News & Updates

Connected Commuting – This study examines the potential benefits of connecting commuters to one another through mobile phone apps. It seeks to compare experiences of connected and unconnected commuters, and examines the kinds of information commuters share with each other. U.S. Transportation Construction Market Forecast 2013 – This report forecasts the U.S. transportation construction infrastructure [...]
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Motor Vehicle Crashes, Injuries, and Deaths in Relation to Driver Age: United States, 1995 – 2010 – This brief note provides an overview of 2011 traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities on the nation’s highways and compares them with 2010 data. Analysis of Managed Lanes on Freeway Facilities – This report documents and presents the results [...]
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Pocket Guide to Florida Transportation Trends and Conditions – 2012 – This publication provides information on transportation and transportation-related issues: the travel demand for transportation facilities and services; the current system or supply of transportation; the impacts of the transportation system on our society; and transportation resources, expenditures and costs. 2011 Motor Vehicle Crashes: Overview [...]
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Evaluation of Driver Behavior to Hydroplaning in the State of Florida Using Driving Simulation – This project, through a driving simulator, investigates patterns of driver behavior during various rainfall events using different roadway geometries. Motor Vehicle Crashes, Injuries, and Deaths in Relation to Driver Age: United States, 1995 – 2010 – This study examines changes [...]
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2011 Florida Traffic Crash Statistics report – This annual report summarizes modal crashes, fatalities and injuries on Florida roads. Five-year comparisons by county are also available for alcohol-related, motorcyclist and commercial motor vehicle crashes and fatalities. Seat Belt Use in 2012 – Overall Results – This National Occupant Protection Use Survey provides nationwide probability-based observed [...]
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Impact of Baby Boomers on U.S. Travel, 1969 to 2009 – This report summarizes the travel behavior of the Baby Boomer Generation by analyzing the results from the National Household Travel Surveys and provides policy recommendations to address baby boomer travel needs as they reach retirement. Interactions Between Transportation Capacity, Economic Systems, and Land Use [...]
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Expanded Transportation Performance Measures to Supplement Level of Service (LOS) for Growth Management and Transportation Impact Analysis – This report identifies numerous performance measures in five major categories: infrastructure and environment, system utilization, user perception, safety, and sustainability; describes four Florida community systems and their review methods; and reviews two development scenarios to compare how [...]
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Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment – This report examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables on the coasts of the U.S.. It describes the impacts on natural and human systems, including several major sectors of the U.S. economy, and the progress and challenges [...]
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AASHTO Peer Exchange: Communicating Transportation Funding Issues – This peer exchange shares emerging and best practices that state DOTs are using to better communicate the complex issues surrounding finance, funding, planning, and project selection with the general public and the users of the transportation system; identifies successful case studies of communication techniques by state DOTs; [...]
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Curbing Teen Driver Crashes: An In-Depth Look at State Initiatives – This report takes an in-depth look at what states are doing to address teen driver safety in six key areas: Strengthening GDL laws to ensure states have essential elements that address crash risk and skill building; Ensuring understanding and enforcement of GDL laws by [...]
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