C. Michael Walton, transportation engineering professor at The University of Texas at Austin, has been elected chairman of the Texas Department of Transportation’s “2030 Committee.” Deirdre Delisi, Chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, appointed the committee to undertake this important oversight role for the needs assessment. The 12-member committee, comprised of experts in business and transportation, is coordinating a comprehensive update of Texas transportation needs through the year 2030. The committee is charged with presenting an estimate of the state’s transportation needs in the context of today’s economic reality and will work to quantify and describe the need for
infrastructure investment over the next 20 years and beyond.
Walton holds the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in Engineering.
