Infrastructure and Transportation

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RAND research addresses the challenges of developing, managing, and protecting energy, transportation, water, communications, and other critical infrastructure throughout the world.

Research conducted by: RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment; RAND Europe; Transportation, Space, and Technology Program; RAND Gulf States Policy Institute; RAND-Qatar Policy Institute

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Alternate Ways to Fund U.S. Transportation System

Congress should take the opportunity provided by the pending reauthorization of the federal transportation bill to consider new ways to fund the U.S. transportation system, shifting from indirect fees such as fuel taxes to ones that charge drivers directly for the miles they travel.

Journal Articles (195)

Developing and Pilot Testing a Laboratory Specific Continuity of Operations Tabletop Exercise — Jan 1, 2012

Describes the importance of a Continuity of Operations Plan (COOP), and identifies common strengths and potential vulnerabilities of laboratory-specific COOPs.

Getting the Most Out of Electric Vehicle Subsidies — Jan 1, 2012

Federal subsidies and policies to encourage plug-in vehicle adoption would produce more benefits at lower cost by targeting the purchase of vehicles with small battery packs.

Manchester Motorway Box: Post-Survey Research of Induced Traffic Effects — Jan 1, 2012

In the 1990s, the usual assumption for an appraisal of road schemes in the UK was that total volumes of traffic were not affected by the capacity provided by the schemes. This assumption was questioned by the influential SACTRA committee in 1994.

Assuring Finite Moments for Willingness to Pay in Random Coefficient Models — Jan 1, 2012

Random coefficient models such as mixed logit are increasingly being used to allow for random heterogeneity in willingness to pay (WTP) measures.

Cyber Policy: Institutional Struggle in a Transformed World — Jan 1, 2012

When it comes to cyber security, the world today is not the future that U.S. policy promised when cyber security first appeared on the national agenda well over a decade ago.

High Occupancy Toll Lane Performance Under Alternative Pricing Policies — Jan 1, 2012

This paper explores how alternative pricing and operating policies influence revenue generation, level of service, and travel time costs for high occupancy toll (HOT) lane facilities.

A Flair for Sharing - Encouraging Information Exchange Between CERTs — Dec 16, 2011

This study focuses on the legal and regulatory aspects of information sharing and cross-border collaboration of national/governmental CERTs in Europe.

Commercial Products That Convey Personal Health Information in Emergencies — Dec 1, 2011

Describes commercially available products and services designed to convey personal health information in emergencies.

Household Water Supply Choice and Time Allocated to Water Collection: Evidence from Madagascar — Dec 1, 2011

This article uses household survey data from Madagascar to examine water supply choice and time spent in water collection.

Valuation of Plug-In Vehicle Life-Cycle Air Emissions and Oil Displacement Benefits — Oct 1, 2011

To reduce air emission and oil dependency impacts from passenger vehicles, strategies to promote adoption of hybrid-electric vehicles (HEVs) and plug-in hybrid-electric vehicles with small battery packs offer more social benefits per dollar spent.

Toward a U.S. Army Cyber Security Culture — Sep 1, 2011

This article defines and explores the concept of cyber security culture within the context of the U.S. Army.

Achieving Public Health Legal Preparedness: How Dissonant Views on Public Health Law Threaten Emergency Preparedness and Response — Sep 1, 2011

Organizational culture differences between public health and emergency management entities may hinder inter-agency collaboration.

Response to the 2009-H1n1 Influenza Pandemic in the Mekong Basin: Surveys of Country Health Leaders — Sep 1, 2011

Cooperation among the Mekong Basin Disease Surveillance countries improved their response to the 2009 H1N1 virus in areas previously considered problematic.

Travel Using Managed Lanes: An Application of a Stated Choice Model for Houston, Texas — Aug 1, 2011

The mean value of travel time savings obtained from a random parameters logit model estimated using the respondents who received the D-efficient design survey was closer to what is typically found in the literature.

Resource Allocation, Emergency Response Capability, and Infrastructure Concentration Around Vulnerable Sites — May 1, 2011

In this paper, we describe a methodology for measuring a region's exposure to infrastructure-related risks that captures both a community's concentration of facilities or sites considered to be vulnerable and of the proximity of these facilities to surrounding infrastructure systems.

Increasing the Availability and Consumption of Drinking Water in Middle Schools: A Pilot Study — May 1, 2011

The authors assessed the acceptability, feasibility, and outcomes of a school-based intervention to improve drinking water consumption among adolescents.

Food Prices and the Dynamics of Body Weight — Apr 1, 2011

The authors study the short- and long-run body weight consequences of changing food prices, in the Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

Prioritizing "psychological" Consequences for Disaster Preparedness and Response: A Framework for Addressing the Emotional, Behavioral, and Cognitive Effects of Patient Surge in Large-Scale Disasters — Mar 1, 2011

Health care facilities may be prepared to deal with the medical aspects of large-scale disasters but they lack guidelines for managing the psychological aspects of disasters.

System Trials to Demonstrate Mileage-Based Road Use Charges — Feb 11, 2011

Explore options for conducting a set of trials to test the feasibility of transitioning from fuel excise taxes to a system of road use charges based on vehicle miles of travel.

Strengthening Connections Between Transportation Investments and Economic Growth — Jan 21, 2011

This paper elaborates upon and deepens the ongoing policy discussion of relationships between investments in transportation infrastructure and the nation's short- and long-term economic well-being.

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