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Ohio's Train Derailment—Not Spy Balloons—Is the Real National Security Threat
The slow degradation of infrastructure and disaster response is less a spectacle than an overflying balloon, but the train derailment and chemical spill in Ohio highlights just how bizarre such a focus on perceived external national security threats has become. The far greater threat may be from within.
Feb 20, 2023
Commentary
Do Car Companies Know Where Their Critical Minerals Come From?
The initial slate of electric vehicles qualifying for a new federal tax credit was announced in April. Key to eligibility is the source of critical minerals used in their batteries. While the list of acceptable nations of origin is still being worked out, there's an important practical question the IRS should ask: Do carmakers really know where their critical minerals come from?
Apr 28, 2023

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Spotlight on 2015
RAND Europe's annual review, Spotlight on 2015, illustrates how our work helps to improve people's lives through policymaking based on objective research and rigorous analysis.
Jan 26, 2016
Periodical
RAND Review: January-February 2016
This issue highlights RAND research findings on the effectiveness of correctional education in U.S. prisons; an exploration of how emerging technologies present an ongoing challenge to the criminal-justice community; and more.
Jan 11, 2016
Essay
How Will Technology Change Criminal Justice?
In perhaps no other field does society have as direct a stake in getting technology right as in policing. How will technology change the work that law enforcement agencies do and the communities they serve?
Jan 7, 2016
Report
The National Security Implications of Virtual Currency
Could a non-state actor deploy a virtual currency to disrupt sovereignty and increase its political or economic power? How might a government or organization successfully disrupt such a deployment?
Dec 16, 2015
News Release
National Approach to Traffic Safety Interventions Proves Most Cost Effective
A new tool can help lawmakers make cost-effective decisions to improve traffic safety and public health. Boosting traffic safety funding by 10 percent and allocating the funds to states where it is most needed would save 1,320 lives and prevent more than 225,000 injuries annually.
Dec 14, 2015
Tool
Costs and Effectiveness of Interventions to Reduce Motor Vehicle–Related Injuries and Deaths: Project Report and Online-Tool Documentation
This report documents production 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.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
How to Get the Biggest Impact from an Increase in Spending on Traffic Safety
According to analysis with a free new tool, allocating increased federal traffic safety funding by cost-effectiveness ratios rather than equally among states would save more than double the number of lives and prevent almost five times the injuries.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
A New Tool to Help Decisionmakers Select Interventions to Reduce Traffic Crash Deaths and Injuries
This brief describes an interactive tool that can help statedecisionmakers choose policies that are effective in reducing motor vehicle accidents in their states and appropriate to state budgets, saving lives and reducing economic and societal loss.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
Should Traffic Crash Interventions Be Selected Nationally or State by State?
According to analysis using a new, free tool, a national allocation of funds for traffic crash prevention might cost less than allocating according to state-by-state needs, but it might save significantly fewer lives and reduce far fewer injuries.
Dec 14, 2015
Research Brief
Which Behavioral Interventions Are Most Cost-Effective in Reducing Drunk Driving?
Different states have different needs when it comes to drunk driving interventions. Given limited budgets, how can policymakers know which available policies would reduce the most drunk driving-related deaths for their implementation dollars?
Dec 14, 2015
Report
Using Cost-Effectiveness Analysis to Prioritize Spending on Traffic Safety
In deciding how to allocate funds targeting traffic safety, policymakers must determine the appropriate trade-off between cost-effectiveness and equity among states. A new tool helps determine the most cost-effective interventions to reduce motor vehicle crash-related injuries and deaths.
Dec 14, 2015
Dissertation
The Use of Unmanned Aerial Systems for Agriculture in Africa: Can It Fly?
Examines the feasibility of adopting agricultural unmanned aerial systems in Africa.
Nov 11, 2015
Report
Quality of Life Indicators and Policy Strategies to Advance Sustainability in the Pearl River Delta
Proposes a system of quality of life indicators and identifies policy options to improve quality of life in the Pearl River Delta, a region of Guangdong Province in southeastern China.
Nov 6, 2015
Commentary
When Public Trust in Corporations Is Shaken
The Volkswagen scandal comes at a time when the public's trust in both the automotive industry and tech companies is at risk. The level of public trust in an individual organization could end up burnishing — or infecting — an entire industry or new technology.
Oct 28, 2015
Report
Evaluating the Impact of Whole-Body Vibration (WBV) on Fatigue and the Implications for Driver Safety
Summarizes findings from a review of the literature on whole-body vibration (WBV) and fatigue, in addition to looking at study designs and methodology for providing more rigorous investigations of the impact of WBV on fatigue and driver safety.
Oct 22, 2015
Report
STM3 2011 base: Model parameters and overview
This report summarises the parameters and the key features of the demand models used in the 2011 base version of the Sydney Strategic Travel Model (STM).
Oct 8, 2015
Journal Article
Automobility in Brazil, Russia, India, and China: Quo Vadis?
Toward which levels of automobility are the BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) headed?
Oct 5, 2015
Report
STM3 2011 base frequency, mode-destination and car ownership models
The report documents work to update version 3 of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM3) to work with a 2011 base year instead of a 2006 base year.
Sep 28, 2015
Report
STM3 modelling school days only
The report documents work to modify version 3 of the Sydney Strategic Model (STM3) to work with an average school day definition, rather than an average workday.
Sep 28, 2015
Report
Sydney Strategic Model Re-estimation: Mode-Destination Model
This report documents the re-estimation of the mode-destination model components of the Sydney Strategic Transport Model (STM).
Sep 28, 2015

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Aaron Kofner

Senior Research Programmer

Aaron Kofner is a senior research programmer who works extensively with Medicare, Medicaid, and private health claims datasets, cleaning and analyzing to report on cost, utilization, and health care quality. His interests include the evaluation of health care payment and delivery innovations,…
Jeremy M. Eckhause

Senior Operations Researcher

Jeremy Eckhause is a senior operations researcher at the RAND Corporation. He has over 20 years' experience developing novel applications of operations research to a variety of applications of interest for transportation, government, and defense agencies and services. He supports and leads…

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