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News Release
Changes in Funding, Finance Policies Could Help U.S. Airports Prepare for Future Demand
Changes in federal policies could help ensure U.S. commercial airports are able to draw on sufficient and stable sources of revenue to maintain existing capacity, accommodate growth and support a safe, sustainable national airspace system in the coming decades.
Jan 14, 2020
Report
U.S. Airport Infrastructure Funding and Financing
Passenger air travel is at an all-time high, and demand for it is expected to rise. Will current levels of spending under existing federal policies be sufficient to enable commercial airports to make the infrastructure investments needed to meet that demand?
Jan 14, 2020
Report
U.S. Airport Infrastructure Funding and Financing: Issues and Policy Options Pursuant to Section 122 of the 2018 Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization Act: Executive Summary
Passenger air travel is at an all-time high, and airports are investing in the infrastructure needed to meet demand. This document summarizes the full report's review of the federal government's role in airport infrastructure funding and financing.
Jan 14, 2020
Report
Implementing a New Mobility Vision for Rancho Higuera in a Deeply Uncertain, Fast-Changing World: Results from RAND Corporation Participatory Local Planning Workshops
Culver City seeks to reimagine mobility, shifting from cars to other transit modes. A RAND team helped the city develop an implementation plan using decision making under deep uncertainty (DMDU) methods embedded in a participatory "shadow" process.
Jan 3, 2020
Report
Acquisition and Use of MANPADS Against Commercial Aviation: Risks, Proliferation, Mitigation, and Cost of an Attack
This report provides a summary of the risks, proliferation, costs of man-portable air defense system attacks against commercial aviation targets. It also presents mitigation options against such an attack.
Dec 30, 2019
Multimedia
Built to Last: Planning and Funding Resilient Infrastructure
Debra Knopman and Sarah Weilant discuss current and historical congressional spending on infrastructure, four key elements for building resilience into transportation projects, and recommendations for policymakers.
Dec 6, 2019
Blog
Veterans, Autonomous Vehicles, Digital Protests: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on preventing veteran suicide, who's responsible when a car is hacked, how digital protests can affect Fortune 500 companies, and more.
Nov 8, 2019
Blog
When Driverless Cars Were a Remote Idea
Researchers at RAND have been working on the technology behind driverless vehicles for over 50 years. From 1968 to the present, studies have involved remote-controlled drones, military land vehicles, autonomous submarines, and the safety and liability issues of self-driving cars.
Nov 1, 2019
Periodical
RAND Review: November-December 2019
This issue spotlights research on veteran suicide; liability implications of driverless cars; and new approaches to improving the post-incarceration experience. The Giving column highlights a million-dollar gift to fund research on homeless veterans.
Oct 28, 2019
Essay
Who's Responsible When Your Car Gets Hacked?
Cars are becoming
Oct 23, 2019
Blog
School Start Times, Streaming Apps, Brexit: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on later school start times, how streaming apps could help Americans be more active, the latest Brexit news, and more.
Oct 18, 2019
Report
Could Autonomous Drones Make Blood Deliveries?
Blood must be transported and stored in a certain way, and it has a finite shelf life. Unmanned systems offer flexibility in chaotic or uncertain environments. Could autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles make the military's blood supply network more resilient?
Oct 18, 2019
Report
Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Planning
A resilient transportation system is one in which critical assets are not exposed to hazards or, if they are, there is sufficient capacity to mitigate the negative effects. How can transportation planners better incorporate resilience into their decisionmaking?
Oct 16, 2019
Journal Article
Sacramento Area Council of Governments Peer Review
This is a peer review of Robust Decision Making, an exploratory modeling approach for informing decisions under deep uncertainty, and the Exploratory Analysis and Modeling Tool, focusing applications for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments.
Sep 25, 2019
Commentary
Bargain-Hunting Robocars Could Spell the End for Downtown Parking: Cities Need to Plan Ahead Now
Imagine a scene from the near-future: You get dropped off downtown by a driverless car. You slam the door and head into your office or appointment. But then where does the autonomous vehicle go? It's a question that cities would be wise to consider now. Self-driving cars may be on the roads within the next decade or two.
Aug 29, 2019
Report
Approaches to Strategic Sealift Readiness
The authors examine the readiness of the strategic sealift fleet and its management. They determine that many factors can be improved to increase readiness and make recommendations toward that end.
Aug 8, 2019
Report
What Correctional Institutions Need to Address Security Challenges
Some threats to the security of correctional institutions, such as violence, escape attempts, and contraband, are as old as the institutions themselves. But as society and technology evolve, new threats are emerging, including hacking, synthetic drugs, and drones.
Jul 31, 2019
Blog
Youth Sports, Autonomous Vehicles, Mental Health: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on why low-income children aren't playing sports, who's liable when autonomous vehicles get hacked, supporting children with mental health issues, and more.
Jul 19, 2019
Research Brief
When an Autonomous Vehicle Is Hacked, Who Is Liable?
Hacks on autonomous vehicles could lead to deaths, property destruction, ransomware attacks, or data theft. Several scenarios illustrate the policy challenges facing the civil legal system, insurers, and others.
Jul 12, 2019
Report
When Autonomous Vehicles Are Hacked, Who Is Liable?
The arrival of autonomous vehicles (AVs) on the roads will require policymakers, industry, and the public to adapt to the risk of hackers attacking these vehicles. RAND researchers explored the civil liability issues related to hacked AVs.
Jul 12, 2019

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Transportation

Topic Synonyms:
Transportation Infrastructure

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Nidhi Kalra

Senior Information Scientist

Nidhi Kalra (she/her) is a senior information scientist at the RAND Corporation. Her research focuses climate change mitigation, adaptation, and decarbonization planning, as well as tools and methods that help people and organizations make better decisions amid deep uncertainty. She is an…
Mark Alan Hanson

Senior Quantitative Analyst

Mark Hanson is a senior quantitative analyst at the RAND Corporation, and an adjunct associate professor at the Price School of Public Policy at the University of Southern California. His research interests include healthcare quality, environmental sustainability, transportation planning, urban…

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