The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that identifies potential ways to overcome barriers faced by managers of New Zealand's light and heavy vehicle fleets in attempting to implement fuel efficiency as part of their normal way of doing business.

The U.S. Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released its strategic plan for the next five years. The plan is designed to establish a framework that places safety as the highest priority and employs three core principles--raising the bar to entry, maintaining high safety standards, and removing high-risk carriers and drivers.

The American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has released findings from the first phase of a three-part research effort aimed at helping to mitigate large truck rollovers. ATRI’s first phase produced a database of locations with the highest frequency of large truck rollovers using more than 50,000 crash records from a nine-year period.  The full report, state-specific su...

The University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute has released a report that reviews the status of truck safety in four countries: Australia, Brazil, China, and the United States. The report explores the role of road freight transportation in each country, characterizes the current level of safety, and identifies truck safety challenges within each country.

The U.S. Department of Transportation Office of Inspector General has released a report that examines the extent to which the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has implemented recommendations made by the National Transportation Safety Board for improving passenger carrier oversight.

The Netherlands’ Institute for Road Safety Research has released a report that explores the problem of distraction among cyclists, pedestrians, and drivers of passenger cars, trucks, and buses and the potential impact distractions have on traffic and road safety.  The report is written in Dutch with an English summary.

The Mineta Transportation Institute has released a report that examines policies and strategies governing the design and operations of bus lanes in major congested urban centers. 

TRB’s Conference Proceedings on the Web 5: Research on the Health and Wellness of Commercial Truck and Bus Drivers: Summary of an International Conference is the proceedings of a November 2010 conference held in Baltimore, Maryland. The proceedings highlight and document what transpired at the conference; summarize noteworthy issues and gaps in knowledge identified at the conference; and descri...

TRB’s National Cooperative Freight Research Program (NCFRP) Report 15: Dedicated Revenue Mechanisms for Freight Transportation Investment explores methods that might be used to raise revenue to support government investment in freight transportation facilities, primarily for highway transportation. The report assesses revenue-generating mechanisms such as motor-vehicle fuel tax surcharges, vehi...

The Reason Foundation has released a report that explores ways to reduce congestion and improve mobility in Southeast Florida through the use of managed lanes, managed arterials, bus rapid transit, and operational improvements.