TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Design Flexibility Considerations for Built Urban Environments DO - 10.17226/23027 PY - 2009 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23027/design-flexibility-considerations-for-built-urban-environments PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 337: Design Flexibility Considerations for Built Urban Environments explores issues related to the use of roadway design exceptions or variances. The report also examines processes designed to help manage the use of exceptions or variances, and highlights potential means to provide a timely procedure for addressing design exceptions or variances.Appendices A through D to NCHRP RRD 337 were not published as part of the report. They are linked to below.Appendix A Agency SurveyAppendix B Survey ResultsAppendix C RespondentsAppendix D Standards/Guideline Excerpts ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Guidebook for Mitigating Fixed-Route Bus-and-Pedestrian Collisions DO - 10.17226/23110 PY - 2008 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23110/guidebook-for-mitigating-fixed-route-bus-and-pedestrian-collisions PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 125: Guidebook for Mitigating Fixed-Route Bus-and-Pedestrian Collisions is designed to help assist small, medium, and large transit agencies and their community members in identifying preventative or remedial strategies for reducing the frequency and severity of bus-and-pedestrian collisions. The report explores strategies to mitigate collisions, includes case studies on the implementation of mitigating strategies, and highlights important considerations associated with improving pedestrian safety around transit buses. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - The Role of Transit, Shared Modes, and Public Policy in the New Mobility Landscape DO - 10.17226/26053 PY - 2021 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26053/the-role-of-transit-shared-modes-and-public-policy-in-the-new-mobility-landscape PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - If combined with public transit and increased in scale, shared modes of transportation, such as ride-hailing, scooter sharing and bike sharing, can enhance mobility, equity, and sustainability in metropolitan areas. Cities, transit agencies, and shared mobility providers should collaborate in goal-setting, experimentation, testing, and implementation. These are among the findings in TRB Special Report 337: The Role of Transit, Shared Modes, and Public Policy in the New Mobility Landscape, from TRB of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. The report's authors recommend deliberate and strategic measures in order to realize the full and potentially transformative benefits of shared services. These measures include providing travelers with real- or near real-time information on combinations of available price and service offerings, smartphone applications that simplify the process of arranging and paying for the use of multiple transportation modes for a single trip, and more public sector coordination of services across modes and jurisdictions. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Benefit/Cost Analysis of Converting a Lane for Bus Rapid Transit DO - 10.17226/23025 PY - 2009 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23025/benefitcost-analysis-of-converting-a-lane-for-bus-rapid-transit PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Results Digest 336: Benefit/Cost Analysis of Converting a Lane for Bus Rapid Transit examines issues, potential solutions, and outstanding questions related to converting a roadway lane to bus rapid transit use. The appendixes to RRD 336 are available online. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Marshall Elizer A2 - Jay Bockisch A2 - Michael Sewell A2 - Ingrid Potts A2 - Darren Torbic A2 - Joe Gilpin TI - Design Guide for Low-Speed Multimodal Roadways DO - 10.17226/25248 PY - 2018 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25248/design-guide-for-low-speed-multimodal-roadways PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 880: Design Guide for Low-Speed Multimodal Roadways provides best practice guidance by referencing a range of acceptable elements, criteria, and values for critical dimensions for design of low- to intermediate-speed roadways with a mix of users. The report assists designers in establishing a balance between operational efficiency, comfort, safety, and convenience for modes on the low- and intermediate-speed roadways. Low to intermediate speed is defined as 45 miles per hour and lower design speed for the purpose of this report. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Kittelson & Associates, Bluemac Analytics, Irwin Writing/Editing TI - Foreseeing the Impact of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Transportation DO - 10.17226/25580 PY - 2019 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25580/foreseeing-the-impact-of-transformational-technologies-on-land-use-and-transportation PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Examples of transformational technologies—many are discussed in technical and popular media—include wireless telecommunications, shared vehicles, connected vehicles, fully autonomous vehicles, alternative-fuel vehicles, smart cities and communities, big data analytics, internet-of-things, as well as UAVs or drones, 3-D printing, and more.Public agencies face significant challenges continuing to perform their governmental functions in the face of the private sector’s prodigious output of these new technologies. Agencies need to rethink how they develop their policies and plans—and they need to obtain new expertise.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 924: Foreseeing the Impact of Transformational Technologies on Land Use and Transportation reviews the characteristics of new transportation-related technologies and their applications in the transportation sector and explores a wide variety of potential impacts on areas such as travel and land use and planning projects. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Bus Transit Service in Land Development Planning DO - 10.17226/14002 PY - 2006 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14002/bus-transit-service-in-land-development-planning PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 67: Bus Transit Service in Land Development Planning examines successful strategies that assist in the incorporation of bus transit service into land developments, as well as the challenges that transit agencies face when attempting to do so. The report also explores the state of the practice regarding the use and components of transit agency development guidelines. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Jason Hanlin A2 - Darby Reddaway A2 - Julia Lane TI - Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice DO - 10.17226/25061 PY - 2018 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25061/battery-electric-buses-state-of-the-practice PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 130: Battery Electric Buses—State of the Practice documents current practices of transit systems in the planning, procurement, infrastructure installation, operation, and maintenance of battery electric buses (BEBs). The synthesis is intended for transit agencies that are interested in understanding the potential benefits and challenges associated with the introduction and operation of battery electric buses. The synthesis will also be valuable to manufacturers trying to better meet the needs of their customers and to federal, state, and local funding agencies and policy makers. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Conor Semler A2 - Meredyth Sanders A2 - Camilla Dartnell A2 - Mike Alston A2 - Sophia Semensky A2 - Laura Ahramjian A2 - Katie Taylor A2 - Rebecca Sanders A2 - Mary Elbech A2 - Zach Vanderkooy TI - Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation: A Guide DO - 10.17226/26788 PY - 2023 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26788/roadway-cross-section-reallocation-a-guide PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Streets make up more than 80 percent of public space in cities and towns. From one edge of the right-of-way to the other, planners, engineers, and community groups are coming together to decide how they want to allocate this precious resource.NCHRP Research Report 1036: Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation: A Guide, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, describes how street design decisions impact communities and clarifies how different street elements influence not just transportation outcomes, but livability, economic and environmental health, equity, and many other concerns.Supplemental to the report are NCHRP Web-Only Document 342: Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation: Conduct of Research Report and two Decision-Making Spreadsheet Tools, one on Reconstruction and another on Repaving. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Daniel K. Boyle TI - Better On-Street Bus Stops DO - 10.17226/22175 PY - 2015 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22175/better-on-street-bus-stops PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Synthesis 117: Better On-Street Bus Stops explores major issues and successful approaches to address on-street bus stops from both the transit agency’s perspective and customer's perspective. It documents the current state of the practice with regard to actions taken to address constraints and improvements to on-street bus stops. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Multimodal Level of Service Analysis for Urban Streets: Users Guide DO - 10.17226/23086 PY - 2008 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/23086/multimodal-level-of-service-analysis-for-urban-streets-users-guide PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 128, Multimodal Level of Service Analysis for Urban Streets: Users Guide explores a set of procedures for predicting traveler perceptions of quality of service and performance measures for urban streets. Quality of service and performance are considered in terms of the needs of auto drivers, bus passengers, bicyclists, and pedestrians. The final report on development of the multimodal level of service analysis for unban streets was published by TRB as NCHRP Report 616. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Institute of Medicine AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Erin Rusch TI - Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization: Workshop in Brief DO - 10.17226/21847 PY - 2015 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21847/bringing-public-health-into-urban-revitalization-workshop-in-brief PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Health and Medicine AB - On November 10, 2014, the Roundtable on Environmental Health Sciences, Research, and Medicine held a 1-day workshop titled "Bringing Public Health into Urban Revitalization." The purpose of the workshop was to explore public health issues related to the redesign of major U.S. cities, focusing on recent examples from Detroit, Michigan; New York City; and Washington, DC. Workshop speakers showed how rebuilding efforts provide an opportunity to reimagine the built environment, increase a sense of community, increase the role of public health departments and health systems, and increase the use of green technologies. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Herbert Levinson A2 - Samuel Zimmerman A2 - Jennifer Clinger A2 - Scott Rutherford A2 - Rodney Smith A2 - John Cracknell A2 - Richard Soberman TI - Bus Rapid Transit, Volume 2: Implementation Guidelines DO - 10.17226/21947 PY - 2003 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/21947/bus-rapid-transit-volume-2-implementation-guidelines PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Report 90: Bus Rapid Transit, Volume 2: Implementation Guidelines discusses the main components of bus rapid transit (BRT) and describes BRT concepts, planning considerations, key issues, the system development process, desirable conditions for BRT, and general planning principles. It also provides an overview of system types. Bus Rapid Transit, Volume 1: Case Studies in Bus Rapid Transit was released in July 2003.March 29, 2008 Erratta Notice -- On page 4-11, in the top row of Figure 4-7, in the last column, the cross street green for the 80 sec cycle is incorrectly listed as 26 sec. It should be 36 sec. ER - TY - BOOK AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Linda Casola TI - Using Research and Technology to Address Compounding Disparities: Proceedings of a Workshop–in Brief DO - 10.17226/25738 PY - 2020 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25738/using-research-and-technology-to-address-compounding-disparities-proceedings-of PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Policy for Science and Technology AB - A multi-sectoral, interdisciplinary approach to understanding the dimensions and determinants of social disparities and their intersections is necessary to work toward equity and equality of opportunity as rapid technology innovation changes the future of work. To examine the matter, the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable held a workshop at the National Academy of Sciences on October 15-16, 2019 to consider how the research community of federal and state governments, academia, companies, and other actors can take institutional and collective action to identify and address disparities at the intersections that will make interventions most effective. The workshop explored how research institutions act as anchors in their communities to reach marginalized populations and considered best practices for community engagement. This publication summarizes the presentation and discussion of the workshop. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Laura Sandt TI - E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions DO - 10.17226/26756 PY - 2022 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26756/e-scooter-safety-issues-and-solutions PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Many communities with electric‐scooter (e‐scooter) programs have observed social, health, and environmental benefits; enhanced multimodal connections; and positive economic impacts (such as those derived by delivery services and couriers using e‐scooters and the resultant jobs created). However, these effects are often accompanied by real and perceived safety challenges. The TRB Behavioral Transportation Safety Cooperative Research Program's BTSCRP Research Results Digest 1: E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions is an initial deliverable to a larger ongoing project, in the form of a literature review, that identifies emerging behavioral safety issues arising from the expanding use of e-scooters and summarizes how cities are working to prevent and mitigate injuries. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Laura Sandt A2 - Dan Gelinne A2 - Alyson West A2 - Kathrine J. Harmon A2 - Kristin Blank A2 - Meg Bryson A2 - Tabitha Combs A2 - Christopher R. Cherry A2 - Emma Sexton A2 - Nitesh Shah A2 - Yi Wen A2 - Mojdeh Azad A2 - Ashkan Neshagarian A2 - Regina Clewlow A2 - Stephanie Seki A2 - Charles T. Brown A2 - Rebecca Sanders TI - E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions DO - 10.17226/27252 PY - 2023 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27252/e-scooter-safety-issues-and-solutions PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Electric scooter (or e-scooter) usage continues to expand worldwide with shared, rented, and privately owned devices. While many communities with e-scooter sharing programs have observed social, health, economic, and environmental benefits of enhanced multimodal travel and having more alternatives to vehicle use, these effects are often accompanied by real and perceived safety challenges.BTSCRP Web-Only Document 5: E-Scooter Safety: Issues and Solutions, from TRB's Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program, seeks to build upon existing research to date, identify key gaps in knowledge and data related to e-scooter behavioral safety, and develop evidence-based guidance that can enhance the coordination of behavioral safety programs and countermeasures with a broader toolbox of approaches to improve safety for all road users.The document is supplemental to BTSCRP Research Report 9: E-Scooter Safety Toolbox. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - State and Local Impacts of Automated Freight Transportation Systems DO - 10.17226/27076 PY - 2023 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27076/state-and-local-impacts-of-automated-freight-transportation-systems PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Policy-makers and planners must balance the benefits of operating freight automated vehicles (FAVs) with the additional burden they could place on state agencies and local jurisdictions.NCHRP Research Report 1028: State and Local Impacts of Automated Freight Transportation Systems, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, details the impact of FAVs on state and local agencies and authorities.While the benefits of FAV operation are recognized, it is unclear how state and local agencies can integrate FAVs safely and effectively into public infrastructure. The report focuses on the modes of transportation that will be affected by FAVs, including trucks, drones, ships, and railways, as well as the possible interaction with terminal operations and other shipping and receiving systems.Supplemental to the report is Appendix E. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Matthew Blaschke A2 - Lacy Brown A2 - Karen K. Dixon A2 - Eun Sug Park A2 - Maryam Shirinzad A2 - Jim L. Gattis A2 - Robert Layton A2 - Vergil Stover A2 - Phil Demosthenes A2 - Larry Sutherland A2 - Herbert Levinson TI - Access Management in the Vicinity of Interchanges, Volume 1: Practitioner’s Guide DO - 10.17226/26502 PY - 2022 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26502/access-management-in-the-vicinity-of-interchanges-volume-1-practitioners-guide PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Careful management of access points along crossroads in the vicinity of interchanges can help enhance operational and safety performance at these complex, transportation facilities.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 977: Access Management in the Vicinity of Interchanges, Volume 1: Practitioner’s Guide provides an overview of common interchange configurations and the known impacts of access management on crossroads at these locations.Supplemental to the report is NCHRP Research Report 977: Access Management in the Vicinity of Interchanges, Volume 2: Research Overview; a suite of PowerPoint slides on the Importance of Access Management, Influential Factors, Assessment Methods, a Case Study Example, and Management Methods; and the Access Management Interchange Decision Tool, which is a spreadsheet for estimating expected corridor speeds as they relate to driveway spacing guidelines. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Meghan Mitman A2 - Alex Rixey A2 - Tory Gibler A2 - Amanda Howell A2 - Tiffany Swift A2 - Rachel Weinberger A2 - Jay Primus A2 - Sarah Abel TI - Dynamic Curbside Management: Keeping Pace with New and Emerging Mobility and Technology in the Public Right-of-Way, Part 1: Dynamic Curbside Management Guide and Part 2: Conduct of Research Report DO - 10.17226/26718 PY - 2022 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26718/dynamic-curbside-management-keeping-pace-with-new-and-emerging-mobility-and-technology-in-the-public-right-of-way-part-1-dynamic-curbside-management-guide-and-part-2-conduct-of-research-report PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Dynamic curbside management has been the purview of cities, with much of the relevant research and guidance directed toward local transportation agencies. However, state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and other regional agencies can be important partners for these local entities because, in many cases, roadways and other curb zone elements are part of the regional or state network.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 340: Dynamic Curbside Management: Keeping Pace with New and Emerging Mobility and Technology in the Public Right-of-Way, Part 1: Dynamic Curbside Management Guide and Part 2: Conduct of Research Report is designed to help practitioners at state DOTs, MPOs, and local jurisdictions build data-driven understanding, allocation, and operation of the curb based on community values.Supplemental to the document are a Quick Start Summary of the research and a Presentation summarizing the project. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Conor Semler A2 - Meredyth Sanders A2 - Rebecca Sanders A2 - Mary Elbech A2 - Sarah Searcy A2 - Steve Bert A2 - Ishtiak Ahmed A2 - Chase Nichols TI - Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation: Conduct of Research Report DO - 10.17226/27296 PY - 2023 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27296/roadway-cross-section-reallocation-conduct-of-research-report PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - Trade-offs between uses of roadway cross sections are understood through a variety of lenses, from safety and operations to comfort and mode choice. Estimates of the impacts of cross-section decision-making on outcome measures include environmental, equity, and economy.NCHRP Web-Only Document 342: Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation: Conduct of Research Report, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 1036: Roadway Cross-Section Reallocation: A Guide. ER -