Author: Morgan Kendrick

  • February 7th, 2025

Transportation is fundamental to the vibrancy of the Nation and facilitates economic prosperity and quality of life. It enables people to engage in productive pursuits and experience the social interactions that take full advantage of geographic specialization and diffusion. An efficient and resilient transportation system and its seamless operation underpin the overall efficiency and resilience […]

  • February 7th, 2025

For more than 20 years speeding has been involved in about one-third of all motor vehicle fatalities (NCSA, 2014, 2023). Even as new vehicle technologies improve driver and passenger safety, a driver’s propensity to drive too fast for the road conditions or more than the speed limit often has tragic consequences. The 2022-2023 National Survey […]

  • February 7th, 2025

This report formally presents TTAC’s recommendations to USDOT on these four topics. Although transportation encompasses more than walking, biking, driving, and riding, the Committee’s primary expertise and hence its advice center on surface transportation. Several key themes cut across TTAC’s recommendations. Read the full study here.

  • February 7th, 2025

One of the most common locations for fatal motor vehicle–bicyclist crashes is at intersections, which inherently have many conflicts related to turning. Reducing these conflicts is a key objective in improving intersection safety across all modes. Of particular concern for bicyclists’ safety at intersections are the conflicts between bicyclists travelling straight through the intersection and […]

  • February 7th, 2025

TRB’s Behavioral Traffic Safety Cooperative Research Program (BTSCRP) has released its annual report. BTSCRP provides practical, ready-to-implement solutions to save lives, prevent injuries, and reduce the costs of road traffic crashes associated with unsafe behaviors. The BTSCRP 2024 Annual Report highlights current and pending projects, sponsors, publications, and other details about the program. Read the full report […]

  • February 7th, 2025

The TRB Executive Committee Chair and Vice Chair hosted a special session to honor TRB award winners and engage in a fireside chat on creating cultures of innovation in policy, practice, and technology. Awardees: Sandi Rosenbloom, 2025 recipient of the Thomas. B. Deen Distinguished Lectureship Nuria Fernandez, 2025 recipient of the Frank Turner Medal for […]

  • January 30th, 2025

The U.S. Department of Transportation and Congress should direct and support states, localities, regional planning organizations, and other recipients of federal surface transportation funds to pilot test the use of metrics for informing transportation investments aimed at addressing the needs of all people in a deliberate and equitable manner. This is among the recommendations in TRB […]

  • January 30th, 2025

Since the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild our nation’s infrastructure, every state and region of this country has seen historic federal investments announced in roads and bridges, ports and airports, trains and transit. To date, more than $570 billion in BIL funding has been announced for more than […]

  • January 30th, 2025

The National Highway Safety Administration (NHTSA) estimates that 40,990 people died in motor vehicle crashes in the United Sates in 2023 (National Center for Statistics and Analysis, 2024a). Although this perilously high number represents a small decline in motor vehicle related fatalities compared to 2022 (3.6%), each death represents an unacceptable human, societal, and economic […]