Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

1. NCHRP Reports
   • Strategic Issues Facing Transportation, Volume 1: Scenario Planning for Freight Transportation Infrastructure Investment - This report provides decision makers with a critical analysis of the driving forces behind high-impact economic and social changes as well as sourcing patterns that may affect the U.S. freight transportation system.
   • Left-Turn Accommodations at Unsignalized Intersections - This report presents guidance for the selection and design of left-turn accommodations at unsignalized intersections, illustrating 11 case studies.
   • Fuel Usage Factors in Highway and Bridge Construction - This report provides updated fuel usage factors for work items in the construction and maintenance of highways and bridges
2. Motor Vehicle Traffic-Related Pedestrian Deaths — United States, 2001–2010 - This paper examines traffic-related pedestrian deaths and death rates by sex, age group, race/ethnicity, and urbanization level from 2000 ton 2010.
3. Identifying Factors that Determine Bicyclist and Pedestrian-Involved Collision Rates and Bicyclist and Pedestrian Demand at Multi-Lane Roundabouts - This project examines the safety and demand issues for pedestrians and bicyclists at multi-lane roundabouts through a literature review, case studies, in-field counts and surveys, focus groups, and video analysis. This document presents research findings, synthesizes current information on best practices, and makes recommendations to assist local agencies planning and designing safer multi-lane roundabouts.
4. Improved Pedestrian Safety at Signalized Intersections Operating the Flashing Yellow Arrow (Login Required) - This study investigates factors that influence driver behavior in the context of the permissive left-turn conflict with pedestrians: opposing traffic volumes, pedestrian volumes, pedestrian expectation, intersection geometry, phasing sequence.
5. TCRP Reports
   • Methods for Forecasting Demand and Quantifying Need for Rural Passenger Transportation: Final Workbook - This report presents step-by-step procedures for quantifying the need for passenger transportation services and the demand that is likely to be generated if passenger transportation services are provided.
   • Integrating Passenger Ferry Service with Mass Transit - This synthesis documents the state of the practice of integration between land- and water-based transit systems and explores successful aspects of seamless integration. The report assembles and presents information in numerous locations around the United States, supplemented with examples from Canada, Australia, and Bermuda.
6. Miscellaneous Reports
   • Employee Distracted Driving: Understanding Your Business Risk and Liability (Login Required) - This paper reviews the science and statistics behind the distractions caused by mobile device use; evaluates the legal landscape, and discusses smart risk management, including smart technology solutions.
   • Annual Energy Outlook 2013 - This report presents yearly projections and analysis of energy topics. It examines the factors that shape the U.S. energy system over the long term, and provides the basis for examination and discussion of energy production, consumption, technology, and market trends and the direction they may take in the future. It also serves as a starting point for analysis of potential changes in energy policies.
   • Job Sprawl Stalls: The Great Recession and Metropolitan Employment Location - This report analyzes the location of private-sector employment within 35 miles of downtown in the nation’s 100 largest metropolitan areas from 2007 to 2010, and across the 2000s.

For further information contact Monica Zhong or phone (850) 414-4808