TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 429: Geotechnical Information Practices in Design-Build Projects addresses how states use geotechnical information in solicitation documents and contracts for design-build highway projects. The report examines current practices regarding the allocation of geotechnical risk and the level of geotechnical information provided wi...

The UK's Transport Research Laboratory has released a report that provides an overview of research that was conducted to explore the potential for social networking sites to encourage changes in travel behaviors. The report may be downloaded for free after registering on the website.

The Council of State Governments has released a brief that highlights the experience of four panels in Iowa, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Washington that were established to develop recommendations on ways to fund transportation within their states. The brief addresses the panels’ processes, findings, and how their funding recommendations have fared politically.

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration has released a report that summarizes the results of three peer-to-peer exchanges that were designed to explore the challenges related to promoting bus rapid transit projects and ways to address those challenges.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 424: Engineering Economic Analysis Practices for Highway Investment explores how U.S. transportation agencies have applied engineering economics--benefit–cost analyses and similar procedures--to decisions on highway investments.

The Reason Foundation has released an annual report that explores global and American-led efforts to finance surface transportation projects through private funding.

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the first volume of a report that explores a strategic plan for concrete pavement research and technology transfer. The report includes 12 research tracks and is designed to help guide the investment of research dollars.  Volume I explores why the research plan is needed, how it was developed, and what the plan includes. This volume also...

TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 99: Uses of Social Media in Public Transportation explores the use of social media among transit agencies and documents successful practices in the United States and Canada. For the purposes of the report, social media are defined as a group of web-based applications that encourage users to interact with one another, such as blogs, Fac...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of Inspector General has released a report that examines the level of competition for American Recovery and Reinvestment Act contracts awarded by state departments of transportations (DOTs), evaluates the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) policies and guidance for awarding federal-aid contracts, and assesses FHWA’s oversight of state DOT cont...

The Reason Foundation has released an annual report that explores global and American-led efforts to privatize the airline industry.