Clik here to view.
Metro ExpressLanes preliminary report
Last week the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Autority, or LA Metro, released the preliminary data from the ExpressLanes program. ExpressLanes is a demonstration project with Metro and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mini-Bikes Safety Fact Sheet
We have several obscure items in our collection. One we stumbled across today was the Consumer Product Safety Commision's 1978 Fact Sheet on Mini-Bikes. They cite that at the time of writing, 31,000...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The California Greenhouse Gas Inventory Spreadsheet (GHGIS) Model
A new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Lab was issued last month that presents a new model for California's greenhouse gas emissions. Estimating Policy-Driven Greenhouse Gas Emissions...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Who Pays for Parking?
That's the question asked by a new report from the Sightline Institute. "Who Pays for Parking?" analyses 23 recently completed Seattle-area multi-family housing develops. Some of the findings include:...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New from ITDP: The Bike-Share Planning Guide
Last week the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy (ITDP) dropped a new document about bike-share. The Bike-Share Planning Guide provides an overview of bike-share systems...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New from FHWA: Human Factors Assessment of Pedestrian Roadway Crossing Behavior
Earlier this year FHWA issued a new research report as part of their ongoing research on pedestrian and bicycle safety. In Human Factors Assessment of Pedestrian Roadway Crossing Behavior, researchers...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New NCHRP Synthesis: Response to Extreme Weather Impacts on Transportation...
This week a new NCHRP Synthesis was published by TRB that covers the effects of extreme weather incidents, such as Hurricane Sandy, on transportation systems. NCHRP Synthesis Report 454: Response to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
In California, self-driving cars need a permit.
Yesterday California's 3-foot passing law for cars and bicycles took effect. New regulations from the California DMV about Autonomous Vehicles in California also took effect - all self-driving cars...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bike/Ped Data, Bike/Ped Planning
Here are a couple of Berkeley bike/ped related things to start off your week.First, this month NCHRP Report 797: Guidebook on Pedestrian and Bicycle Volume Data Collection has been published, which...
View ArticleClik here to view.
On Positive Train Control
flickr photo shared by m01229 under a Creative Commons ( BY ) licenseIt's been almost a week since the Philadelphia train derailment and people the question remains - would postive train control...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Report on LCA and Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Road Construction/Maintenance
flickr photo shared by pixeIhouse under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC-ND ) licenseA new whitepaper from the National Center for Sustainable Transportation and ITS Davis explores the relationship between...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New TRB Special Report on Technology-Enabled Transportation Services
flickr photo shared by noeltock under a Creative Commons ( BY-NC ) licenseLast week TRB Special Report 319: TRB Special Report 319: Between Public and Private Mobility: Examining the Rise of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New TRB E-circular-- Multimobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future...
flickr photo shared by twicepix under a Creative Commons ( BY-SA ) licenseThis week TRB E-Circular 210, Multimobility and Sharing Economy: Shaping the Future Market Through Policy and Research was...
View Article
