleneck Speed
8.0 MPH
Upstream Queue Backlog
4.6 miles
Backward Shockwave Speed
-14.2 MPH
Passenger Hours of Delay
3,850 PHD
Under severe incident conditions, bottleneck speeds reach 8 MPH with a 4.6-mile queue.
Interactive Presets
Daily passenger trip share across Texas metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
Single-occupancy vehicles account for 62% of trips (avg 18.4 miles), followed by express bus transit at 14% (12.2 miles), carpooling at 11% (16.1 miles), active cycling/walking at 8% (2.4 miles), and micro-mobility at 5% (3.1 miles).
Nightingale rose chart visualizing commute choices. Segment radius highlights average trip length (miles) while petal angle reflects total passenger trip volume, illustrating rapid growth in micro-mobility and express commuter bus routes.
Single-occupancy vehicles account for 62% of trips (avg 18.4 miles), followed by express bus transit at 14% (12.2 miles), carpooling at 11% (16.1 miles), active cycling/walking at 8% (2.4 miles), and micro-mobility at 5% (3.1 miles).
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Daily passenger trip share across Texas metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs)
Single-occupancy vehicles account for 62% of trips (avg 18.4 miles), followed by express bus transit at 14% (12.2 miles), carpooling at 11% (16.1 miles), active cycling/walking at 8% (2.4 miles), and micro-mobility at 5% (3.1 miles).
Biennial state funding allocation oversight committee seat distribution
Total 45 committee delegates: 18 Highway & Freight Modernization, 11 Urban Multimodal Transit, 8 Rural Connectivity, 5 Traffic Safety & Vision Zero, and 3 Autonomous Proving Ground Innovation.
5-point Likert scale divergence across 8,400 surveyed Texas commuters
Dedicated autonomous freight lanes received 68% support and 16% opposition. Dynamic HOV congestion pricing received 44% support and 42% opposition. Statewide high-speed passenger rail received 74% support and 12% opposition.
Hourly vehicle throughput distribution (00:00 to 23:00) on Houston I-610 Loop
Traffic volume peaks at 8:00 AM (14,200 veh/hr) and 5:00 PM (15,800 veh/hr), with overnight troughs dipping to 1,200 veh/hr at 3:00 AM.
Simulated multi-vehicle cooperative platoon trajectories through signalized interchange
Four distinct vehicle flow streams converge into an arterial corridor with adaptive signal preemption, demonstrating smooth laminar flow without stop-and-go shockwaves.
Annual delay ranking race: hours of commuter delay per mile (Annual time step)
I-35 Central Austin leads in 2026 with 1,280k hours of delay per mile, followed by I-610 West Loop Houston (1,190k), US 59 Houston (980k), Woodall Rodgers Dallas (870k), and I-35W Fort Worth (760k).
Multi-level drilldown by Division -> Center -> Research Program
Division of Safety & Operations leads with $26.2M (Crash Analytics $10.5M, Human Factors $8.2M, Vision Zero $7.5M), followed by Infrastructure ($22.1M), Multimodal Planning ($19.8M), and Connected Systems ($17.3M).
Concentric breakdown: Transportation Mode -> Powertrain -> Emissions Classification
Highway freight mode represents 54% of fleet volume, followed by Public Transit (26%) and Municipal Light Duty (20%). Battery-electric powertrain leads clean transition across transit bus fleets at 42%.
365-day corridor incident heatmap with radiant effectScatter pings for winter storms and flash floods
Annual incident heatmap shows higher baseline crashes on Friday afternoons (avg 42 incidents/day), with severe incident spikes exceeding 120 incidents during February freeze and September tropical storm events.
Real-time in-cab heads-up display telemetry dial cluster
Primary speedometer reads 68 MPH against a 65 MPH speed limit. Tire pressure gauge reads 34.2 PSI in safe green band. Highway Level of Service reads LOS C (stable flow).
Weighted lexical frequency across 12,500 qualitative transit & highway commuter surveys
Primary feedback terms by frequency: Reliability (weight 98), Congestion (92), Safety (88), On-Time (82), Bottleneck (76), Express Lane (71), Pavement Quality (68), and EV Charging (54).
State Highway Fund (Fund 0006) cash balance against statutory minimum operating target
Dedicated liquidity reserve ratio stands at 76.4% of total authorized capacity, safely exceeding the 60% statutory contingency threshold.
Fatal crash rate per 100M vehicle miles traveled (VMT) with interactive zoom and pan
Interactive Texas county map showing highest crash rates concentrated in Permian Basin energy sector counties (Ector: 2.68, Midland: 2.45 per 100M VMT), and lowest rates in suburban metro counties (Collin: 0.94, Denton: 1.05).
Unified Transportation Program (UTP) project delivery priority score by district (1–100)
Houston (score 94) and Dallas (score 92) districts hold the highest project delivery priority scores, followed by Austin (89), San Antonio (86), Odessa (85), and Fort Worth (84).
High-volume origin-destination logistics arcs with animated trailing particle vectors
DFW to Houston is the highest volume freight arc (95k tons/day), followed by Austin to San Antonio (60k) and Austin to DFW (55k), with pulsing hubs at DFW, Houston, and San Antonio.
Cross-border and interstate commercial freight intensity across 50 US states
Texas leads national freight activity at 100 on the freight intensity index, followed by California (92), Illinois (84), and Florida (78).
High-frequency streaming CAN-Bus sensor telemetry across powertrain, brakes, and network latency
Vehicle speed accelerates from 0 to 70 MPH before deceleration to 52 MPH, with brake line pressure spiking to 42 PSI during emergency braking at 70 seconds.
End-to-end tracing of state motor fuel, severance tax, and federal funds to TxDOT capital programs
Total $17.1B flow includes $4.8B Federal Highway Trust Fund, $3.8B Motor Fuel Tax, $3.4B Prop 1 Oil and Gas Severance, and $3.2B Prop 7 Sales Tax, funding $6.2B Highway Preservation, $5.3B Congestion Relief, $1.9B Bridge Replacement, and $1.8B Rural Connectivity.
Hourly travel delay index (TDI) across 168 hours of the weekly commuting cycle
Friday from 16:00 to 18:00 experiences peak congestion delay at 2.45x free-flow travel time, with weekday morning peaks occurring at 08:00 (1.95x) and weekend midday congestion remaining elevated around 1.35x.
Comparative scoring across 6 key feasibility dimensions for urban arterial transit investment
Automated BRT scores 92 on Capital Efficiency and 88 on Speed to Construct; Commuter Rail scores 95 on Peak Hourly Capacity and 90 on Carbon Abatement; Managed HOT Lanes score 82 on Vision Zero Safety.
5-number statistical distribution of travel time buffer index across primary freight corridors
I-35 Central has the highest median travel time index at 1.82 with 95th percentile reaching 2.85, followed by Loop 610 West (median 1.68, max 2.65), I-10 Katy (median 1.54), and US-290 (median 1.38).
Daily commercial truck crossings and peak customs inspection queue latency
World Trade Bridge Laredo handles 14,850 trucks daily with 42 min median wait time, followed by Pharr-Reynosa (8,420 trucks, 65 min), Bridge of the Americas El Paso (4,120 trucks, 52 min), and Veterans International Brownsville (2,380 trucks, 34 min).
High-dimensional multivariate correlation across speed, headway distance, deceleration, steering, friction, and latency
Displays multi-attribute sensor profiles across 6 continuous dimensions for 15 platoon vehicle trajectory samples, highlighting safe headway envelopes between 1.2s and 2.8s under variable pavement friction.
Air cargo flux, flight connectivity, and network centrality across primary Texas airport hubs
DFW and IAH serve as primary super-hubs processing over 2,400 daily tons of air freight, connected to regional hubs at Austin, San Antonio, and El Paso.
Hourly price distribution (Open, High, Low, Close) responding to real-time traffic density algorithms
Toll rates range from an off-peak base of $0.30/mi between midnight and 5:00 AM, spiking to a peak of $1.85/mi between 17:00 and 18:00.
Total waterborne trade volume (Million Short Tons) and average vessel queue dwell time
Port of Houston leads all US ports at 287 million tons, followed by Corpus Christi (187M), Beaumont (85M), Freeport (42M), Galveston (14M), and Brownsville (12M).
Forecasted bridge deck condition ratings (NBI 0–9) under active preservation vs unmitigated decay with 95% confidence intervals
Preserved bridge decks remain above NBI rating 6.8 after 75 years, whereas unmaintained structures fall below rating 4.0 by year 36.
High-level statewide capital program allocation breakdown into flagship corridor construction contracts
Major Congestion Relief represents $5,300M, Highway Preservation $6,200M, Bridge Replacement $1,900M, and Rural Connectivity $1,800M.
Lighthill-Whitham-Richards (LWR) shockwave trajectory diagram on I-35 corridor following peak-hour bottleneck incident
Free-flow vehicles travel at 65 MPH until 07:15 when an incident at Milepost 238 reduces corridor speed to 10 MPH, creating a backward shockwave of -12 MPH until clearance at 07:45.
Empirical Greenshields & Van Aerde non-linear equilibrium relationship between flow rate (vphpl) and traffic density (vpmpl)
Highway flow reaches peak capacity of 2,200 vehicles per hour per lane at critical density of 45 veh/mile/lane, deteriorating into jam density at 120 veh/mile/lane.
Statewide transportation carbon intensity (Million Metric Tons CO2e) by vehicle class and projected 2035 fleet electrification reduction
Total Texas transportation GHG emissions drop from 182 million metric tons CO2e in 2020 to projected 98 million tons in 2035 through Class 8 freight and light-duty electrification.
Corridor walkshed population distribution cross-tabulated by zero-vehicle household rate and 15-minute high-frequency transit access
Identifies high-need priority corridors where zero-vehicle households exceed 30% yet high-frequency transit coverage is below 40%, including East Austin, South Dallas, and Houston Gulfton.
