The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Office of the Inspector General has released a report that determines whether DOT complied with the Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act (IPERA)’s requirements as implemented by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB). IPERA requires federal agencies to report improper payment estimates for all programs identified as susceptible to ...

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has released a report that addresses Virginia’s standards and exemption processes for commercial entrance spacing. This report also observes the extent to which commercial access exceptions are used in Virginia, and the impact on crashes at these sites. The previous VDOT Road Design Manual details requirements that new commercial entrances meet c...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have released a report that explores the influence of sexual harassment in academia on the career advancement of women in the scientific, technical, and medical workforce. The report reviews the research on the extent to which women in the fields of science, engineering, and medicine are victimized by sexual harassment and examines t...

The National Transport Commission in Australia has released a report that discusses the loss of effluent as a load restraint breach for heavy vehicle drivers transporting livestock. This report focuses on the enforcement of such breaches under the Heavy Vehicle National Law (HVNL) and identifies solutions to clarify the HVNL chain of responsibility.

The National Transport Commission in Australia has released a report that identifies the responsible parties in situations when an automated driving system may drive a vehicle and establishes legal obligations that may be required for users of automated vehicles. This report also outlines any further work that needs to be done in order for legislative reform concerning automated vehicles to occur.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that determines how transportation network companies (TNCs) will be regulated in the near future. The authors hypothesize that when TNCs are regulated like taxis, customers will experience a high level of service at reasonable rates.

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 197: Tools for a Sustainable Transit Agency explores the development of practical tools for improving sustainability at transit agencies: The Sustainability Routemap: An interactive PDF, similar to a website, that guides the user to improve a transit agency’s sustainability program through application of change management princip...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Synthesis 527: Resilience in Transportation Planning, Engineering, Management, Policy, and Administration. The report documents resilience efforts and how they are organized, understood, and implemented within transportation agencies’ core functions and services. Core functions and ...

Transportation Research Circular 233: Applying Census Data for Transportation explores a conference held on November 14-16, 2017, in Kansas City, Missouri that focused on the use of census data for transportation applications. The conference provided a forum for participants to share experiences with the use of Census data, including new techniques for integrating different data sets for use in...

Austroads has released a report that aims to provide asset management practitioners with an understanding of the factors that contribute to enabling and sustaining continual improvement. This guideline was prepared in response to the need for a more structured approach to continual improvement in asset management. The report is available for no fee after logging onto the site.