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Author | : Sarah Jo Peterson |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 535 |
Release | : 2019-12-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 0309493749 |
In 1920, state highway engineers, federal officials, and experts from academia were among a small group convened by the National Academy of Sciences to confront the problems of the highway. The public was entrusting them with billions of dollars for good roads, and World War I had proved the feasibility of moving freight long distances by truck. But even new highways were crumbling. They turned to research for solutions. The founders of the Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the generations that followed took on problems such as safety, social equity, and environmental issues. They embraced "total transportation," adapting their highway research model to urban transportation and then applying it to rail, marine, and aviation modes. Today TRB convenes thousands of researchers, practitioners, and administrators every year to advise the government, solve practical problems, foster innovation, and stimulate new research. In The Transportation Research Board, 1920â€"2020: Everyone Interested Is Invited, Sarah Jo Peterson tells the story of how people and institutions created and have continued to shape TRB. In a compelling narrative accompanied by more than 150 images exploring the history of transportation and research, she argues that TRB can be best understood as an infrastructureâ€"one that people purposely designed and devotedly maintained. Despite TRB's institutional complexity, its unique mission, the vast collection of acronyms in its orbit, and the significant changes to the organization in its first 100 years, Dr. Peterson provides a view from 30,000 feet, deftly describing the social, political, and economic context in which transportation (and TRB) functioned. At the same time, she attends to details of the key events, individuals, and human motivations that shaped TRB's evolution. The author's skills as a historian, her experience in the transportation field, and her manifest ability to tell a good story have produced a book that transportation professionals of all stripesâ€"and, for that matter, anyone interested in the history of transportation in the United Statesâ€"should find both engaging and informative and an essential addition to their library.
Author | : Sarah Jo Peterson |
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Total Pages | : 412 |
Release | : 2020 |
Genre | : Highway research |
ISBN | : 9780309493727 |
Author | : Robert Cervero |
Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 534 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : City planning |
ISBN | : 0309087953 |
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Release | : 2003 |
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Author | : Joel Volinski |
Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 105 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 030922361X |
The purpose of this synthesis was to document the past and current experiences of public transit agencies that have planned, implemented, and operated fare-free transit systems. The report concentrates on public transit agencies that are either direct recipients or sub-recipients of federal transit grants and provide fare-free service to everyone in their service area on every mode they provide. The report will be of interest to transit managers and staffs, small urban and rural areas, university, and resort communities, as well as stakeholders and policy makers at all levels who would be interested in knowing the social benefits and macro impacts of providing affordable mobility through fare-free public transit. A review of the relevant literature was conducted for this effort. Reports provide statistics on changes in levels of ridership associated with fare-free service. White papers or agency reports identified by the topic panel or discovered through interviews with fare-free transit managers were also reviewed. Through topic panel input, Internet searches, listserv communications, and APTA and TRB sources, the first comprehensive listing of public transit agencies that provide fare-free service in the United States was identified. A selected survey of these identified public transit agencies yielded an 82% response rate (32/39). The report offers a look at policy and administrative issues through survey responses. Five case studies, achieved through interviews, represent the three types of communities that were found to be most likely to adopt a fare-free policy: rural and small urban, university dominated, and resort communities.
Author | : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board |
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Author | : Division on Earth and Life Studies |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2008-07-16 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 0309185408 |
The Transportation Research Board (TRB) and the Division on Earth and Life Studies (DELS) have released the pre-publication version of TRB Special Report 290, The Potential Impacts of Climate Change on U.S. Transportation, which explores the consequences of climate change for U.S. transportation infrastructure and operations. The report provides an overview of the scientific consensus on the current and future climate changes of particular relevance to U.S. transportation, including the limits of present scientific understanding as to their precise timing, magnitude, and geographic location; identifies potential impacts on U.S. transportation and adaptation options; and offers recommendations for both research and actions that can be taken to prepare for climate change. The book also summarizes previous work on strategies for reducing transportation-related emissions of carbon dioxide--the primary greenhouse gas--that contribute to climate change. Five commissioned papers used by the committee to help develop the report, a summary of the report, and a National Academies press release associated with the report are available online. DELS, like TRB, is a division of the National Academies, which include the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, Institute of Medicine, and National Research Council.
Author | : Transit Cooperative Research Program |
Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 29 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0309087767 |
Accompanying CD-ROM contains full text of the manual, Microsoft Excel spreadsheets, and a library of related documents.
Author | : National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board |
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Total Pages | : 388 |
Release | : 1994 |
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Author | : National Research Council (U.S). Committee on Freight Transportation Data: a Framework for Development |
Publisher | : Transportation Research Board |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Freight and freightage |
ISBN | : 0309085705 |
Calls upon the Department of Transportation and its Bureau of Transportation Statistics to take the lead in coordinating freight data collection in the US. This work focuses on increasing the linkages between sources of data and filling data gaps to develop a source of timely and reliable data on freight flows. A national framework is needed.