Substantial federal assistance allowed GM and Chrysler to restructure their costs and improve their financial condition. Through federally-funded r...

While Congress has been interested in high speed rail (HSR) since the 1960s, the provision of $8 billion for intercity passenger rail projects in t...

The federal government collect revenues from taxes paid by highway users, mostly from those levied on gasoline and diesel fuel, and credits them to...

According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), 37,133 people lost their lives in accidents on U.S. roadways in 2017 1. Th...

Fatalities on U.S. roads now total over 40,000 each year. Future reductions may require the Department of Transportation (DOT) to address new trend...

The Highway Trust Fund is the principal mechanism for funding federal highway and transit programs through receipts from excise taxes charged to hi...

The steep rise in road mobility that has taken place during the last decades has resulted in some negative effects that are relevant from a social ...

Cruise ships are the single largest passenger conveyances in the world, with one ship currently in service that can carry more than 8,500 passenger...

This book questions the ethics of government officials' and automobile industry representatives' strategies to promote automobiles over other forms...

Local road practitioners across the country play a critical role in addressing crash risks at the local level and may be able to identify the speci...

Impaired-driving task forces exist to address problems caused by impaired driving primarily through enforcement and education activities. These tas...

The idea of designing and building quieter pavements is not new, but in recent years there has been a groundswell of interest in making this a high...

Finding cost-effective options to mitigate recurrent and non-recurrent congestion on freeway facilities is one of the most significant challenges S...

Federal law requires state and local governments to designate a metropolitan planning organisation (MPO) in each urbanised area with a population o...

Trespassing is the leading cause of rail-related fatalities in the United States. A large proportion of these trespasser fatalities are from intent...

Flight delays have beset the U.S. national airspace system. In 2007, more than one-quarter of all flights either arrived late or were cancelled acr...

This book deals with new research in the fields of passenger and freight transportation modes: policy analysis, formulation and evaluation; plannin...

The Next Generation Air Transportation System, or NextGen, is the transformation of the radar-based air traffic control system of today to a satell...

The population of adults 65 and older is the fastest growing demographic in the United States. It is estimated that by 2030, drivers over 65 will r...

The continued growth in travel along congested urban freeway corridors is exceeding the ability of transportation agencies to provide sufficient ro...

Through the New Starts program, the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) evaluates and recommends new fixed guideway transit projects for funding u...

Growing demands on the transportation system and constraints on public resources have led to calls for more private sector involvement in the provi...

Growing demands on the transportation system and constraints on public resources have led to calls for more private sector involvement in the provi...

Transportation agencies around the world continue to face fiscal challenges caused by the growing gap between the costs of preserving and expanding...