Office of Policy Planning
- Annual Privatization Report: Developments In Surface Transportation - This report analyzes major privatization developments and public-private partnerships in roads, highways and bridges at the federal and state levels.
- Formulating a Strategy for Securing High-Speed Rail in the United States - This report presents an analysis of information relating to attacks, attempted attacks, and plots against high-speed rail (HSR) systems; and examines the history of safety accidents and other HSR incidents that resulted in fatalities, injuries, or extensive asset damage to examine the inherent vulnerabilities of HSR systems and how these might affect the consequences of terrorist attacks.
- Monitoring of Innovation in Road Pavements (Login Required) - This report examines road administrations and agencies policies for fostering, assessing and implementing innovation in road design and construction.
- Filling the Financing Gap for Equitable Transit-Oriented Development - This report defines the actors and behaviors that lead to successful equitable TOD outcomes, lays out a few key equitable TOD system-level findings, identifies key project level challenges and financing gaps and offers recommendations for consideration. It provides a collection of a dozen case studies.
- Miscellaneous Reports
- Goods Movement Study in Illinois: Application to Freight Transportation and Logistics - This report details the results generated by a recently completed nationwide online freight establishment study.
- Transportation Finance: 50 State Database & Maps - This database is the most comprehensive resource of its kind. It highlights the roles and relationships among the branches of state government that are most active in transportation issues.
- NEC FUTURE: Preliminary Alternatives Report - This report summarizes the alternatives development process through the selection of the Preliminary Alternatives for the Northeast Corridor (NEC) rail service to accommodate projected year 2040 commuter and intercity rail ridership. The Appendix includes Fact Sheets describing each of the Preliminary Alternatives.
For further information contact Monica Zhong or phone (850) 414-4808
