Live Webcast Event : December 6, 2018 at 11:00 AM EST TRB Special Report 329: Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future explores pending and future federal investment and policy decisions concerning the federal Interstate Highway System. Congress asked the committee to make recommendations on the “features, standards, capacity needs, applica...

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that explores the extent to which parked shared electric scooters pose a problem to others on streets, sidewalks, and public spaces. This report seeks to summarize the impact of dockless scooters in San Jose in order to provide feedback to policy makers.

The Mineta Transportation Institute at San Jose State University has released a report that examines the rates of musculoskeletal discomfort in city bus drivers serving the greater Seattle area. It also determines how often such pain prevented drivers from doing their normal work, needed treatment from a medical professional, or incited worker’s compensation claims.

The Center for Transportation Studies at the University of Minnesota has released a report that describes a smartphone-based assistive system that provides location-specific traffic and navigational information for the visually impaired. Environmental cues are often used to support wayfinding and decision making by the visually impaired at various levels of navigation and situation awareness. T...

The Future of Transport (TRL) has released a report that identifies recent developments in active travel modes and determines their impacts on health. This report defines bicycles, skateboards, scooters, and electrically assisted vehicles as modes of active travel. The goal of this report is to provide a starting point for identifying ways to encourage active travel.

The Wagner Center for Transportation at New York University has released a report that determines whether and how the Pink Tax applies to transportation in New York City. The Pink Tax refers to the extra amount that women may pay for certain products and services. This report focuses on women who take public transportation.

The Pacific Southwest Region University Transportation Center has released their latest issue of Transfers Magazine, which features peer-reviewed research articles that cover a wide range of transportation topics. This issue provides information about: The impact of gender, age, and other factors on novice drivers The effect of light rail on traffic Flooding and evacuation plans in Hawaii Freig...

TRB has released a prepublication version of Critical Issues in Transportation 2018. In this report, which is updated periodically by the TRB Executive Committee, a series of challenging questions are posed to explore issues and opportunities that may arise 10 to 20 years into the future. These questions, 63 in all, have been organized into 12 topic areas and provide a way to frame future areas...

The National Center for Sustainable Transportation at the University of California at Davis has released a report that determines whether on-demand ridehailing services will exacerbate or alleviate existing transportation issues. This report identifies how well stakeholders agree about the potential outcomes related to on-demand ridehailing, determines policies and strategies that may facilitat...

TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) latest Impacts on Practice explores the impact ACRP Synthesis 39 : Airport Wildlife Population Management has had on integrated wildlife management plans at airports. A wildlife biologist at Orlando International Airport utilized this report to develop a holistic approach to mitigating bird strikes with a specific species of heron that thrives i...