TRB has released Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 . 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 of research, policy analys...

The Iowa Department of Transportation has released a report that predicts electric vehicle growth in Iowa and the predicted impact on the state Road Use Tax Fund (RUTF) that would occur, since these vehicles do not pay a state fuel tax. This report assesses potential funding mechanisms to develop recommendations that account for the impact of electric vehicles in Iowa. The goal of these recomme...

The Rudin Center for Transportation at New York University has released a report that examines how legalizing and taxing cannabis in New York City may provide an opportunity to generate a revenue stream for mass transit. This report identifies trends in cannabis legalization in other states, determines how this legalization contributes to state revenues, and predicts how its legalization may af...

The Iowa Department of Transportation has released a report that determines methods to increase transportation coordination in order to improve the efficiency of programs used to finance public transit services. Coordination allows Iowa to provide transportation services to its citizens while using public funds efficiently.

The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a report that summarizes the Federal-Aid Highway Program (FAHP), an umbrella term for the federally-funded highway programs administered by the Federal Highway Administration. States are required to provide matching funds, and are required to have a State Transportation Improvement Plan, which sets priorities for the state’s use of FAHP funds...

TRB Special Report 329: Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future explores pending and future federal investment and policy decisions concerning the federal Interstate Highway System. Congress asked the committee to make recommendations on the “features, standards, capacity needs, application of technologies, and intergovernmental roles to up...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Research Report 193: Strategies for Airports to Reduce Local Stormwater Utility Fees offers airports guidance in managing the stormwater-related utility fees that many local governments charge to help finance their capital and operating expenses. U.S. airports are experiencing a trend of local governments charging and increasing fees to operate...

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...

The Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute at North Dakota State University has released a report that analyzes railroad investment practices to determine whether changes in regulatory practices are needed. This report seeks to describe patterns of track investment in the United States and show how track investments vary with network size, traffic, and other factors.

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...