The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that analyzes emissions differences between hybrid and conventional vehicles. It also identifies the impact of physical roadway and infrastructure characteristics on these emissions.

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that investigates the feasibility of using in-vehicle messages to increase drivers’ awareness of safety-critical work zone information. Safe and efficient traffic flow in a work zone is a major concern for transportation agencies.

The Safe Transportation Research and Education Center (SafeTREC) at The University of California at Berkeley has released a research brief that identifies trends in speeding-related crashes. This report focuses on the effect speeding vehicles have on pedestrian safety.

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a toolkit that provides a holistic approach to housing development and transportation planning. There is a jobs-housing imbalance in San Mateo County, California, which creates congestion, gridlock, and long commutes. These issues may lead to negative environmental, social, and economic effects.

The Urban Mobility and Equity Center at Morgan State University has released a report that examines design sustainability of bus pads in Baltimore City. Bus pads are highly durable areas of the roadway surface at bus stops, usually made of concrete, addressing the common issue of asphalt distortion at bus stops. The report can be downloaded directly from the Completed Projects website.

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that outlines the effects of Safe Routes to School (SR2S) projects on public health and active transportation in the U.S. SR2S mandates that state departments of transportation receive annual funding in order to improve safety for walking and bicycling to school.

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a research brief that explores the multimodal connections between transitway stations and riders’ origins and destinations. The goal of this report is to help planners understand how connections between buses, walking, and biking affect ridership.

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that examines how U.S. city climate action planning addresses freight transportation and goods movement. This report identifies specific strategies and actions that cities are taking to address greenhouse gas emissions from freight transportation.

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that analyzes the impacts of the METRO A Line in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota. The METRO A Line is the first arterial bus rapid transit line in the Twin Cities transit network, launched in the summer of 2016.

The Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that develops a merge assist system using vehicle-to-vehicle communication technologies. The goal of this report is to accurately acquire vehicle positioning information at a freeway entrance ramp in order to make merging safer.