Commentary from Community Health and Environmental Policy

Community Health and Well-Being
How Pittsburgh Is Addressing Social and Economic Disparities
Jul 2, 2019

Pittsburgh has been taking a hard look at race, wealth, and opportunity. In partnership with RAND, the city has run and published its numbers on subjects ranging from police contacts to business ownership to graduation rates as part of a commitment to do better.
Transportation Safety
How to End U.S. Roadway Deaths by 2050
Jun 24, 2019

Tens of thousands of people die on American roads every year. Bringing that number down to zero by 2050 is possible. We would have to change how we think about road safety, stop accepting car crashes as accidents, and make smart investments in technology.
Water Resources Management
How to Ensure Quality Drinking Water Service for All? One Option Is Fewer Utilities.
Mar 26, 2019
David Catt, Michelle E. Miro, et al.

California's Human Right to Water Bill declares that “every human being has the right to safe, clean, affordable, and accessible water.” One clear barrier to reaching this target is the sheer number of small water utilities that pose service sustainability and public health risks to their customers.
Water Resources Management
How Water Systems Can Learn From Smart Electric Grids
Mar 22, 2019
Jalal Awan, Michelle E. Miro, et al.

As drought and population growth place increasing pressure on water supply, the need to save and efficiently manage Southern California's water resources becomes increasingly critical. A single information and communication technology platform could go a long way toward moving water utilities from reactive to proactive maintenance practices.
Autonomous Vehicles
Why AV Safety and Cybersecurity Need to Be Pursued in Tandem
Mar 20, 2019
Marjory S. Blumenthal

Safety and cybersecurity are generally pursued by separate teams within autonomous vehicle companies. A joint approach to standards could optimize safety and cybersecurity and reduce overall risks to autonomous vehicle operation.
Artificial Intelligence
The Promise and Perils of AI: Q&A with Douglas Yeung
Feb 27, 2019

Douglas Yeung, a social psychologist at RAND, discusses how any technology reflects the values, norms, and biases of its creators. Bias in artificial intelligence could have unintended consequences. He also warns that cyber attackers could deliberately introduce bias into AI systems.
Global Climate Change
Resilience and Adaptation Strategies Can Address the Impacts of Climate Change
Feb 26, 2019

With climate change already generating storms, heat waves, and droughts beyond historical norms, local governments need to do more to prepare. A decisionmaking framework developed by RAND allows communities to stress-test ideas, weigh the trade-offs, and plan for a range of possible futures.
Transportation Safety
How to Make Roads Safer for Autonomous Vehicles
Feb 6, 2019
Laura Fraade-Blanar

No matter how much developers test autonomous vehicles, the world will still present unforeseen circumstances for vehicles to navigate. Roadways and vehicle design could be modified to better accommodate both human error and the shortcomings of autonomous vehicle systems.
United States
State of the Union: Insights from RAND
Feb 6, 2019

To shed light on a wide range of topics that figured in President Trump's second State of the Union address, we've rounded up insights from some of RAND's objective and nonpartisan research, analysis, and expertise.
Global Climate Change
Triaging Climate Change
Jan 23, 2019
Benjamin Lee Preston @bl_preston, Johanna Nalau

There are many opportunities to manage climate risk around the world, but not everything can be saved. Delaying triage of climate damages could leave societies making ad hoc decisions instead of focusing on protecting the things they value most.
Artificial Intelligence
Does the United States Face an AI Ethics Gap?
Jan 11, 2019
Benjamin Boudreaux

Instead of worrying about an artificial intelligence “ethics gap,” U.S. policymakers and the military community could embrace a leadership role in AI ethics. This may help ensure that the AI arms race doesn't become a race to the bottom.
Data Breaches Could Cause Users to Opt Out of Sharing Personal Data. Then What?
Dec 28, 2018
Douglas Yeung @DouglasCYeung

As tech-based systems have become all but indispensable, many institutions might assume user data will be reliable, meaningful and, most of all, plentiful. But what if this data became unreliable, meaningless, or even scarce?

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How Pittsburgh Is Addressing Social and Economic Disparities

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