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     <title>RAND Research Topic: Transportation</title>
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     <updated>2012-05-24T14:20:13Z</updated>
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     <rights>Copyright (c) 2012, The RAND Corporation</rights>
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   <title type="html">Mileage-Based User Fee Winners and Losers: An Analysis of the Distributional Implications of Taxing Vehicle Miles Traveled, with Projections, 2010-2030</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD295.html</id>
   <published>Apr 26, 2012</published>
   <updated>Apr 26, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Estimates changes in annual vehicle miles traveled in response to changes in the cost of driving that would result from adopting a mileage-based user fee.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Energy Services Analysis Can Identify Ways to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1170.html</id>
   <published>Apr 10, 2012</published>
   <updated>Apr 10, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">By examining not only how a service is produced but how it is provided, energy services analysis can lead to greater reductions in energy use and greenhouse gas emissions than conventional approaches.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Qatar&apos;s School Transportation System: Supporting Safety, Efficiency, and Service Quality (Arabic-language version)</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136z1.html</id>
   <published>Mar 28, 2012</published>
   <updated>Mar 28, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">In consideration of the many challenges associated with Qatar&apos;s continued growth and demographic changes, the government of Qatar is interested in updating its school transportation system (STS). This volume assesses parents&apos; and school administrators&apos; perspectives on Qatar&apos;s STS, identifies a vision and goals for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve the vision and better align Qatar&apos;s STS with international norms. This is the Arabic-language version.</summary>
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   <title type="html">A Federal Role in Freight Planning and Finance</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1137.html</id>
   <published>Mar 21, 2012</published>
   <updated>Mar 21, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Congestion within the U.S. freight system has increased dramatically in the past few decades, costing travelers, consumers, and businesses billions of dollars each year. A federal policy is offered to address the challenges faced by the U.S. freight network in an environment dominated by declining revenues and public resistance to increasing taxes. </summary>
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   <title type="html">No Data? Big Problem.</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/20/DCSTBLOG.html</id>
   <published>Mar 20, 2012</published>
   <updated>Mar 20, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Good data can inform decision makers about what really works&amp;mdash;how best to relieve congestion and improve supply-chain connectivity to make freight transportation&amp;mdash;and hence the U.S. economy&amp;mdash;more competitive, write Mortimer Downey, Joseph Schofer, and Johanna Zmud.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Application System for Sydney Strategic Travel Model</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR949.html</id>
   <published>Mar 13, 2012</published>
   <updated>Mar 13, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">This report documents work to update the Application System of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Application System implements models of frequency, mode and destination choice for each of the nine travel purposes in the STM.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Three Ways to Improve Airport Screening</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/03/07/USAT.html</id>
   <published>Mar 7, 2012</published>
   <updated>Mar 7, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">The TSA&apos;s pilot &quot;Pre-check&quot; program that pre-screens travelers who volunteer for it is an overdue advance in security, but it does not address some larger issues surrounding America&apos;s airports, writes K. Jack Riley.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Assessing the Security Benefits of a Trusted Traveler Program in the Presence of Attempted Attacker Exploitation and Compromise</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120026.html</id>
   <published>Mar 1, 2012</published>
   <updated>Mar 1, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Examines the security costs and benefits of a trusted traveler program, in which individuals who have been identified as posing less risk than others are allowed to pass through security checkpoints with reduced security screening.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) Options for the Future</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/documented_briefings/DB639.html</id>
   <published>Feb 23, 2012</published>
   <updated>Feb 23, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">This briefing offers a menu of potential future activities for the nonaviation lands at Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) to enhance the quality of life in Santa Monica through community-linked programs.</summary>
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   <title type="html">A Vision for Qatar&apos;s School Transportation System</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1136.html</id>
   <published>Feb 21, 2012</published>
   <updated>Feb 21, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Considering the challenges associated with continued growth and demographic changes, the government of Qatar is interested in updating its school transportation system (STS). This volume assesses the perspectives of parents and school administrators, identifies a vision for the STS, and discusses strategies to achieve it. </summary>
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   <title type="html">Updating Qatar&apos;s School Transportation System</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9642.html</id>
   <published>Feb 13, 2012</published>
   <updated>Feb 13, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Describes a vision for updating Qatar&apos;s school transportation system and identifies strategies for achieving the proposed vision.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Extending Copenhagen&apos;s Traffic Model May Help Reduce Congestion</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/randeurope/research/projects/copenhagen-traffic-model.html</id>
   <published>Feb 9, 2012</published>
   <updated>Feb 9, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">RAND Europe is expanding the original traffic model it developed for Copenhagen to include time-of-day choice for car drivers. Doing so will allow city planners to assess the effectiveness of different charging policies aimed at reducing congestion levels.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Recrafting Scenario Practice to Achieve Robust Long-Term Decisions</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120085.html</id>
   <published>Feb 1, 2012</published>
   <updated>Feb 1, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Freight transport is a rapidly expanding and changing economic sector.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Reconsidering California Transport Policies: Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions in an Uncertain Future</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD292.html</id>
   <published>Jan 20, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 20, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Applies robust decision methods to evaluate California&apos;s transportation policies that considers multiple views of the future, and identifies strategies that consistently reduce emissions at acceptable costs regardless of future conditions.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Spotlight on 2011</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP531-2011.html</id>
   <published>Jan 19, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 19, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">RAND Europe&apos;s annual report, Spotlight 2011, focuses on selected present and past RAND Europe signature research. With 2012 being our 20th anniversary year, the report features some of our most recent work while reflecting on how RAND Europe has developed and remained relevant over the last two decades. It also highlights selected research and corporate activity in 2011.</summary>
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   <title type="html">RAND Review: Vol. 35, No. 3, Winter 2011-2012</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/corporate_pubs/CP22-2011-12.html</id>
   <published>Jan 13, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 13, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Stories discuss world demographic trends, Afghan peace prospects, U.S. health care spending, California prisoner reentry, Latin American inequalities, global health, veterans&apos; mental health, highway investments, teacher bonuses, and charter schools.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Sydney Strategic Model Population Synthesiser, 2006 Base</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR954.html</id>
   <published>Jan 13, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 13, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">This report documents work to update the Population Synthesiser component of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM). The Population Synthesiser generates forecasts of the future Sydney population by spatial area and socio-economic segment.</summary>
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   <title type="html">How Will Migration Impact UK Transport and Congestion?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR1187.html</id>
   <published>Jan 10, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 10, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">The UK Migration Advisory Committee asked RAND Europe to examine how migration is likely to impact transport networks and congestion. The resulting research is one of the first studies using UK data to provide an empirical evidence base about migrants&apos; travel behavior and impacts.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Potentials for Sustainable Transportation in Cities to Alleviate Climate Change Impacts</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20120044.html</id>
   <published>Jan 1, 2012</published>
   <updated>Jan 1, 2012</updated>
   <summary type="html">Reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) is an important social goal to mitigate climate change. A common mitigation paradigm is to consider strategy &quot;wedges&quot; that can be applied to different activities to achieve desired GHG reductions.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Australia Has Considerable Expertise in Submarine Design, but Gaps Still Exist</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG1033.html</id>
   <published>Dec 15, 2011</published>
   <updated>Dec 15, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">The Royal Australian Navy intends to acquire 12 new submarines to replace its &lt;em&gt;Collins&lt;/em&gt;-class vessels. RAND assessed the domestic engineering and design skills that Australian industry and government will need to design the new submarine, identified the skills they currently possess, and evaluated how to fill any gaps between the two.</summary>
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