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Abbreviations in this issue:
BTS - Bureau of Transportation Statistics
FDOT - Florida Department of Transportation
NHTSA - National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
P3s - public–private partnerships
- Pocket Guide to Florida Transportation Trends and Conditions - 2011 - This FDOT publication provides information on transportation and transportation-related issues: the travel demand for transportation facilities and services; the current system or supply of transportation; the impacts of the transportation system on our society; and transportation resources, expenditures and costs.
- Surface Transportation Reauthorization Legislation in the 112th Congress: Summary of Selected Major Provisions - This report provides a comprehensive review of the Senate MAP-21 legislation, including how the funding and apportionment processes would work.
- Pocket Guide to Transportation 2012 - This BTS publication provides a quick reference guide to significant transportation data.
- Signalized Intersection Enhancements that Benefit Pedestrians - This report summarizes a wide array of potential treatments for a variety of signalized intersections. It is intended to educate decision makers, planners, engineers, and citizens on signalized intersection enhancements that can improve pedestrian safety and convenience.
- Miscellaneous Reports
- The Safety Challenge and Promise of Automotive Electronics: Insights from Unintended Acceleration (Register/sign in to download the report) - This study examines how the NHTSA’s regulatory, research, and defect investigation programs can be strengthened to meet the safety assurance and oversight challenges arising from the expanding functionality and use of automotive electronics, in response to concerns over the potential for faulty electronics to cause the unintentional vehicle acceleration as reported by some drivers.
- Can Public–Private Partnerships Fill the Transportation Funding Gap? - This white paper argues that increased use of P3s promises to help finance some of the needed infrastructure projects, and recommends that the federal government needs to allow states more freedom to use P3s and states need to adopt the policies and practices needed to use P3s effectively.
