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Understanding the Projections of the Highway Trust Fund: A Tutorial

The Surface Transportation and Veterans Health Care Choice Improvement Act of 2015 (P.L. 114-41) authorized General Fund transfers to the Highway Account and Mass Transit Account of the Highway Trust Fund. Based on the most recent monthly estimate of future Highway Trust Fund balances, this...

DOT Onboard Demographics, August FY 2015

This spreadsheet provides onboard statistics for August, FY 2015. Demographics are particularly useful to managers in the workforce planning process.  These data are also used by Congressional staffers and others who have an interest in the size and makeup of the federal workforce, and by...

Promoting Connectivity

A well-connected transportation network reduces the distances traveled to reach destinations, increases the options for routes of travel, and can facilitate walking and bicycling. Well-connected, multimodal networks are characterized by seamless bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure, direct...

Encourage and Promote Safe Bicycling and Walking

Educating people about safe bicycling and walking, enforcing laws that make it easier and safer for people to bicycle and walk, and encouraging people to bicycle and walk, may help increase walking and bicycling activity, especially when combined with infrastructure improvements. This strategy...

Built Environment Strategies to Deter Crime

Community safety can affect the levels of physical activity within a community, including walking and bicycling. Areas with higher levels of crime and violence have been associated with lower physical activity levels. People are more physically active in areas where they feel safe. Gender, age,...

State Traffic Records Coordinating Committee Noteworthy Practices

The DOT|TRCC's State Traffic Records Coordinating Committee Noteworthy Practices report documents effective State TRCC managment practices. The report drew upon original research, interviews, and case studies to uncover and validate different tactics to improve the function and capacity of State...