The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has released a report that examines nearly 3,000 general aviation airports, heliports, and seaplane bases and highlights the role general aviation airports play in society, the economy, and the aviation system.

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) has released a project brief that highlights Transportation Project Impact Case Studies (T-PICS). T-PICS is a web-based tool designed to allow for economic impacts to more easily be considered during community visioning for transportation, or during public and stakeholder involvement for long-range system planning or corridor planning. Vi...

TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 64: Handbook for Evaluating Emissions and Costs of APUs and Alternative Systems is designed to help airports evaluate alternatives to aircraft auxiliary power units (APUs). The handbook addresses environmental impacts, costs, infrastructure and maintenance requirements, and funding options. The printed version of the handbook includes a C...

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

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that explores the mobility, economic, and environmental benefits of the cancelled Hudson River Tunnel Project; the project cost estimates over time; and how documents prepared as part of the Federal Transit Administration’s New Starts process addressed potential cost growth for the project.

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 15: Dedicated Revenue Mechanisms for Freight Transportation Investment explores methods that might be used to raise revenue to support government investment in freight transportation facilities, primarily for highway transportation. The report assesses revenue-generating mechanisms such as motor-vehicle fuel tax surcharges, vehi...

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that explores the extent to which previously-developed performance measures have the potential to evaluate transportation investments and policy decisions that optimize transportation, environmental, economic, and equity outcomes.

The U.S. Department of Treasury has released a report that explores the potential economic affects of infrastructure investment.