August 2020

Austroads has published a research report describing the technical criteria that can improve the readability of electronic signs by Traffic Systems Recognition systems.

These systems are key to the effective operation of vehicles with automated driving and advanced driver assistance. 

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August 2020

TRB Executive Director Neil Pedersen recently shared insights on how the transportation industry has been impacted by and will continue to be shaped by the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) global pandemic. 

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August 2020

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2018

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Research Report 195: Broadening Understanding of the Interplay Among Public Transit, Shared Mobility, and Personal Automobiles explores the effects of app-based transportation network companies on the cities in which they operate, including on public transit ridership, single-occupancy vehicle trips, and traffic congestion.

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September 2019

This report presents the proposed methods, experiments, results and future directions for the project entitled automated collection of AusRAP attributes using DVR, MLS and pattern recognition.

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Jan 2020

One of the fastest-growing worldwide consumer phenomena in memory, e-scooters are also one of the most controversial. And while some cities are putting the brakes on their proliferation, industry leaders are maintaining valuations in the billions, so the funding continues to flow unabated.

E-scooter sharing is big, hot, and (with apologies to Winston Churchill) a paradox wrapped in a conundrum. Some observers dismiss it as yet another overhyped industry rife with funding and, sooner or later, big losses. But the reality is that e-scooters’ unit economics have improved significantly, and companies are innovating aggressively to overcome operational constraints. Read more ...

August 2020

There is a vicious circle of congestion that exists in cities and regions today and will only become exacerbated as people return to the workplace after the impacts of Covid-19 decline. 

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June 2020

Smart Growth policies create more compact, multi-modal development which reduces per capita land consumption and the distances between destinations. This, in turn, reduces the costs of providing public infrastructure and services, improves accessibility, and reduces motor vehicle travel, which provides many economic, social and environmental benefits. This report examines these impacts.

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August 2020

This dashboard reports trends in mobility from the beginning of January and is updated each week. The data contained here provides indexed numbers of mobile devices (after data cleaning) seen in Sydney, Melbourne, and Brisbane across the following categories:
- Within the CBD
- The international airport
- Major shopping centres (8–13 for each city)
- Suburban shopping centres (12–20 for each city)
- A sample of rail stations outside the CBD (14–17 for each city)

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Webinar. 29 September 2020.

Are our roadways ready for connected and automated vehicles? In a webinar by the Transportation Research Board (TRB) on September 29, Kittelson will join Oregon Department of Transportation and Caliper Corporation to present findings from a national pooled fund study on planning level capacity impacts of connected and automated vehicles.

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Webinar 15 September 2020

Advances in cooperative ITS and connected-and-automated vehicles (CAV) are often discussed in relation to personal vehicles. This webinar focuses on the application of these very same underlying technologies to the goods vehicles – and their drivers - that move freight on our nations’ highways.

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