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Commentary

What If Autonomous Vehicles Actually Make Us More Dependent on Cars?

Cities across Europe are taking steps to become increasingly car free. Mayors, supported by their officials and planners, should start leading a debate now about how self-driving vehicles can best serve the needs of residents and visitors, and help deliver wider goals for their cities.

Jun 19, 2018
Report

Rethinking Insurance and Liability in the Transformative Age of Autonomous Vehicles

What are the challenges and opportunities for the automobile insurance industry as autonomous vehicle technology becomes widely deployed? This workshop brought together industry stakeholders, regulators, and consumer representatives to focus on the implications of AV technology for insurance and liability regimes.

Jun 8, 2018
Commentary

Dockless Bikes Present Challenges, but Experience Shows They Can Work

By encouraging more people to cycle, bike-sharing platforms could provide many potential benefits through reduced congestion, reduced air pollution, and health benefits. But there are also challenges, including pressures on existing cycling infrastructure and the potential for theft and vandalism.

May 31, 2018
Commentary

The Continuing Plague of Vehicle Attacks: What Can Be Done?

Attacks using vehicles like the one in Toronto this week are difficult to defend against, but that doesn't mean that law enforcement and local security forces can't make progress. There are four crucial elements to consider when thinking about mitigating the effects of ramming attacks.

Apr 26, 2018
Report

Could U.S. Road Deaths Reach Zero by 2050?

Motor vehicle crashes kill more than 100 Americans every day and are the leading cause of death for people age 15 to 24. A strategy that includes changes in policy, technology, and social norms could substantially improve road safety and lead to zero roadway deaths by 2050.

Apr 19, 2018
Report

Report

The Road to Zero: Executive Summary: A Vision for Achieving Zero Roadway Deaths by 2050

Imagine that, in 2050, not a single person in the United States dies in a traffic crash. This executive summary to The Road to Zero: A Vision for Achieving Zero Roadway Deaths by 2050 describes how that might be possible.

Apr 19, 2018
Commentary

Americans: Try Congestion Pricing. You Might Like It

Seattle is considering following in the footsteps of London, Stockholm, Singapore, and Milan to introduce a charge for driving on the city's roads. What can Seattle and its residents learn from other cities that have implemented road user charging?

Apr 12, 2018
Journal Article

Journal Article

How Can We Model Travel Frequency? A Critical Review of Current Practice

The paper should assist the transport modellers and policy makers in choosing appropriate trip frequency modelling tools which best suit their problem.

Mar 20, 2018
Report

Report

Quantifying travellers' willingness to pay for the Harbour Tunnel in Copenhagen: A stated choice study

This study uses a stated choice experiment to quantify travellers' willingness to pay for a tolled tunnel in Copenhagen. Discrete choice models are used to quantify travellers' value of travel time savings.

Mar 20, 2018
Commentary

Teens Are Driving Drowsy Every Day, and That's Dangerous

About 1 in 10 car crashes are caused by drowsy driving, and young drivers between the ages of 16 and 24 account for more than half of them. Many parents unwittingly allow their teens to drive while tired on a daily basis.

Mar 12, 2018
Commentary

The Long Game on Infrastructure

The Trump administration recently announced its Legislative Outline for Rebuilding Infrastructure in America. With its lack of new federal funding, the plan may not be the best path to fixing America's most serious regional, national, and long-term problems.

Feb 20, 2018
Multimedia

Safety in a World of Driverless Cars

In this Call with the Experts, senior information scientist Nidhi Kalra discusses a RAND study that shows putting driverless cars on the road before they're nearly perfect could save lives, and also describes new approaches for safety standards.

Feb 15, 2018
Tool

Tool

Costs and Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle–Related Injuries and Deaths: Supplement to Tool Documentation

This report documents the update of an online tool to help assess costs and effectiveness of implementing up to 14 interventions and select those most effective in reducing death and injury from motor vehicle crashes for a given budget.

Feb 2, 2018
Tool

Motor Vehicle Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States (MV PICCS)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's updated interactive Motor Vehicle Prioritizing Interventions and Cost Calculator for States can help state decisionmakers prioritize motor vehicle injury-prevention interventions.

Feb 2, 2018
Report

Army Installation Rail Operations: Implications of Increased Outsourcing

In this report, we evaluate the three business models that the Army relies on for its on-post rail operations and determine whether greater reliance on commercial rail assets could meet Army rail needs at a lower cost.

Jan 8, 2018
Journal Article

How Jakarta's Traffic Affects Labor Market Outcomes for Women and People with Disabilities: Results from a Baseline Survey

From the research reviewed and the existing data summarized, this report develops a theory of change for how labor market outcomes for females might be influenced by improvements to public transportation.

Dec 28, 2017
Commentary

Navigating the Latest Terrorism Trend

Terrorists are increasingly using vehicles as attack weapons, killing more than 150 people in the last 18 months. If this trend continues, the urban landscape will change as bollards, barricades and barriers, chicanes and checkpoints surround and subdivide public spaces. But do they make us safer?

Dec 19, 2017
News Release

News Release

Not Everything Is Broken with U.S. Transportation and Water Infrastructure; Improved Targeted Strategies Needed to Fix ...

Transportation and water infrastructure funding and finance in the United States are not nearly as dire as some believe, but a national consensus on infrastructure priorities, accompanied by targeted spending and selected policy changes, is needed.

Dec 5, 2017
Research Brief

Fixing U.S. Infrastructure's Ills Requires an Accurate Diagnosis

This brief examines how the federal government can better promote investment in and maintenance of U.S. transportation and water infrastructure.

Dec 5, 2017
Report

Not Everything Is Broken with U.S. Transportation and Water Infrastructure

Transportation and water infrastructure funding and finance in the United States are not nearly as dire as some believe. But a national consensus on infrastructure priorities, accompanied by targeted spending and selected policy changes, is needed.

Dec 5, 2017

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