Transportation and Infrastructure Issues
This page offers an easy way for policymakers to access transportation and infrastructure research and analysis that is relevant to current Congressional agendas. For more in-depth information, visit the Infrastructure and Transportation Research Area. For additional information, to request documents, or to arrange a briefing, contact the RAND Office of Congressional Relations at ocr@rand.org or (703) 413-1100 x5395.
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Newsletters
RAND periodically sends newsletters to update Congress on highlights of recent work about transportation and infrastructure.
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Testimony
March 26, 2009
Financing Transportation Infrastructure in California
Testimony presented before the California Little Hoover Commission.
February 4, 2009
Maritime Piracy: Reasons, Dangers and Solutions
Testimony presented before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
June 24, 2008
Challenges of Applying Risk Management to Terrorism Security Policy
Testimony submitted for the record to the House Homeland Security Committee, Subcommittee on Transportation Security and Infrastructure Protection.
November 28, 2007
Evaluating Alternative Organizational Structures to Revitalize the Economy of New Orleans
Testimony presented before the New Orleans City Council.
February 21, 2007
Beyond the Gas Tax: Alternatives for a Greener World
Testimony presented before the Los Angeles Field Hearing of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission.
April 19, 2006
A Quiet Crisis in Transportation Finance: Options for Texas
Testimony ppresented before the Texas Study Commission on Transportation Finance.
April 8, 2004
Terrorism and the Security of Public Surface Transportation
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Judiciary.
March 31, 2004
The
Effect of Terrorist Attacks in Spain on Transatlantic Cooperation
in the War on Terror
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Subcommittee on European Affairs.
March 23, 2004
Terrorism and Rail Security
Testimony presented to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.
May 6, 2000
The Reauthorization of the National Safety Board
Testimony presented to the Aviation Subcommittee, Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, U.S. House of Representatives.
March 19, 1997
Effects of an Auto-Choice Automobile Insurance Plan on Costs and Premiums
Testimony presented to the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress.
Briefings
For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.
A New Way to Pay for Transportation: Exploring a Shift from Fuel Taxes to Mileage-Based User Fees
Presented by Liisa Ecola
April 26, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2103 Rayburn House Office Building
Surface Transportation Finance: The End of User Financing or a New Beginning?
Panelists: Martin Wachs, Director, Transportation, Space, and Technology Program, RAND Corporation
Paul Sorensen, Operations Researcher, RAND Corporation
Jim Tymon, Republican Staff Director, U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure's Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Paul Schmid, Legislative Analyst, Senator Tom Carper (D-DE)
March 8, 2010
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
121 Cannon House Office Building
RAND Supply Chain Policy Center Symposium: Modernizing the U.S. Freight Transportation System for Future Economic Growth
Presenter: Richard Hillestad
Panelists: Rick Blasgen, Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals
Charles Eisele, Union Pacific
Janet Kavinoky, U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Randall Mullett, Con-way
Moderator: Eric Peltz
June 9, 2009
11:00 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Room 268 Capitol Visitor Center, North Congressional Meeting Room
Transportation Challenges Facing the New Administration
Panelists: William T. Coleman, Jr.
James H. Burnley, IV
Rodney E. Slater
Moderator: Martin Wachs
January 28, 2009
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
210 Cannon House Office Building
Piracy and Armed Violence at Sea: How Can Policymakers Make the World's Oceans Safer?
Presented by Peter Chalk
December 9, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2247 Rayburn House Office Building
Moving Ahead: Public Choices about U.S. Railroad Performance, Capacity and Cost
Presented by Henry Willis
September 8, 2008
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Protecting US Passenger Rail Systems From Terrorism: Identifying Cost Effective Security Strategies
Presented by K. Jack Riley and Jeremy Wilson
December 11, 2007
2:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Issues in Rebuilding Affordable Housing on The Mississippi Coast
Mark Bernstein from RAND will be one of the three panelists for the The Gulf Coast Recovery and Rebuilding Caucus
March 7, 2006
2:00 P.M. — 1:30 P.M.
2226 Rayburn House Office Building
Regulating Senior Drivers: Are New Policies Needed?
Presented by Seth Seabury
October 25, 2007
10 A.M. — 11:00 A.M.
304 Cannon House Office Building
Challenges Facing the Global Supply Chain
This event also introduces the new RAND Supply Chain Policy Center
May 17, 2007
8:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M.
419 Senate Dirksen Building
Fact Sheets
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