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Recent transit and transportation research
New And Powerful Transportation Research Tool: Metro Library Launches Robust Catalog Portal
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Just in time for the holidays, we are pleased to make this major announcement: This afternoon, we rolled out our new online public access catalog. Times change — and so does technology. After 11 years with our previous system, it…
From Fuel Taxes To Mileage-Based User Fees: Rationale, Technology & Transitional Issues
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This week, the University of Minnesota’s Intelligent Transportation Systems Institute has released a final report which looks at the viability and implications of shifting from fuel taxes to mileage-based user fees. Two national commissions established by the U.S. Congress recommend…
How We Travel: A Sustainable National Program For Travel Data
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The U.S. transportation system serves hundreds of millions of travelers and handles millions of tons of freight each day to help ensure the efficient movement of peopl eand goods in support of personal goals and domestic and international commerce. A…
A Closer Look At Failure To Act: The Economic Impact Of Current Investment Trends In Surface Transportation Infrastructure
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The nation’s surface transportation infrastructure includes the critical highways, bridges, railroads, and transit systems that enable people and goods to access the markets, services, and inputs of production essential to America’s economic vitality. For many years, the nation’s surface transportation…
A Closer Look At Three Vital Reports On Transportation & Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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This month, no less than three new reports worth a closer look have been published regarding transportation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro) published the first two reports — each dealing with the…
Jumpstarting The Transit Space Race, Transit Climate Action Strategy & The Next 50 Years
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If you’re looking for current information on the state of public transit projects across the United States, there might be no better resource than Jumpstarting The Transit Space Race, 2011: A Catalog And Analysis Of Planned And Proposed Transit Projects…
Recent Research: The Case For Business Investment In High-Speed Rail & A New Strategy For America’s Highways
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APTA has released a new report titled The Case For Business Investment In High-Speed And Intercity Passenger Rail (9p. PDF). The overall growth in the U.S. rail passenger market growing at an impressive rate. Of the 35 light rail systems…
Research Roundup: ARRA Meets Passenger Rail, Overlooked Density & The Use Of Advance Construction
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In January, 2010, President Obama announced that 31 states and the District of Columbia would receive $8 billion in funds from the American Recovery And Reinvestment Act to plan, develop, and construct high-speed and intercity passenger rail projects in corridors around…
Research Roundup: A Closer Look At Transportation Policies — Energy Security Is National Security
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Despite transportation accounting for 70% of U.S. oil consumption, energy and transportation policy have historically been devised and implemented in wholly disparate spheres. Transportation projects, whether highways, public transit, or port upgrades, are neither developed nor operated with any consideration…