01596457

Monograph

This issue contains 22 papers concerning socioeconomics, sustainability, health, and human factors. Specific topics covered are as follows: economic impacts of rail transit on recreational shore communities; impact of transportation on economic growth in China; assessment of broader economic benefits from transportation investment in Maryland; households' housing and transportation expenditures; and peak car travel in the United States. The issue also covers high-occupancy toll lane decision making; user acceptance and willingness to pay for connected vehicle technologies; assessing the vulnerability, resilience, and transportation affordability of higher fuel price scenarios; and information and communication technology and social travel among young adults. Additional topics include transit oriented development residents and sustainable modes of transportation; travel and emissions analysis of sustainable transportation policies; building a metaframework for sustainable transport indicators; and performance measurement system for transportation sustainability and community livability. Additional topics covered in this issue are as follows: health impacts from a bus rapid transit system in India; health and environmental impacts of active travel in Ireland; transportation accessibility to health care among Vermont's rural seniors; road safety improvement on Indian reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota; and review of tribal transportation safety. Further topics include fuel tax versus vehicle-miles-traveled fee; comparison of two common approaches to public transit service equity evaluation; U.S. transportation equity policy and the Civil Rights Movement; and gender-based violence in public transportation in Mexico City.

English

204p

2015

Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board

9780309369541

Print

Figures; Maps; References; Tables

Evaluation and assessment; Health care; Human factors; Public health; Socioeconomic factors; Sustainable development

Economics; Highways; Policy; Public Transportation; Railroads; Society

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Apr 18 2016 12:09PM

• Building a Metaframework for Sustainable Transport Indicators: Review of Selected Contributions
• Chasing Sustainability: Do New Transit-Oriented Development Residents Adopt More Sustainable Modes of Transportation?
• Comparison of Two Common Approaches to Public Transit Service Equity Evaluation
• Does Information and Communication Technology Complement or Replace Social Travel Among Young Adults?
• Economic Impacts of Rail Transit on Recreational Shore Communities: Case of the North Jersey Coast Line
• Evaluating Health Impacts from a Bus Rapid Transit System Implementation in India: Case Study of Indore, Madhya Pradesh
• Exploring Transportation Accessibility to Health Care Among Vermont’s Rural Seniors
• Fuel Tax Versus Vehicle-Miles-Traveled Fee: Identifying Vulnerable Households by Three-Stage Least Squares Analysis
• High-Occupancy Toll Lane Decision Making: Income Effects on I-85 Express Lanes, Atlanta, Georgia
• Impact of Transportation Investment on Economic Growth in China
• Peak Car Travel in the United States: Two-Decade-Long Phenomenon at the State Level
• Performance Measurement System for Assessing Transportation Sustainability and Community Livability
• Quantification of the Potential Health and Environmental Impacts of Active Travel in Dublin, Ireland
• Reducing Gender-Based Violence in Public Transportation: Strategy Design for Mexico City, Mexico
• Relationship Between Households’ Housing and Transportation Expenditures: Examination from Lifestyle Perspective
• Review of Tribal Transportation Safety
• Road Safety Improvement Program on Indian Reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota
• Statewide Assessment of Broader Economic Benefits from Transportation Investment: Integration of Travel Demand Models and SHRP 2 Project C11 Tools in Maryland
• The Shock Heard Round the Suburbs: Assessing the Vulnerability, Resilience, and Transportation Affordability of Higher Fuel Price Scenarios
• Travel and Emissions Analysis of Sustainable Transportation Policies with Activity-Based Modeling
• User Acceptance and Willingness to Pay for Connected Vehicle Technologies: Adaptive Choice-Based Conjoint Analysis
• Varieties of Transportation Justice: U.S. Transportation Equity Policy and the Civil Rights Movement