The U.S. Congressional Research Service has released a report that summarizes the newest version of the Geospatial Data Act (GDA). The GDA seeks to organize and manage geospatial data among federal agencies, local and state authorities, the private sector, and academia. The GDA has the potential to illuminate how each responsible agency budgets for its geospatial activities, which may allow Con...

The Future of Transport (TRL) has released a report that determines the feasibility of using vegetation as an aid to slope stability. It focuses on live willow poles and their environmental benefits in preventing shallow slope failures. This report is one in a series that analyzes various techniques for geotechnical repairs.

The Future of Transport (TRL) has released a report that assesses the effectiveness of electrokinetic geosynthetics (EKG) to increase the stability of highway earthworks. It evaluates likely electrical power consumption, water discharge, and soil material parameter improvements from EKG techniques. This report is one in a series that analyzes various techniques for geotechnical repairs.

The Minnesota Department of Transportation has released a report that describes a new cone penetration testing (CPT) geotechnical design manual. This report outlines how to use CPT data in the analysis and design of common geotechnical tasks. These tasks, which are applicable both to state highways and local roads, include bridge foundations and soil characterizations.

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...

The Future of Transport (TRL) has released a report that assesses Fiber Reinforced Soil as a long-term slope repair technique. It observes the overall impact of this technique on environmental constraints, access and utility constraints, and traffic management and traffic delays. This report is one in a series that analyzes various techniques for geotechnical repairs.

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 Transport Research Laboratory in the United Kingdom has released a report that presents a Quantitative Risk Assessment for the impact of debris flow on a highway in Scotland. This report considers various scenarios that would cover a vehicle being hit by debris from a landslide and of a vehicle hitting debris from a landslide.

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that investigates the effects that installation and removal of sheet pile walls have on driven piles founded in granular soils. Pile construction and installation in the ground may cause major changes in the stress state and density conditions of soil within the vicinity of the pile.