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...

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Office of the Inspector General has released a report that identifies railroads that received DOT funding for positive train control (PTC) projects. The Rail Safety Improvement Act of 2008 requires PTC systems to be implemented across a significant portion of the United States’ rail system. The U.S. DOT is in charge of overseeing PTC implementation an...

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) has released a pre-publication, non-edited version of Research Report 198: The Relationship Between Transit Asset Condition and Service Quality. The report documents the development of a quantitative method for characterizing service quality and demonstrates how this quantitative measure varies with changes in asset condition. It provides guidan...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that reviews drug-related funds of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). This report aims to identify whether drug control funds were properly identified in the accounting system, and reviews NHTSA’s internal controls for performance measures to gain an understanding of how the me...

To keep pace with accelerating rate of research distribution, the Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board is now publishing articles as soon as they are finalized. The latest papers to be published are as follows: Use of a Laser Diffractometer to Obtain the Particle Size Distribution of Fine-Grained Soils Interstate Speed Profiles Conditioning and Testing Pr...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that evaluates the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)’s procedures for selecting and justifying projects that receive NextGen funding. NextGen – Next Generation Air Transportation System – is an FAA initiative to modernize the national airspace system.

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that analyzes how California generates and allocates state revenue for transportation investments. This report also determines how the state can align its funding framework with its climate goals.

The Volpe Center at the U.S. Department of Transportation has released a report that explores how blockchains may affect the transportation sector. A blockchain is a digital, openly shared, decentralized log of financial transactions. The World Economic Forum estimates that by 2027, 10 percent of global GDP will be stored on blockchains.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT)’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that assesses the DOT’s use of the government-wide financial data standards established by the Digital Accountability and Transparency (DATA) Act of 2014. The DATA Act requires that federal agencies maintain reliable data on spending and financial assistance. The Department of the Treasury makes ...

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 237: Environmental Justice Analyses When Considering Toll Implementation or Rate Changes—Final Report presents information gathered in the development of NCHRP Research Report 860 : Assessing the Environmental Justice Effects of Toll Implementation or Rate Changes: Guidebook and Toolbox. This web-only document summari...