Dr. C. Michael Walton, recently elected chair of ARTBA and the first resident Texas to be in this role, talks with Texas Construction editor Eileen Schwartz about the future of funding for transportation in Texas and the country, managing a balanced transportation system that incorporates public transport and the movement of freight, and, of course, bold new visions in Texas that are gaining traction across the country.

Dr. C. Michael Walton
Chairman of the American Road and Transportation Builders Association

Mike Walton, also a professor of civil transportation engineering and architectural and environmental engineering at the University of Texas at Austin, was recently elected the 81st chair of ARTBA. He is the Ernest H. Cockrell Centennial Chair in the college of engineering at the University of Texas at Austin.