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In 2021, Congress passed the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, also known as the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL), which reauthorized surface transportation programs. This legislation allocated approximately $350 billion over a 5-year period to Federal highway programs with a focus on repairing roadways and bridges, with the opportunity to create jobs, boost the economy, and […]
Many of the bridges that Americans drive over each day need repairs. To help repair and replace these bridges, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act established a new grant program—the Bridge Investment Program. The act provided $12.5 billion over 5 years for the program. The act also includes a provision for GAO to review DOT’s […]
The Alabama Crash Facts Book (CFB) is an annual publication produced in part by CAPS that provides a wide breadth of traffic safety statistics for a variety of constituencies. While most of the users of the CFB are traffic safety personnel, this publication is also intended to serve as a public information conduit. Read the […]
This research report has valuable insights for city planners, legislators, public health organizations, bike advocacy groups, insurance companies, and researchers. It examines the effects of Stop-as-Yield laws on bicyclist safety and behavior, showing associations with reduced crash rates at specific intersections. These findings can inform policy development, infrastructure planning, public health initiatives, and further academic […]
The Drivers’ Education Demo to Reduce Pedestrian and Bicyclist Fatalities effort was designed to examine the current state of driver education and training and the post-licensing improvement courses available in the United States with respect to the level of emphasis on pedestrians, bicyclists, and other micro-mobility road users and the specific topics (e.g., maneuvers, contextual […]
Hazard perception (HP) is one of the few driving skills proven to reduce traffic accidents through training and testing. The driver licensing process in some countries includes assessing individuals through videos demonstrating hazards and measuring their reactions. Testing HP using a driving simulator has been shown to better approximate real-world driving and, therefore, be more […]
The United States faces a road safety crisis: the fatal crash rate per mile traveled has been climbing for the past decade, and crashes involving vulnerable road users—pedestrians, bicyclists, and others who share the roads with motor vehicles—have grown the fastest. Furthermore, motor vehicle death rates in the United States are three to four times […]
Lagging indicators in occupational safety and health are required reporting figures that provide an industry-standard metric to measure the number of employees injured annually or impacted by a recordable injury. Recognizing the weaknesses of traditional lagging indicators to proactively manage occupational safety, many organizations and industries have emphasized safety leading indicators; that is, metrics to […]
Critical Issues in Transportation for 2024 and Beyond highlights some of the many multi-faceted, interdependent challenges in maximizing transportation’s role in serving societal goals while minimizing its costs. It identifies issues and raises concerns that can be addressed through research and development and policy decisions but does not offer recommendations by design. Read the full article […]
Electric buses are on the way to the University of Alabama campus in Tuscaloosa. Officials say this will make UA one of the first schools in the SEC to adopt a ‘zero-emissions’ public transportation system. A total of eight electric buses will be on campus by this summer. The cost will be $10 million. Most […]