Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

Abbreviations in this issue:

     APTA - American Public Transportation Association
     DHS - Department of Homeland Security
     NCIPP - National Critical Infrastructure Prioritization Program
     NHTS - National Household Travel Survey

1. Department of Transportation: Key Issues and Management Challenges - This statement discusses four key management challenges facing DOT: (1) leveraging surface transportation investments to further national interests, (2) improving surface and aviation transportation safety, (3) effectively implementing the Next Generation Air Transportation System and (4) improving information security.
2. 2009 National Household Travel Survey: Florida Data Analysis - This report summarizes Florida-specific travel behaviors based on NHTS 2009, reviews historical travel trends using the 2001, 1995, and 1990 surveys and compares Florida trends with the national trends.
3. Driving the Future - This article explores how the proliferation of wireless technology has transformed American life and will change the way we move from place to place.
4. APTA Reports
   • The Business Case for Investment in Public Transportation - This report focuses on the issues critical to private investors as they consider the public transportation industry as an investment destination. It provides facts and data detailing why public transportation is an attractive market for both public and private investment.
   • The New Real Estate Mantra: Location Near Public Transportation - This analysis investigates how well residential properties located in proximity to fixed-guideway transit have maintained their value as compared to residential properties without transit access between 2006 and 2011 in five regions: Boston, Chicago, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Phoenix, and San Francisco.
5. Miscellaneous Reports
   • Critical Infrastructure Protection: DHS List of Priority Assets Needs to Be Validated and Reported to Congress - This report reviews DHS management of the NCIPP. It assesses the extent to which DHS has (1) changed its criteria for developing the list, identified the impact, if any, of these changes, and validated its approach, (2) worked with states and sector specific agencies to develop the list, and (3) reported to Congress on the NCIPP.
   • A time for renewal - This article describes several different ways that governors around the country are getting creative about raising funds to pay for their states' critical infrastructure needs.