Transportation » Works of Interest
Department for Transport, United Kingdom, 2006.
Within the context of the United Kingdom's commitment to sustainable development, the report investigates the links that transportation has to economic productivity, growth and stability.
The full report is available in sections here.
Passenger Rail Working Group of the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission, December 2007.
This report calls for building substantially upon the existing network of intercity passenger rail to enhance national and intercity connectivity.
The National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission's website is here.
The National Surface Transportation Infrastructure Financing Commission's website is here.
American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, 2007.
In this report, AASHTO presents its recommendations regarding highway, transit, rail, safety, revenue, and federal issues. They argue that an effective future system will require a multi-modal approach of preservation, improved system performance, and new capacity in every mode. It will also require solutions addressing land use, energy, global climate change, the environment, and community quality of life.
The six other AASHTO reports prepared for the National Commission are available here.
Ehrlich, Everett. Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2005.
This report calls for investing in infrastructure based on the economic returns, ensuring that money goes to projects with the highest total rates of return once social costs and benefits are measured.
For a brief summary, click here.
Urban Land Institute, 2007.
Using interviews with state transportation officials as primary sources, the report highlights the underinvestment and resulting congestion, unreliability, and deterioration of transportation infrastructure. The report recommends increased investment, integrated land use and infrastructure planning, a clear, nationally integrated transportation policy, and a pass through to consumers of the full cost of transportation.
Harrington, Winston and Virginia McConnell. Resources For the Future (RFF), 2003.
This study reviews the negative effects of vehicles and vehicle use on the environment - air pollution, climate change, urban sprawl - and assesses the policies available to manage those effects. It reviews the methods used for measuring the external costs of vehicle use and summarizes approaches for evaluating policies, including cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit analyses.
A project of the Regional Plan Association.
A project of the Brookings Institution.
