The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that summarizes the results from the ninth year of a public opinion survey about supporting various tax options for raising federal transportation revenues. This report may be used to assess support levels for the tax options among different population subgroups.

The Institute for Transportation at Iowa State University has released a report that evaluates the impacts of automated and connected vehicle technologies on both the motor carrier and rail industries. Specifically, this report determines the potential effects of the technology at each stage of adoption on the cost of truck freight relative to that of rail intermodal services.

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 Transportation Policy Research Center at Texas A&M University has released a report that provides information on the sources of revenue to fund transit in urban and rural areas in Texas through federal, state, and local sources. This report identifies the revenues applied for operating and capital expenses in fiscal year 2016.

TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released more than 200 papers from the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Enhancements to the journal include:  Articles published much closer to final acceptance A new user interface for the journal Article-level metrics  Full-text HTML to enhance discovery of the research Interactive proof markup for author...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 521: Investment Prioritization Methods for Low-Volume Roads documents current practices used by transportation agencies to make investment decisions about low-volume roads. Current transportation asset management practices for low-volume roads typically use asset condition, traffic, and safety metrics to prioritize investment...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 873: Guidebook to Funding Transportation Through Land Value Return and Recycling presents guidance on ways to mobilize some portion of property-value increases to fund maintenance and operations as well as investment in the infrastructure. Because local government typically has authority to deal with matters related to ...

The American Road and Transportation Builders Association has released a report that quantifies how the investments made under California Senate Bill 1 (SB 1) will create benefits for users of the transportation system, as well as stimulate economic activity across all sectors of the state economy. SB 1 increases transportation funding through a combination of motor fuel and vehicle registratio...

The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Inspector General has released a report that assesses the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s oversight of grandfathered sponsors’ compliance with federal law related to airport revenue payments. Federal law does allow airport sponsors that have historically used revenues for non-airport purposes—referred to as grandfathered sponsors—...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that reviews the U.S. Federal Administration Aviation’s (FAA) management and oversight of their offices and warehouses. In fiscal year 2017, the FAA’s independently acquired lease portfolio represented $104 million in annual rent, with office and warehouses comprising about three-quarters of that total...