Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

1. FDOT Reports
   • Commuting Flow Trends in Florida Metropolitan Areas -- Based on the American Community Survey (ACS) data, this special report highlights commuting trends in Florida’s major metro areas.
   • Aviation Facilities - Passengers and Freight - This report examines Florida's aviation facilities, enplanements, aircraft operations and air cargo shipments.
2. Creating Equitable, Healthy, and Sustainable Communities: Strategies for Advancing Smart Growth, Environmental Justice, and Equitable Development - This report provides a menu of land use and community design strategies community-based organizations, local and regional decision-makers, developers, and others can use to revitalize their communities.
3. Strategies for Defining the Core Federal Role in Surface Transportation - This paper summarizes the work and findings of an expert group on how Congress might go about defining the federal role and core national transportation interests.
4. Mileage-Based User Fees for Transportation Funding: A Primer for State and Local Decision Makers - This primer presents some promising and innovative mileage fee system designs and transition strategies. For states or localities that are just beginning to consider the idea of mileage fees, awareness of these strategies can help determine whether shifting from fuel taxes to mileage fees merits further consideration. For jurisdictions already engaged in detailed assessments of mileage fees, these concepts can help refine system design.
5. Use of Transportation Asset Management Principles in State Highway Agencies - This synthesis explores the state of practice for transportation asset management among state departments of transportation.
6. Roadway and Infrastructure Design and Its Relation to Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety: Basic Principles, Applications, and Benefits - This report describes and illustrates the basic principles in guiding roadway and infrastructure design for improved pedestrian and bicyclist safety, discusses issues related to each one, and analyzes the benefits of the application of these principles by planners and traffic engineers.
7. Miscellaneous Reports
   • Improving the Safety and Efficiency of Roadway Maintenance Phase II: Developing a Vision Guidance System for the Robotic Roadway Message Painter - This report analyzes how a new vision system would significantly improve the capability of the device to repaint existing pavement markings.
   • Associations Between Road Network Structure and Pedestrian-Bicyclist Accidents - This study analyzes the associations between road network structure and pedestrian-bicyclist crashes to determine how the structural features of a road network affect non-motorist safety.