Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Office of Policy Planning

Abbreviations in this issue:

PHMSA - Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration

1. Traffic Safety Facts 2011: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System - This report presents descriptive statistics about traffic crashes of all severities, from those that result in property damage to those that result in the loss of human life.
2. GAO Reports
   • Interstate Compacts: Transparency and Oversight of Bi-State Tolling Authorities Could Be Enhanced - This report examines the authority of bi-state tolling authorities to set and use tolls and the factors that influence toll setting; the extent to which the authorities involve and inform the public in toll-setting decisions; and the extent to which the authorities are subject to external and internal oversight.
   • Cargo Tank Trucks: Improved Incident Data and Regulatory Analysis Would Better Inform Decisions about Safety Risks - This report discusses the extent that PHMSA's data reliably identify wetline safety risks, options for addressing wetline safety risks, and how well PHMSA has assessed the costs and benefits of addressing these risks through regulation.
3. Interstate 2.0: Modernizing the Interstate Highway System Via Toll Finance - This study makes quantitative estimates for each state of the cost of reconstructing the existing Interstates, identifies specific corridors in each state that need widening, and estimates the cost of doing so.
4. Quantified Traveler: Travel Feedback Meets the Cloud to Change Behavior - This paper describes the development, application, and analysis of a system, in the mobile cloud, named Quantified Traveler, to change traveler mode choice or trip choice.
5. Miscellaneous Reports
   • Export Nation 2013: U.S. Growth Post-Recession - This report provides an analysis of key export trends between 2003 and 2012 for the 100 largest metro areas.
   • Moving to Work in the Bay Area
     • Barriers to Quality Jobs Faced by Low-Income Workers - This first brief provides an overview of all barriers to employment.
     • Role of Transportation in Addressing Barriers to Economic Opportunity – This brief explores more deeply the details of how transportation barriers affect economic opportunity for low-income workers.
     • Access to Industries of Opportunity - This brief focuses on improving access for low-income workers to career-ladder jobs by identifying "Industries of Opportunity".
     • Recommended Strategies and Future Research - The final brief recommends policies and strategies, as well as future research, to the fields of economic, workforce, and transit-oriented development to link low-income communities with career-ladder opportunities.

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