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- Assessing Leadership Influences Within Public Involvement Programs for Transportation Projects: A Mixed-methods Study
This study looks into the current system and requirements of public involvement and interaction with policymakers in projects in the transportation industry.
- Better Use of Public Dollars: Economic Impact Analysis in Transportation Decision Making
This policy research paper investigates methods of using economic impact analysis for a more effective, transparent, and accountable use of transportation funding.
- Efficiency in Transportation – Community and State Transportation Efficiency Planning in Vermont
This report briefly summarizes policies and planning documents related to transportation efficiency planning in Vermont.
- Livability Literature Review: A Synthesis of Current Practice
This literature review provides clarity on the concept of livability and summarizes current livability strategies included in planning documents.
- Metropolitan Area Transportation Planning for Healthy Communities
This white paper outlines a framework for MPOs to consider public health as an element of transportation planning.
- Transport Survey Methods, Best Practice for Decision Making
This book compiles the travel behavior research strategies discussed at the 9th International Conference on Transport Survey Methods, held in 2011.
- Effects of the Built Environment on Transportation: Energy Use, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, and Other Factors
This policy research paper investigates the impact of transportation infrastructure and policies on energy usage and economic conditions of urban communities.
- Energy Intensive Infrastructure Investments with Retrofits in Continuous Time: Effects of Uncertainty on Energy Use and Carbon Emissions
This policy research paper investigates infrastructure investments and retrofits, providing analysis of the efficiencies and environmental impacts of infrastructure investment decisions.
- Assessing the Extent and Determinants of Induced Growth
This research developed an assessment process for Montana practitioners to determine the indirect effects of transportation projects on local land use.
- How to Improve Performance on Corridors of National Significance
This research summarized current practices for corridor management and developed a maturity model as a self-assessment tool for agencies managing corridors.
- Life-cycle Energy Implications of Different Residential Settings : Recognizing Buildings, Travel, and Public Infrastructure
This research uses models to examine the relationship between land use and energy consumption in neighborhoods.
- Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs) Mitigation Measures
This report analyzes the seven priority Mobile Source Air Toxics (MSATs) included in planning documents relevant to NYSDOT, and considers measures to reduce emissions and consequent health risks.
- Incorporating Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions in Long Range Transportation Planning Final Report
The research investigates strategies that Texas practitioners can use to include emissions measures in long term planning documents.
- Regional Decision-Making and Competitive Funding: Metropolitan Planning Organizations and the Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery Program
This report investigates the relationship between local planning processes and federal funding programming.
- Institutionalizing Safety in Transportation Planning Processes: Techniques, Tactics, and Strategies
This guidebook addresses the process of incorporating safety measures into transportation planning.
- Transportation Planning to Support Economic Development: An Exploratory Study of Competitive Industry Clusters and Transportation in Minnesota
This report examines the clustering of industries in Minnesota and the relationship between transportation patterns and economic growth.
- The growing distance between people and jobs in metropolitan America
This report analyzes the effects of suburbanization on job opportunities in recent years as commute distances have grown.
- Project Consistency with Transportation Plans and Air Quality Conformity Workshops: Technical Report
TxDOT summarizes the results of training workshops on project consistency and air quality conformity.
- Evaluation of Existing Smartphone Applications and Data Needs for Travel Surveys
The report discusses the use of smartphones as a vehicle for travel surveys in Texas.
- Examining the Effects of Transportation Governance on Infrastructure Adaptation to Climate Change
This report brings together the findings from several projects that seek a better understanding of the factors that influence decision-making in relation to adaptation to climate change.
- Cognitive Maps for Route Choice Modeling
This report discusses the potential for incorporating cognitive maps into models of users’ route choices.
- Adapting Transport Infrastructure to Climate Change: How to Protect Assets Against Increased Risks from Extreme Weather
The International Transport Forum discusses risks that climate change poses for transportation assets, and development of assessment tools.
- A Multi-Objective Sustainable Model for Transportation Asset Management Practices
This report includes a literature review and overview of tools to facilitate selection of performance measures that promote sustainable transportation asset management (TAM) practices.
- Multi-Modal Performance Measures in Oregon: Developing a Transportation Cost Index Based Upon Multi-Modal Network and Land Use Information
This report introduces implementation strategies for the Transportation Cost Index (TCI) as a tool that standardizes performance measurement.
- School Transportation: Development of an Education Module and Workshops on Multi-modal Costs
This research project produced an educational module and a practitioner tool to facilitate school siting decisions that take transportation costs into account.