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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 […]
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 […]
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 here.
This Case Study highlights how State and local transportation agencies and professionals are implementing strategies to address the road safety needs of people experiencing homelessness—a population that experiences significant disparities in roadway fatalities—as part of their work to reach the goal of zero deaths. The Case Study shares information on seven promising practices. Each promising […]
This report helps State driver education program administrators review their current data collection, identify additional sources of relevant information, manage operations, assess the status of driver education, demonstrate accomplishments, and provide a foundation for possible research. Driver education State administrators can use their own data and information from partner agencies to learn about the State’s […]
Incorporation of flood resilience in road infrastructure is urgently needed to reduce economic losses. Flooded roads may undergo rapid deterioration after being reopened to traffic. Thus, transportation agencies must develop pavement design and management practices and methodologies that account for the likelihood and impacts of flooding, using prior experiences in similar situations and nondestructive testing […]
A battery electric vehicle (BEV) is an efficient and clean personal transportation solution that eliminates tank-to-wheel (downstream) greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and tailpipe criteria pollutant emissions while reducing petroleum dependency. As renewable energy sources increase as a share of total grid electricity production,1 the associated well-to-tank (upstream) emissions of BEVs will also steadily decrease. In […]
Households spent an average of $13,174 on transportation in 2023—the second largest household expenditure category after housing when spending on behalf of households, such as healthcare benefits, is excluded. Transportation expenditures grew by the second largest amount (7.1 percent) but down from a 12.2 percent growth in 2022 and less than insurance and pensions which […]
It is not news that riding a motorcycle involves more risk than traveling in a passenger vehicle and that no single countermeasure can eliminate every crash, injury, or fatality. However, that elevated risk can be reduced with the implementation of multiple effective countermeasures and by recognizing that humans make mistakes—two fundamental pillars of a line […]
The use of NDE and structural monitoring (SM) technologies for assessing bridge deck condition is becoming increasingly popular due to cost savings and extended service life from timely interventions. Traditional assessment relies on visual and sounding surveys, but NDE methods, such as those based on physical principles of stress-wave propagation, electromagnetic properties, and electrochemical and […]