The International Transport Forum has released a report that identifies methods for determining fairness and efficiency in rail markets and discusses their potential application in Mexico. Specifically, this report examines how financial data are used in the economic regulation of railways in the U.S. and Canada in order to establish a data collection and analysis system suited to the Mexican r...

TRB has released a prepublication version of Critical Issues in Transportation 2018. In this report, which is updated periodically by the TRB Executive Committee, a series of challenging questions are posed to explore issues and opportunities that may arise 10 to 20 years into the future. These questions, 63 in all, have been organized into 12 topic areas and provide a way to frame future areas...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Synthesis 39 : Airport Wildlife Population Management has had on integrated wildlife management plans at airports. A wildlife biologist at Orlando International Airport utilized this report to develop a holistic approach to mitigating bird strikes with a specific species of heron that thrives i...

The U.S. Department of Transportation Volpe Center has released a report that defines design and service characteristics of low-speed automated shuttles. It also identifies the deployers, their motivations, and their partners; and provides information on demonstrations and deployments, both international and domestic. This report also explores several research questions on topics ranging from s...

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has released a report that describes the evolution of data collection of child restraints systems (CRS) in NHTSA’s primary crash investigation programs since 1975. NHTSA consults regularly with other stakeholders – law enforcement, child safety advocates, the medical community, research organizations – on CRS-related issues to impr...

The Kentucky Transportation Center at the University of Kentucky has released a report that analyzes traffic crash data in Kentucky between 2013 and 2017. The goal of this report is to determine average crash statistics for Kentucky highways. The crash rate data may be used in Kentucky’s procedure to identify locations that have abnormal rates or numbers of crashes. This report also seeks to pr...

The U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics has released a report that examines the daily travel patterns of American adults with disabilities. This report analyzes data from the National Household Travel Survey to identify trends over time. It focuses on adults ages 18 to 64, and includes information about workers and non-workers, rural- and non-rural residents, and people age 65 and older.

The National Transport Commission in Australia has released a report that identifies elements within existing motor accident injury insurance models that may act as barriers to accessing compensation for personal injuries or death caused by an automated driving system. This report discusses how alternative insurance models may provide cover for injuries and deaths involving an automated vehicle.

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 253: Implications of Connected and Automated Driving Systems, Vol. 4: Autonomous Vehicle Action Plan (AVAP) develops awareness of the legislative landscape and the foundational laws and regulations that may need to be prioritized for modification for Connected and Automated Driving Systems (C/ADSs) technologies. The A...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 253: Implications of Connected and Automated Driving Systems, Vol. 3: Legal Modification Prioritization and Harmonization Analysis identifies how and when regulations and laws will need to be modified to facilitate the implementation of Connected and Automated Driving Systems (C/ADSs)-equipped vehicles. The report als...