TRB has released new Snap Searches exploring right of way, utilities, and outdoor advertising. A Snap Search provides a summary of TRB research reports that are underway and published, upcoming events, and ongoing committees that cover these specific topics. Produced by TRB’s Library , Snap Searches are designed for the busy researcher or professional who would like to quickly get up to speed o...

The U.S. Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has released a report that discusses the San Luis Obispo County Travel Management Coordination Center under the FTA’s Mobility Services for All Americans Program. The goal of this report is to help a county or region improve its social service transportation network to make it easier for customers to get information about transportation options and ...

Austroads has released a report that describes the results of a domestic and international review of recently developed intelligent transport systems technologies. This report also includes a qualitative assessment of these technologies’ costs and benefits. The report is available for no fee after logging onto the site.

The International Transport Forum has released a report that discusses how to manage growing competition for curb access in cities. This report explores the potential for a shift away from curb use focused on street parking to more flexible allocation that includes pick-up and drop-off zones for passengers and freight.

The Michigan Department of Transportation has released a report that evaluates Michigan’s current continuous counting program and identifies how to combine traffic data from Intelligent Transportation Systems sites and continuous counting stations (CCS) sites. Measuring traffic data from continuous counting programs is one way to gauge traffic volume, speed, and vehicle classification. Accurate...

TRB's Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board has released more than 200 papers from the 2018 TRB Annual Meeting. Enhancements to the journal include:  Articles published much closer to final acceptance A new user interface for the journal Article-level metrics  Full-text HTML to enhance discovery of the research Interactive proof markup for author...

The Michigan Department of Transportation has released a report that describes the development of safety performance functions for rural road segments and intersections in Michigan. This report aims to provide a number of tools that allow for proactive safety planning activities, including network screening and identification of high-risk sites.

Austroads has released a report that proposes a new Primary Location Reference System (PLRS) designed to support and to depend upon existing secondary reference systems. A PLRS provides a framework for roadway management systems to integrate their data. The report is available for no fee after logging into the site.

The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that identifies the best measures for public transportation (PT) travel time predictability and develops a national travel time predictability network across regions, travel modes and different times of day. The ability to reliably predict PT times is critical for network operators and transport authorities to measure, monitor and target im...

The Kansas Department of Transportation has released a report that determines the influence of high friction surfaces (HFS) on traffic noise levels. Specifically, this research focuses on whether or not it would be possible to use HFS to reduce traffic sound without a barrier wall or in conjunction with one.