The International Transport Forum has released a report that provides an overview of Transport for London’s suite of connectivity tools and methodologies. Connectivity, or accessibility indicators, describes the extent to which users are able to access the transportation system and travel freely between locations to access jobs and services.

The Victoria Transport Policy Institute in British Columbia, Canada has released a report that evaluates the International Housing Affordability Survey (IHAS), which rates regional housing affordability. The IHAS uses the results to plan urban expansion, and this report assesses the IHAS’ methods, challenges, and recommendations.

The Victoria Transport Policy Institute in British Columbia, Canada, has released a report that explores why and how to implement more multimodal planning in rural areas and small towns. Current trends are increasing demand for non-auto travel options in rural communities, including aging populations, rising poverty, growing health and safety concerns, and growing tourist industries.

The International Transport Forum has released a paper that summarizes current challenges facing accessibility planning and research. This report identifies the varying definitions of accessibility throughout Europe, discusses different implementation plans, and addresses to what extent accessibility is implemented in long-term planning.

The International Transport Forum has released a paper that defines an inaccessibility index which can reveal the diversity of people and their unmet needs. This paper seeks to acknowledge gaps in current accessibility planning by highlighting unmet needs related to specific activities and exploring activity characteristics such as travel time.

The International Transport Forum has released a report that summarizes different perspectives and approaches to measuring accessibility, reviews the strengths and weaknesses of different accessibility indicators, and describes the use of accessibility indicators in the Dutch policy and planning practice. Accessibility is a critical component of physical planning and spatial modelling, as it pr...

The New Zealand Transport Agency has released a report that identifies the expectations, motivations, experiences, information preferences, and behavior of domestic and international visitors travelling on New Zealand’s transportation network. The transportation network has the capacity to open up or limit wider exploration across a region, influencing where visitors go, how far they travel, an...

The Florida Department of Transportation has released a report that identifies ways to increase public involvement in transportation projects by making effective use of today’s available communication media. This report evaluates the currently available communication media and reviews the states’ current practices in using said media at public meetings. It also identifies appropriate technology...

Austroads has released a report that explores how skills demand will form for road agencies over the coming decade, what the key threats to workforce capability in the roads sector will be, and what steps road agencies can take to meet these workforce challenges. The report can be downloaded for no fee after logging onto the site.

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 90: Incorporating ADA and Functional Needs in Emergency Exercises explores how airports include persons with disabilities and others with access or functional needs (DAFN) into emergency exercises. Because not all functional needs are visually or readily apparent, airports find that including these community members in DAFN on emergenc...