Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

Abbreviations in this issue:

EPA - the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
VTPI - Victoria Transport Policy Institute

1. Fixing It: Infrastructure and the Economy - This report summarizes a survey result of counties on the current conditions of county roads and bridges and how the recent economic slowdown has affected construction and maintenance funding. The summary also documents how much funding each county would need to upgrade all of its roads and bridges to “good” condition and whether the availability of this additional funding would create jobs in the community.
2. Young Drivers' Road Risk and Rurality - This study explores the issue of young drivers and their crash risk and compares the crash risks of rural young drivers against urban young drivers.
3. Surging Seas: Sea Level Rise, Storms, and Global Warming's Threat to the U.S. Coast - This report provides estimates of land, population and housing at risk; evaluations of every low-lying coastal town, city, county and state in the contiguous US; and localized timelines of storm surge threats integrating local sea level rise projections.
4. VTPI Reports
   • Pricing For Traffic Safety: How Efficient Transport Pricing Can Reduce Roadway Crash Risks - This report evaluates the traffic safety impacts of transport pricing reforms.
   • Comprehensive Evaluation of Transport Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction Policies - This report identifies specific factors to consider for comprehensive evaluation of transportation energy conservation and emission reduction options.
   • A New Social Equity Agenda For Sustainable Transportation - This report discusses the importance of incorporating social equity and environmental justice objectives into transport policy and planning analysis.
5. Miscellaneous Reports
   • Review of the EPA's Economic Analysis of Final Water Quality Standards for Lakes and Flowing Waters in Florida - This study reviews EPA's economic analysis of the incremental costs of state implementation of final numeric nutrient criteria for lakes and flowing waters in Florida. It discusses the EPA's and others' assumptions and incremental cost estimates for five pollutant sectors, including municipal and industrial wastewater treatment plants, agriculture, urban stormwater, and septic systems. It also provides an alternative framework for the cost analysis that could be used by EPA for future work in Florida and elsewhere.
   • Prospering in Place: Linking Jobs, Development, and Transit to Spur Chicago's Economy - This report documents how past development patterns have harmed the regional economy in the Chicago region and discusses how to turn that situation around by exploiting the region's unique assets and advantages. It identifies place-based transportation and community development investments that would reinvigorate economic growth and presents a new vision for building economic prosperity.