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All Publications about Society
The Role of Transit, Shared Modes, and Public Policy in the New Mobility LandscapeJanuary 14, 2021 If combined with public transit and increased in scale, shared modes of transportation, such as ride-hailing, scooter sharing and bike sharing, can enhance mobility, equity, and sustainability in metropolitan areas. Cities, transit agencies, and shared mobility providers should collaborate in goal-setting, experimentation, testing, and implementation. These are among the findings in TRB Special...
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Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in TransportationJanuary 11, 2021 In comparison to the levels of public interest and attention, there is little research to help understand the major obstacles and constraints encountered by women travelers and women working in transportation industries. TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C268: Insights, Inclusion, and Impact: Framing the Future for Women in Transportation details the 2019 Women’s Issues in Transportation...
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TR News September-October 2020: Embracing the FutureJanuary 7, 2021 The September–October 2020 issue of TRB's magazine is now available in full online. Themed “Embracing the Future,” the issue celebrates TRB’s centennial with articles forecasting the future of transportation. Authors present outlooks that are multimodal, creative, diverse, inclusive, and thought-provoking, offering a pause point for transportation researchers, policy makers, and practitioners a...
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COVID-19 Addendum to Critical Issues in TransportationJanuary 6, 2021 The year 2020’s raging coronavirus pandemic and reckoning with long-standing racial injustice led to widespread disruption and suffering, social unrest, and renewed calls for an accounting of our fragmented public health system and troubled history of racial inequity. The crises of 2020 transcend transportation yet also raise fundamental questions for it along with other sectors of our society ...
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Transportation Research Board 2020 Annual ReportJanuary 6, 2021 The 2020 Annual Report summarizes TRB’s accomplishments in each of its major program areas and how TRB has served the nation and the global transportation professional community throughout 2020. TRB provides leadership in transportation improvements and innovation through trusted, timely, impartial, and evidence-based information exchange, research, and advice regarding all modes of transportat...
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Perspectives on accessibilityDecember 27, 2020 Accessibility and Transport Appraisal Summary and Conclusions , released by the International Transport Forum
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