Office of Policy Planning
Abbreviations in this issue:
ADA - Americans with Disabilities Act
- Coastal Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerabilities: A Technical Input to the 2013 National Climate Assessment - This report examines the known effects and relationships of climate change variables on the coasts of the U.S.. It describes the impacts on natural and human systems, including several major sectors of the U.S. economy, and the progress and challenges to planning and implementing adaptation options.
- A National Strategy for Advancing Climate Modeling (Login Required)- This report emphasizes the needs for climate models to evolve substantially in order to deliver climate projections at the scale and level of detail desired by decision makers.
- State Legislative Infrastructure Priorities 2012-2013 - This report summarizes the survey results of state legislators throughout the country on infrastructure priorities in their states.
- Motivations for Speeding Volume I: Summary Report - This report identifies speeders and the reasons behind their speeding, and offers countermeasures to reduce speeding behaviors.
- Assessing Highway Tolling and Pricing Options and Impacts Volume 1: Decision-Making Framework - This report provides state departments of transportation and other transportation agencies with a decision-making framework and analytical tools that better describe likely impacts on revenue generation and system performance.
- Miscellaneous Reports
- Improving ADA Paratransit Demand Estimation: Regional Modeling (Login Required)- This report provides a sketch planning model and regional models to (1) improve the ability of metropolitan planning organizations and transit operators to estimate the probable future demand for ADA complementary paratransit service; and (2) predict travel by ADA paratransit-eligible individuals on all modes, not just ADA paratransit.
- What’s Next at the Local Level - This report looks at changes in six critical areas - work, live, connect, renew, move, invest - and projects trends and future impacts. It highlights the importance of transportation.
