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 2011 TRB 90th Annual Meeting: Compendium of Papers DVD Now on Sale
The TRB 90th Annual Meeting Compendium of Papers DVD is now available for purchase through TRB's Annual Meeting Online portal. The Compendium DVD contains nearly 2,200 technical papers that were presented at the 2011 Annual Meeting. The papers are fully indexed and searchable by keywords, author, title, number, and more.
The cost of the DVD is $125. Annual Meeting attendees and employees of TRB Sponsors or Patrons may purchase the DVD for $25. To receive this discount, those eligible must create an account and log into the Annual Meeting Online portal prior to initiating the purchase process. Employees of TRB Sponsors and Annual Meeting Patrons must create an account using their work e-mail address in order to receive complimentary access to papers and the DVD discount. Instructions for creating an account and accessing AMOnline content are available on the portal.
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 Economics, Demand Management, and Parking Policy
TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2187 contains 19 papers that explore tax increment financing, revenue performance and bonding costs of toll roads, pass-through tolling agreements, flexible-term highway concessions, a vehicle mileage-based user fee, impact fees emphasizing vehicle miles traveled, equity in road pricing, equitable congestion pricing, congestion pricing and managed lanes in metropolitan transportation planning, and drivers' opinions of congestion pricing. [More] | [Share]
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Position Available: Associate Administrator for Research, Development, and Technology
The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking an Associate Administrator for Research, Development, and Technology (RD&T) in the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). RITA is charged with advancing research, analysis, and the deployment of cross-cutting technologies to improve our nation's transportation system. The Associate Administrator would lead the office of RD&T, which is responsible for coordinating, facilitating, and reviewing U.S. DOT cross-modal research and development programs and activities. Additional information and application instructions are available online. Applications are due by March 28, 2011. [More]
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 2009 School Transportation-Related Crashes Traffic Safety Facts Sheet
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that explores 2009 school transportation-related safety statistics. Since 2000 there were 371,104 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those, 1,245 (0.34%) were classified as school transportation-related. [More]
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 2009 Bicyclists and Other Cyclists Traffic Safety Facts Sheet
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that explores 2009 bicyclist safety statistics. During 2009, 630 bicyclists were killed and an additional 51,000 were injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes. [More]
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 2009 Pedestrians Traffic Safety Facts Sheet
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a facts sheet that explores 2009 pedestrian safety statistics. During 2009, 4,092 pedestrians were killed and an estimated 59,000 were injured in traffic crashes in the United States. [More]
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The U.S. Rural Population and Scheduled Intercity Transportation in 2010: A Five-Year Decline in Transportation Access
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) has released a report that suggests that as many as 3.5 million rural residents lost access to scheduled intercity transportation between 2005 and 2010. In 2010 89 percent of rural residents had access to intercity air, bus, ferry, or rail transportation, as compared to 93 percent of five years ago. [More]
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| An Assessment of Driver Drowsiness, Distraction, and Performance in a Naturalistic Setting
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has released a report that characterizes episodes of driver fatigue and drowsiness and assesses the impact of driver fatigue on driving performance. [More]
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Review of the Impact of Excessive Loading and Unloading Wait Times on Hours of Service Violations
The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the impact of detention time, the time spent by truck drivers waiting at shipping and receiving facilities, on truck drivers. Specifically, the report examines how often truck drivers experience detention time, the factors that contribute to detention time, its effect on the commercial freight vehicle industry, and potential actions to address detention. [More]
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SWOV Research Activities: Issue 45
SWOV, the Institute for Road Safety Research in the Netherlands, has released the latest version of its tri-annual newsletter that highlights the organization's research activities. [More]
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Road Sharing: Does It Matter What Road Users Think of Each Other?
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety has released a report that explores the psychology behind cyclist and motorist interaction, and how perceptions and attitudes translate into actual behavior. [More]
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| Traffic Law Enforcement across the EU: Tackling the Three Main Killers on Europe's Roads
The European Transport Safety Council has released a report that explores the performance of European Union (EU) member states in terms of the enforcement of traffic laws related to speeding, non-use of seat belts, and drunk driving. [More]
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Public Road-Related Expenditure and Revenue in Australia
Australia's Bureau of Infrastructure, Transport, and Regional Economics has released a report that highlights road-related expenditures in the period from 2000 to 2009. Information is provided by level of government and aggregated by state and territory. [More]
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| Driving Change: Reducing Vehicle Miles Traveled in California
The Public Policy Institute of California has released a report that that explores the opportunities and challenges related to finding ways to reduce vehicle miles traveled in California. [More]
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| Saving Oil and Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions through U.S. Federal Transportation Policy
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a report that identifies opportunities possible in transportation reauthorization legislation and the use of existing legislative authority that could potentially reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The strategy focuses on five key elements: vehicles; fuels; vehicle miles traveled; system efficiency; and construction, maintenance, and other activities of transportation agency operations. [More]
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Primer on Federal Surface Transportation Authorization and the Highway Trust Fund
The Pew Center on Global Climate Change has released a primer on both federal surface transportation authorization and the main recipient of funding from the legislation, the federal highway trust fund (HTF). [More]
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