News Release
RAND Study Finds Senior Drivers Less Likely than Youngest Drivers to Cause Accidents.
Report
Describes a framework to guide assessments of the availability of data regarding U.S. anti- and counterterrorism systems, countermeasures, and defenses for planning attacks on the U.S. air, rail, and sea transportation infrastructure.
Research Brief
This research brief summarizes a study that concludes older drivers are relatively safe and that targeting restrictive licensing policies at that group will do little to improve overall traffic safety.
Report
This paper summarizes the findings and policy implications of a study estimating the relative riskiness of older drivers, concluding that stricter licensing policies targeting that group would likely not improve traffic safety substantially.
News Release
May 9, 2007 news release: RAND Supply Chain Policy Center to Research Critical Issues in Freight Transportation.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Green But Unsafe, in Wall Street Journal, Europe Edition.
Report
Testimony presented before the Los Angeles Field Hearing of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission on February 21, 2007.
Journal Article
This paper presents work, undertaken for the UK Department for Transport, to help determine how policy could affect motorcycle usage.
Journal Article
The focus of this paper is on the topic of elderly trip generation and the development of models to help formalise some important relationships between trip-making behaviour and personal, household and contextual variables (such as location).
Journal Article
This paper reports on the design and descriptive analysis of a stated choices survey on the demand for alternative fuelled vehicles in the Census Metropolitan Area of Hamilton, conducted through the Internet.
Journal Article
Transport model applications that provide a central traffic forecast, and quantify the uncertainty in traffic forecasts as a confidence interval.
Journal Article
Describes a study undertaken to determine the relative sensitivity of mode and time of day choice to changes in travel times and costs.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Paying for Our Transportation Needs, in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Tighten Up Mass-Transit Security, in Newsday.
Report
Presents a robust operational methodology that enables the user to assess possible alternative investments aimed at improving the quality of the suburban rail services to and from Paris.
Report
Presents the estimation results of the models that have been developed to appraise the monetary benefits of various possible ways to improve the regularity of the Paris suburban train network.
Commentary
Published commentary by RAND staff: Securing America's Ports, in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Report
An examination of options and cost estimates for strengthening the housing and transportation infrastructure of a potential future independent Palestinian state in the context of a large and rapidly growing Palestinian population.
Report
Testimony presented to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on March 23, 2004.
Report
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Judiciary on April 8, 2004.