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The value of travel time is a critical factor in evaluating the benefits of transportation infrastructure investment and rulemaking initiatives. Reduction of delay in passenger or freight transportation is a major purpose of investments, and rules to enhance safety sometimes include provisions...
Safety and freight mobility efficiency are the main drivers for considering exclusive truck lane (ETL) implementation. The underlying hypothesis is that physically separating heavy tmcks from light vehicles will improve highway safety by reducing the number of truck-related crashes. Safety...
The Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) at the United States Department of Transportation has commissioned this study to assess the cost of surface transportation congestion from a national perspective. For road travel, a number of previous reports have assessed the cost of...
Departmental guidance on valuing reduction of fatalities and injuries by regulations or investments was first published in the 1993 memorandum "Treatment of Value of Life and Injuries in Preparing Economic Evaluations." This guidance was revised in 2008 on the basis of later research, yielding a...
Government agencies all over the nation have implemented and evaluated new Traffic Management Techniques (TMTs) in the past decade to increase the efficiency of the existing transportation system in innovative manner with minimal costs. Some of the TMTs implemented in the past decade include...
The Obama Administration has taken unprecedented action to build the foundation for a clean energy economy, tackle the issue of climate change, and protect the nation’s environment. Collectively the Administration’s energy actions are improving the efficiency of heavy and light duty vehicles,...
This Order establishes procedures for consideration of environmental impacts in decision making on proposed Department of Transportation (DOT) actions. The Order provides that information on environmental impacts of proposed actions will be made available to public officials and citizens through...
The Office of Policy Development, Strategic Planning and Performance oversees USDOT policies for the Secretary of Transportation, coordinates strategic planning across the Department, and oversees performance-based policy, decision-making, and investment. We initiate and coordinate...
Initiates and develops Secretarial policies relating to the use of economic analysis in evaluating infrastructure investments, rulemakings, Departmental programs, and other initiatives; the use of economic analysis in enhancing the efficient operation of transportation networks; and other...