Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

Abbreviations in this issue:

ARRA - American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
NCHRP - National Cooperative Highway Research Program

1. NCHRP Reports
   • Mining Recovery Act Data for Opportunities to Improve the State of Practice for Overall Economic Impact Analysis of Transportation Investments - This research assesses the process for reporting short-term job data, reviews previous reports and findings, discusses data limitations, and conducts an analysis of the short-term direct job impact of ARRA spending at the national level and for four individual states.
   • Understanding How to Develop and Apply Economic Analyses: Guidance for Transportation Planners - The guidebook provides a primer on basic economic terminology as it applies to transportation; explores the linkage between planning activities and economic analysis, and how economic analysis and results can be integrated into planning activities; and provides guidance for developing an economic study.
   • Freight Facility Location Selection: A Guide for Public Officials - This report describes the key criteria that the private sector considers when making decisions on where to build new logistics facilities.
   • Improving Employment Data for Transportation Planning - The guidebook investigates three alternative, publicly available sources of employment data that may be useful for transportation planning and travel behavior research applications.
2. Transit at the Table III: A Guide to Effective Participation in Statewide Decisionmaking for Transit Agencies in Non-Urbanized Areas - This guide examines successful approaches to considering rural transit in statewide transportation planning. Transit at the Table I and Transit at the Table II are also available.
3. Miscellaneous Reports
   • Responding to the change in how infrastructure is developed - This dialogue brings various expert viewpoints together to discuss topics of critical importance within the infrastructure industry.
   • The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022 - This volume is one of a series of reports on the state of the budget and the economy that the Congressional Budget Office issues each year.
   • H.R. 7 Section-by-Section Analysis: American Energy and Infrastructure Jobs Act - This study analyzes H.R. 7 section by section.
   • Landscapes: Improving Conservation Practice in the Northeast Megaregion - The research examines how landscape conservation initiatives are working across the Northeast to protect vital natural and cultural resources.