Trade and Climate Change

UNEP & WTO
June 2009



The WTO/UNEP report on "Trade and Climate Change" examines the intersections between trade and climate change from four perspectives: the science of climate change; economics; multilateral efforts to tackle climate change; and national climate change policies and their effect on trade.

The Report aims to improve understanding about the linkages between trade and climate change. It shows that trade intersects with climate change in a multitude of ways. For example, governments may introduce a variety of policies, such as regulatory measures and economic incentives, to address climate change. This complex web of measures may have an impact on international trade and the multilateral trading system.

The Report begins with a summary of the current state of scientific knowledge on climate change and on the options available for responding to the challenge of climate change. The scientific review is followed by a part on the economic aspects of the link between trade and climate change, and these two parts set the context for the subsequent parts of the Report, which look at the policies introduced at both the international and national level to address climate change.

The part on international policy responses to climate change describes multilateral efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adapt to the effects of climate change, and also discusses the role of the current trade and environment negotiations in promoting trade in technologies that aim to mitigate climate change.

The final part of the Report gives an overview of a range of national policies and measures that have been used in a number of countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to increase energy efficiency. It presents key features in the design and implementation of these policies, in order to draw a clearer picture of their overall effect and potential impact on environmental protection, sustainable development and trade. It also gives, where appropriate, an overview of the WTO rules that may be relevant to such measures.

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Antídotos para la congestión y la inseguridad en el tránsito

Blog de Juan Carlos: Información sobre el Área de Transporte y temas afines
25 de junio de 2009

El 25 de junio de 2009 se realizó en la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú un evento titulado: Antídotos para la congestión y la inseguridad en el tránsito. Luego de la exposición por parte de Jorge Christiansen de Proexpansión, se recibieron los comentarios de un panel multidisciplinario integrado por:

Pablo Vega Centeno (Sociólogo)
Reynaldo Ledgard (Arquitecto)
José Távara (Ing. Industrial y Economista)
Fernando Jiménez (Ing. Mecánico)

Este evento fue organizado por:

El Área de Transporte del Departamento de Ingeniería
El Departamento Académico de Humanidades
El Centro de Investigación de la Arquitectura y la Ciudad
Clima de Cambios

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Gestión de la movilidad del ciclista

Blog de Juan Carlos: Información sobre el Área de Transporte y temas afines
28 de junio de 2009

PowerPoint del módulo: Gestión de la movilidad del ciclista (FONAM),

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Brazil – Road Transport Project Procurement Plan (update)

World Bank
June 24th 2009

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Mexico - Urban Transport Transformation Project : environmental assessment

World Bank
June 2009

The objective of the Urban Transport Transformation Project (UTTP) is to contribute to the transformation of urban transport in Mexican cities to a lower carbon growth path by improving the quality and sustainability of urban public transport systems and services. This will significantly reduce the transport sector carbon footprint and related air toxics. Negative measures include: management of materials and waste; restriction of traffic flows and access to homes and businesses; increased noise and emission of pollutants; management of work camp sites; and interference with urban infrastructure (phone lines, piping, electricity wires, and sewage). Mitigation measures include: the UTTP is expected to have positive environmental impacts in the long-run, since it aims at improving the quality of public transport and non-motorized transport systems and improve traffic flow and safety. The program is designed to have a positive long-term impact due to the reduction of global and local emissions, as CO2, NOx, SOx, particulate matter, and other contaminants currently present. The reduction will be directly linked to improved vehicle operation, reduced trip lengths, use of more efficient modes of transport, and improved technologies.

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Track Maintenance Costs on Rail Transit Properties

Transportation Research Board
June 2009


TRB’s Transit Cooperative Research Program (TCRP) Web-Only Document 43: Track Maintenance Costs on Rail Transit Properties examines agency practices, innovations, and lessons learned in track maintenance costs.

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Three perspectives to global projects: Managing risks in multicultural project networks

VTT RESEARCH NOTES 2461
VTT
2009

Global projects represent an extremely challenging form of project work, especially in the sense that despite the best efforts for planning and prediction, the complexity of the project network and the fact that the operations usually take place on foreign soil with foreign partners are likely to cause many unpredictable and unexpected events and deviations from project plans, having a significant impact on the project progress. The purpose of this study is to identify and analyse interactions between cultural processes, network connections and risk management practices in global delivery projects. During the research, data has been collected from 21 case projects delivered to 17 countries world-wide. The studied projects varied in size, the degree of success and cultural diversity. The data consists of 92 interviews with the project managers and other project specific key personnel from four project-based companies as well as project documentation. The interviews have been conducted both in Finland and in various project host countries. The examination of the case projects is implemented both as project specific and comparative case studies. By the project specific historical studies, the project trajectories and critical incidents have been described as well as explanations for the project specific outcomes in general have been sought for. In addition, the comparative research designs have been built according to the planned and emergent outcomes of the projects as well as according to their cultural diversity and institutional characteristics. By the comparisons, novel ways to unravel the risks and difficulties of the project management due to the cultural differences have been sought for. The results of this study inevitably present the significant impact of the various project stakeholders and the emerging cultural diversity on the project risk management processes required for answering the specific needs and challenges of global projects.

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Economic Evaluation for Low Volume Rural Road Upgrading

SEACAP 19. Technical Paper No. 5
Research for Development
2009

This document aims to identify the way forward for developing practical procedures to evaluate and justify the upgrading of unsealed LVRRs in Cambodia. The role of economic evaluation is summarised and existing procedures are briefly reviewed as to their usefulness within the Cambodian rural infrastructure environment. Knowledge gaps are identified and a Concept Note for taking the research forward is attached as an Appendix.

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Low volume rural road upgrade options

SEACAP 19. Technical Paper No. 4.
Research for Development
2008

Cambodia requires a cost-effective and sustainable approach to rural infrastructure improvement. There is an increasing recognition that it is a major challenge to provide and maintain all weather rural access on a sustainable basis with the limited available resources. Upgrade options are assessed in relation to key construction, performance and sustainability criteria and to some typical Cambodian road environments. Proposals for addressing the identified knowledge and application gaps are contained in a Concept Note summarizing a possible way forward.

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Performance monitoring of low volume rural roads in Northwest Laos PDR

J. R. Cook and B. Meksavanh
SEACAP 17/002
Research for Development
2009

The performance monitoring was a logical and necessary continuation of the main SEACAP 17 trial programme and was concerned primarily with the collection and analysis of pavement performance information from trial road sections. This project (termed SEACAP 17.02) was a one-off data collection and assessment exercise that should be repeated with sufficient regularity so as to enable valuable lessons to contribute to the sustainable development of the Lao PDR rural infrastructure.

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A road construction materials database for Cambodia

SEACAP 19. Technical Paper No. 7.
Research for Development
2008

There is an increasing awareness of the cost-effectiveness of including natural resource management as part of the planning for infrastructure development. A Pilot Materials Database (PRMD) relational structure has been set up and a representative suite of data has been collected and entered into this structure.

This document comprises a Main Text and three Appendices. Following the Introduction, the Main Text summarises the importance of local materials in the development of rural infrastructure and the advantages of being able to readily access information of the nature and quantities of available construction materials. Chapters 4 and 5 describe the development and current status of the SEACAP 19 Pilot Materials Database (PRMD), while Chapter 6 outlines the way forward through a staged expansion of the PRMD. A selected bibliography of useful papers and reports is included.

Appendix A provides a guideline of the data collection procedure as developed for the PRMD and Appendix B describes the associated database structure. Appendix C is a Concept Note on the expansion of the PRMD through a series of Modules.

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High Speed Passenger Rail: Effectively Using Recovery Act Funds for High Speed Rail Projects

U.S. Government Accountability Office
June 2009

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation and Merchant Marine Infrastructure, Safety, and Security, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, U.S. Senate

Statement of Susan A. Fleming, Director Physical Infrastructure Issues

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Boletin Portuario

Comisión Interamericana de Puertos
Junio 2009, No. 24

1. Río Paraná sufre la peor crisis hídrica en 60 años.
2. Yates de lujo: significativos ingresos para el Caribe.
3. Seminario “La crisis económica en el negocio naviero y portuario” en Chile.
4. Escáneres móviles para puertos de Valparaíso y San Antonio.
5. Colombia: nuevos programas para el sector portuario.
6. Estancada negociación para privatizar puertos del caribe costarricense.
7. Proponen modernizar puertos de Limón con préstamo del BID.
8. Combate de actividades ilegales del puerto de Roseau.
9. BID: fondos para estudio sobre transporte marítimo en Centroamérica.
10. APN firma contrato para estudio de mejoras en puerto del Callao.
11. Proyectos de modernización de puertos para 2013 en el Perú.
12. El Callao podría seguir embarcando minerales hasta el 2025.
13. Saint Kitts espera un crecimiento del turismo de cruceros.
14. Directivos de puertos de América Latina reunidos en Miami por primera vez.
15. Hamburg Sud incorpora mayores naves en ruta ECSA-USA.
16. Nuevo presidente de Puertos del Estado de España.
17. Puertos de China, Estados Unidos y Europa registran retrocesos.
18. Maersk Line y Hanjin Shipping: pérdidas en el primer trimestre de 2009.
19. Filipina ICSTI comienza a construir terminal en Puerto de la Plata.
20. Serán penalizados casos menores de contaminación marítima de buques.
21. Maersk apoya propuesta de área de control de emisiones de EEUU y Canadá.
22. Actividades Portuarias.

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Communicating the Value of Transportation Research

Transportation Research Board
June 2009



TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 610: Communicating the Value of Transportation Research explores integrating communications throughout the research process and introduces new ways to think about communicating the value of research. The report examines the signs of good communications practices, the communication process, planning and evaluating communications efforts, communicating for specific audiences, and case studies on good communication practices within and outside of the transportation community.

An overview of NCHRP Report 610 is available online. The overview briefly introduces the need, process for, and good practices of integrating communications into transportation research. The contractor's final report on the research associated with NCHRP Report 610 was published as NCHRP Web-Only Document 131.

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Tuneles en Colombia

Jornada Técnica
ITS Para seguridad en túneles
INCO
Junio 2009

Presentación del Gerente de INCO

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Transport in Developing Countries and Climate Policy: Suggestions for a Copenhagen Agreement and Beyond

Daniel Bongardt, Frederic Rudolph, Wolfgang Sterk
Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and Energy
Wuppertal Paper no. 179
May 2009

Also in the global South, transport already significantly contributes to climate change and has high growth rates. Further rapid motorisation of countries in Asia and Latin America could counteract any climate efforts and aggravate problems of noxious emissions, noise and congestion.

This Paper aims at connecting the need for transport actions in developing countries to the international negotiations on a post-2012 climate change agreement. It outlines the decisions to be taken in Copenhagen and the preparations to adequately implement these decisions from 2013. Arguing, that a sustainable transport approach needs to set up comprehensive policy packages, the paper assesses the substance of current climate negotiations against the fit to sustainable transport. It concludes that the transport sector's importance should be highlighted and a significant contribution to mitigation efforts required.

Combining the two perspectives lead to several concrete suggestions: Existing elements of the carbon market should be improved (e.g. discounting), but an upscale of the carbon market would not be an appropriate solution. Due to a lack of additionality, offsetting industrialised countries' targets would finally undermine the overall success of the climate agreement. Instead, a mitigation fund should be established under the UNFCCC and financed by industrialised countries. This fund should explicitly enable developing countries to implement national sustainable development transport and mobility policies as well as local projects. While industrialized countries would set up target achievement plans, developing countries should outline low carbon development strategies, including a section on transport policy.

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Mexico Competitiveness Report

World Economic Forum
June 2009



The World Economic Forum released The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009, the first ever study of its kind for Mexico. The findings of the Report are being presented and discussed at the Mexico Competitiveness Workshop on June 22nd 2009 in Mexico City, jointly organized by the World Economic Forum and the Secretariat of the Economy of Mexico.

Using the methodology of the Global Competitiveness Index and the latest thinking in competitiveness research, The Mexico Competitiveness Report 2009 provides a comprehensive assessment of the country’s current competitiveness landscape, highlighting strengths and problematic areas.

The Report is the result of a collaboration between the World Economic Forum and Harvard University, and includes selected contributions written by leading Harvard University's academics exploring key issues related to Mexico's competitiveness ahead. Among these: a growth diagnostics for the country, climate change impact, NAFTA and its impact on the US labour market, small and medium firms lending, and education.

Watch the inverview

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Honduras - Enhancing Competitiveness : Trade Facilitation and Productivity Improvement Project

Integrated safeguards datasheet
APPRAISAL STAGE
World Bank
June 2009

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Infrastructure policy in the USA-Mexico border: Evaluation and policy perspectives

Roberto Duran-Fernandez
Transport Studies Unit Oxford University
September 2008

This paper presents a case study about the road infrastructure needs, and its impact on accessibility and industrial productivity in the US-Mexico border. The paper focuses on the analysis of three networks of projects that were presented in a report prepared for the 35th US-Mexico Border Governors Conference in 2007. These projects comprise a series of local and interregional roads located in the western, central, and eastern areas of the border region. The analytical work uses the North American Road System Model (NARS), a GIS application, to assess the effect of the infrastructure improvements on accessibility at different geographic scales. Finally, we estimate the impact of these accessibility gains on industrial productivity as an application of the econometric assessment presented in Duran (2007). The results of the paper confirm the importance of the road infrastructure in this region. They indicate that the productivity gains that can attributed to accessibility improvements are large enough to paid for the cost if new infrastructure during the life span of the project.

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Belize - Municipal Development Project

Integrated Safeguards Data Sheet
CONCEPT STAGE
World Bank
June 2009

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Safe, Clean, and Affordable Transport for Development: The World Bank Group s Transport Business Strategy for 2008-2012

World Bank
2008

The Bank Group’s transport business strategy articulates how transport and development goals come together.

Safe acknowledges the prominence of health outcomes within the Millennium Development Goals; it implies safety for transport users, for transport workers, and for the wider community.

Clean reflects the contribution that transport can make to the environmental aims of the Millennium Development Goals, and the need to address its impact on climate change.

Affordable acknowledges that physical supply of infrastructure is not enough. Efficient freight infrastructure, translated through well-functioning markets into affordable transport and logistics services, is critical for trade. Similarly, efficient and affordable transport underpins personal accessibility and mobility in both urban and rural areas.

Finally, transport for development asserts that, while transport can have many purposes, the Bank Group’s focus must be on its contribution to economic development.

Extracto Latinoamérica en español

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Future Urban Transport

VREF Report 2008:01
Volvo Research and Educational Foundations

The Future Urban Transport (FUT) program – how to deal with complexity – is a research program financed by the Volvo Research and Educational Foundations (VREF). The overarching aim of VREF is to contribute to the development of sustainable transportation systems.

Statement

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Effective Practices for Preparing Airport Improvement Program Benefit-Cost Analysis

Transportation Research Board
June 2009



TRB’s Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 13: Effective Practices for Preparing Airport Improvement Program Benefit-Cost Analysis explores assessment techniques that can be used by airports in performing benefit-cost analysis for hard-to-quantify benefits from projects needing more than $5 million in Airport Improvement Program discretionary funding.

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Guide for Pavement Friction

Transportation Research Board
June 2009



TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 108: Guide for Pavement Friction examines the management of pavement friction on existing highways and explores the design of new highway surfaces with adequate pavement friction. The report also highlights the importance of pavement friction in highway safety; factors affecting pavement friction; and the equipment, procedures, and indices that may be used to quantify and report available friction. Background on the project and information on research related to the development of Web-Only Document 108 was published as NCHRP Research Results Digest 321: Guide for Pavement Friction: Background and Research.

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Airport System Planning Practices

Transportation Research Board
June 2009


TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Synthesis 14: Airport System Planning Practices explores the extent to which state aviation agencies and regional planning organizations are involved in airport system planning. The report also examines the type of studies these organizations perform and how successful their efforts have been in meeting the planning process objectives.

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Critical Issues in Transportation: 2009 Update

Transportation Research Board
June 2009



TRB’s Executive Committee periodically identifies a set of critical issues in transportation to focus attention on their likely impact on the nation’s economy and quality of life. The discussion of the critical issues identified in this document is intended to facilitate debate and to encourage research leading to their resolution.

Previous editions of Critical Issues in Transportation have highlighted many of the issues that threaten the performance of the nation’s transportation system. In recent years, the Executive Committee has added the need to respond to terrorism and natural disasters, highlighting how transportation has become ever more linked to broader issues in society and in the economy.

The 2009 Critical Issues update elevates the importance of energy and environmental issues to reflect the prominence that these topics have gained in national debates about energy security and climate change. Greater emphasis also is given to the issues of the condition and financing of infrastructure, to help policy makers prepare for the reauthorization of federal surface transportation programs that expire in 2009.

The urgency of addressing the critical issues has never been greater. The Executive Committee hopes that readers of this list will become aware of and concerned about these issues, and will join in addressing the problems in transportation so that society and the economy can reap the many benefits.

To order free copies of Critical Issues in Transportation, please contact Russell Houston, TRB's Senior Communications Officer, at rhouston@nas.edu or 202-334-3252. In your correspondence, please include the number of copies of the publication you need, the audience you are going to be sharing them with, and your full mailing address.

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Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety

Transportation Research Board
June 2009


TRB's Transportation Research Circular E-C134: Influence of Roadway Surface Discontinuities on Safety is an update to a 1983 report of the same title. Issues addressed in this updated state-of-the-art report include hydroplaning, holes and bumps, edge conditions, and positive effects of road surface discontinuities.

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Guidelines for Guardrail Implementation

Transportation Research Board
June 2009



TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 638: Guidelines for Guardrail Implementation explores guidance on selecting the appropriate barrier performance level for the installation of longitudinal barriers.

The following appendices to NCHRP Report 638 are only available online.

Appendix D, Guardrail Use Guidelines for Benefit/Cost = 1

Appendix A, Guardrail Use Guidelines for Benefit/Cost = 2

Appendix B, Guardrail Use Guidelines for Benefit/Cost = 3

Appendix C, Guardrail Use Guidelines for Benefit/Cost = 4

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Guidance for Transportation Project Management

Transportation Research Board
June 2009


TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Web-Only Document 137: Guidance for Transportation Project Management explores tools designed to potentially enhance an agencies’ transportation project management process and examines innovative way to manage a project.

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AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance

AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance
June 2009

The AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance has launched a new website to help state departments of transportation, metropolitan planning organizations, and other transportation providers find new potential sources of revenue.
"We're giving state departments of transportation a valuable new tool to meet the financial challenges of both today and tomorrow," said John Horsley, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO).

The website www.transportation-finance.org is designed to identify a comprehensive set of funding and financing mechanisms that can be used to generate investment for critical transportation projects.

Established by congressional legislation in the 2005, the AASHTO Center for Excellence in Project Finance provides transportation funding and financing tools, research services, technical assistance, and professional education programs in conjunction with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Its mission is to work in partnership with the US DOT to develop state-of-the-art finance methods for transportation project advancement and funding and to provide project oversight tools and new professional development programs.
For more information about the new website please contact Joung Lee, the Center's Deputy Director, at 202-624-5818 or jlee AT aashto.org.

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Quincenario

Boletín AFIN Nº 051
Perú - Asociación para el Fomento de la Infraestructura Nacional
12 de junio de 2009


Contenido:
Fondos de Financiamiento de Infraestructura
Perspectivas del Marco Macroeconómico Multianual

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Rail Transport - Thematic Research Summary (2009)

Transport Research Knowledge Centre
June 2009

Railways deliver economic, social and, particularly, environmental benefits and are an important mode of transport. This document aims to provide the reader with a synthesis of available results from completed European research projects related to rail transport.

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Is Curitiba, Brazil the model city for parking management?

Christopher Ziemann
District of Columbia Department of Transportation
November 2008

This paper examines parking supply, price, and policies in Curitiba, Brazil, the original model city for BRT. The goal of this exploratory paper is to expand the current body of literature on Curitiba?Ts transportation and land use connections and to bring attention to how policy impacts parking, and how parking influences mode choice. This paper provides a review of parking literature, concluding that restricting parking reduces vehicle mode share, and gives examples of policies other cities have implemented such as maximum parking allowances. Then, from interviews, this paper explains the history of parking policy in Curitiba and examines five case studies to determine how this has affected supply, demand, and price. The paper also compares this data with socio-economic statistics and data on urban form. The result is that Curitiba adopted minimum parking requirements similar to most U.S. cities, even along the BRT lines. There is high supply and in all five cases, and high demand where income and density are highest. The lessons from this paper are especially relevant to poor countries battling congestion and pollution and seeking low-cost solutions and can help define what a model city for parking management would look like.

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Speed Monitor

ETSC’s Newsletter on Speed Policy Developments in the EU
ETSC
Nº 5
June 2009

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Global status report on road safety: Time for action

WHO
June 2009



Approximately 1.3 million people die each year on the world's roads, and between 20 and 50 million sustain non-fatal injuries. The Global status report on road safety is the first broad assessment of the road safety situation in 178 countries, using data drawn from a standardized survey. The results show that road traffic injuries remain an important public health problem, particularly for low-income and middle-income countries. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists make up almost half of those killed on the roads, highlighting the need for these road users to be given more attention in road safety programmes. The results suggest that in many countries road safety laws need to be made more comprehensive while enforcement should be strengthened. The Global status report on road safety results clearly show that significantly more action is needed to make the world's roads safer.

Presentación

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Trends in the transport sector

OECD
June 2009

This publication presents the most up-to-date statistics on transport markets in International Transport Forum countries for the period 1970-2007, including charts to highlight the major trends. Published earlier than comparable studies, this handy pocket-sized booklet provides the reader with first-hand figures on key transport trends. Data are also provided on air and maritime transport as well as on investment and maintenance expenditures undertaken in the transport sector.

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Boletin Informativo

Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas - Uruguay
Nº30
Junio 2009

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Forward Progress: Six Years of Innovation in Transport 2002-2008

EMBARQ
August 2008



Published in August 2008, Forward Progress: Six Years of Innovation in Transport, details EMBARQ's major accomplishments in cities as diverse as Arequipa, Peru and Xi'an, China.

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Year in Review: 2008-2009

EMBARQ
June 2009


This report covers EMBARQ Network highlights between January 2008 and May 2009:

* CAF Partnership
* Mexico City's Metrobús
* Guadalajara's Macrobús
* MEDEC Study
* Transit-Oriented Development
* Istanbul's Metrobus
* World Heritage Plan
* CTSS-Andino Launch
* Arequipa Vehicle Ban
* Mercaderes Street
* EMBARQ BRT Simulator
* Porto Alegre BRT
* Delhi Bus Corridor Review
* Indore Bus Procurement
* Bangalore Cycling Action Plan

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ITS Strategy 2006-2009

Swedish Road Administration
October 2005

ITS is how IT is used in traffic
ITS stands for ”intelligent transport systems and services”. Road transport informatics and transport telematics are other common names for ITS. ITS concerns how IT (Information Technology) is used in traffic to help make the transport system more efficient. The aim is to increase accessibility, improve road safety and reduce
environmental impact.

The Swedish Road Administration (SRA) has drawn up a national ITS strategy for the period 2006–2009. This strategy has adopted a holistic approach and is based on the SRA’s well-balanced customeroriented programme, its strategic plans as well as on national and international findings concerning the successful implementation and application of ITS. Over fifty specific milestones have been set for this period to help ensure that concrete results are obtained. This pamphlet gives a summary of what is contained in the ITS strategy.

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Tráfico y Seguridad Vial

Año XXV Nº 196 Año 2009
Dirección General del Transporte - España



Reportajes:
Sin casco no hay moto
Cambian las normas
Los túneles mejoran
Los reincidentes del alcohol
Guía para víctimas de accidentes
Compramos coches seguros
Multas: pagar con tarjeta y en internet
Europa por la vía segura
Señalizar mejor, reaccionar más rápido
Una accidentalidad emergente
El mini
Permiso de plástico para todos
Más baratos que nunca

Para acceder a las otras secciones de la revista.

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GRSPNEWS

Issue 25 Spring 2009
Global Road Safety Partnership

Inside:

• Engaging communities and youth with helmets in Thailand
• South Africa takes on a dangerous highway
• New seat-belt manual released
• GRSP leads fleet management manual
• Special focus - Brazil: Building an advanced road safety culture
• Around GRSP’s World
• News Flash
• International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) extends GRSP hosting agreement
• GRSP Annual Meeting, June 23-25, Geneva, Switzerland

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Annual Report 2008

Global Road Safety Partnership
May 2008

The Global Road Safety Partnership (GRSP) brings together governments and governmental agencies, the private sector and civil society organisations to address
road safety issues, focusing on low and middle-income countries. GRSP is a hosted programme of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), based in Geneva, Switzerland. Traditionally, road crashes have been seen as a
problem for the transport sector. However, the direct costs of the growing number of crashes falls mostly on the health sector, businesses and families. Today it is widely acknowledged that many sectors have a role to play in the prevention of crashes, deaths and injuries. GRSP brings together these sectors at the global, national and local government level in order to help create sustainable partnerships and implement effective road safety programmes. GRSP shares knowledge, provides advice on good practice, and facilitates and implements projects in a growing number of countries.

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World Bank Global Road Safety Facility Strategic Plan 2006 – 2015

World Bank Global Road Safety Facility
January 2009

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World Bank Global Road Safety Facility Facts and Figures 2006 – 2010

World Bank Global Road Safety Facility
2009

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World Bank Global Road Safety Facility Activities Report 2006-2008

World Bank Global Road Safety Facility
2009

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The sustainable safety approach to Road Transport and Mobility

ECTRI
January 2009

This paper aims to elaborate on one of the four important areas of ERTRAC, namely Safety; whereas taking into account its impact to the other three priority areas, namely Urban Mobility, Long distance transport, Energy and Environment. It provides the collective views of several Research and Policy stakeholders in the area.
The paper was initiated as an answer to the EC request on research priorities and agendas input for the Research Workprogrammes of 2010/2011 and is triggered also by the aim of these calls (based on draft Call text), which is solely on energy and environment related issues. The above stakeholder groups consider Safety as an interconnected issue to the environmental issues and as an equally important priority and want to emphasize with this input to the EC (DG’s RESEARCH, INFSO and TREN) that Safety-related Research should not be abandoned or even minimized in the next 3 years (2009-2011) European Research Agenda for economic, societal and even environmental protection reasons.

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EU/US Transport Research Collaboration: Challenges and opportunities

A Report of the TRB/ECTRI Working Group on EU/US Transport research collaboration
European Conference of Transport Research Institutes
January 2009

The need for international collaboration in transport research has never been greater. Both the European Community and the United States are buffeted by the forces of climatic change, escalating energy prices, and economic decline. While innovation in the transport sector is only part of the solution, it is an important element in any strategy designed to respond to a world that in Thomas L. Friedman’s words, is increasingly “hot, flat, and crowded” (Friedman, 2008).

This report, entitled “EU/US Transport Research Collaboration: Challenges and
Opportunities” is an important first step in establishing a structure for pooling finite resources to discover new solutions. It, however, differs from many other recent studies in that it places transport research in its proper historical, institutional, economic, social, and policy context. A critical lesson of this report is that while there are notable economic and political differences between Europe and United States, these differences pale in comparison to the similarities in the barriers both entities face in forging sustainable collaborative research ventures. Furthermore, the current unprecedented economic crisis and the fact that it transforms the global environment of cooperation bring new urgency to the need for international collaboration.

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Short-term prediction of traffic flow status for online driver information

Satu Innamaa
VTT
June 2009



Dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Science in Technology to be presented with due permission of the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture for public examination and debate in the Auditorium at Helsinki University of Technology (Rakentajanaukio 4, Espoo, Finland) on 12th of June, 2009,at 12 noon.

The principal aim of this study was to develop a method for making a short-term prediction model of traffic flow status (i.e. travel time and a five-step travel speed-based classification) and test its performance in the real world environment. Specifically, the objective was to find a method that can predict the traffic flow status on a satisfactory level, can be implemented without long delays and is practical for real-time use also in the long term. A sequence of studies shows the development process from offline models with perfect data to online models with field data. Models were based on MLP neural networks and self-organising maps. The purpose of the online model was to produce real-time information of the traffic flow status that can be given to drivers. The models were tested in practice. In conclusion, the results of online use of the prediction models in practice were promising and even a simple prediction model was shown to improve the accuracy of travel time information especially in congested conditions. The results also indicated that the self-adapting principle improved the performance of the model and made it possible to implement the model quite quickly. The model was practical for real-time use also in the long term in terms of the number of carry bits that it requires to restore the history of samples of traffic situations. As self-adapting this model performed better than as a static version i.e. without the self-adapting feature, as the proportion of correctly predicted traffic flow status increased considerably for the selfadapting model during the online trial.

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World Bank/PPIAF Toolkit for PPP in Roads and Highways

PPIAF
June 2009

The Toolkit's main purpose is to assist transport sector policy makers in low- and middle-income countries in implementing procedures to promote private sector participation and financing in the development and maintenance of their road and highway networks.

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Public Transportation

U.S. Government Accountability Office
June 2009

New Starts Program Challenges and Preliminary Observations on Expediting Project Development

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Aviation and climate change

U.S. Government Accountability Office
June 2009

Aircraft Emissions Expected to Grow, but Technological and Operational Improvements and Government Policies Can Help Control Emissions

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Fast-Forward: Key Issues in Modernizing the U.S. Freight-Transportation System for Future Economic Growth

RAND
June 2009

Efficient movement of freight within the United States and across its borders is a critical enabler of future U.S. economic growth and competitiveness. Such efficiency is now threatened by capacity bottlenecks, inefficient use of some components of the freight infrastructure, interference with passenger transport, the system's vulnerability to disruption, and the need to address important emission and energy constraints. In this volume, the authors provide a broad overview of U.S. freight transportation, discuss its role in the supply chains of various types of businesses, and provide data about its capacity in relation to demand for goods movement. They conclude with a discussion of the need to modernize the freight-transportation system and the overarching issues this involves: increasing capacity through operational improvements and infrastructure enhancement, making the system more adaptable and less vulnerable to disruption, addressing the energy and environmental concerns associated with freight transportation, and building support for public and private investment in the system.

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Bus Rapid Transit: A cost-effective mass transit technology

ITDP
June 2009

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Boletin Nota

Nº 118
Instituto Mexicano del Transporte
Junio de 2009

Contenido:

• Observaciones sobre la longitud de viaje en el transporte aéreo de pasajeros en México y sus implicaciones en la modelación gravitacional de la movilidad.
• Innovaciones en la tecnología aeroportuaria

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Análisis gravitacional de la movilidad de pasajeros en la red de transporte aéreo doméstico en México

Instituto Mexicano del Transporte
Publicación Técnica 320
Junio 2009

Se presentan los resultados de una investigación cuyo objetivo general ha sido realizar un análisis gravitacional de la movilidad de los pasajeros que utilizan los servicios regulares de transporte aéreo en el espacio geográfico mexicano. Se ha empleado un modelo de regresión lineal múltiple con estructura gravitacional, pero adaptado para ser calibrado a partir de datos empíricos, mediante la técnica de los mínimos cuadrados. La calidad estadística de los parámetros de la función de regresión se ha verificado mediante las pruebas de hipótesis convencionales. Los indicadores de desempeño del modelo de regresión múltiple y los resultados de la evaluación paramétrica, permiten concluir que los viajes generados en los orígenes, y los viajes atraídos por los destinos, son variables con un alto potencial para explicar la intensidad de flujo de pasajeros en los corredores de transporte; no así la distancia euclidiana que los separa. Los resultados de la investigación respecto al comportamiento estadístico de la variable distancia, coinciden plenamente con los obtenidos en estudios previos sobre transporte aéreo de carga y permiten concluir que la independencia entre la intensidad de flujo de transporte y la distancia física que separa a los orígenes y destinos de los movimientos, es una característica propia de este modo de transporte, al menos en México.

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Sobre Ruedas

Newsletter Nº 78
Fundación Profesional para el Transporte
Junio 2009

Contenido:

• El papel del transporte Multimodal en el comercio mundial y la integración regional
• La Realidad Logística y la Crisis
• “Está comprobado que la capacitación conforma uno de los grandes pilares para una conducción segura y responsable” Entrevista al legislador de la ciudad de Buenos Aires Daniel Amoroso.
• La FPT fue invitada a participar el 10 y 11 de julio del Segundo Encuentro de Seguridad Vial del Mercosur en el municipio de San Pablo, Brasil. Decreto Nº 50.446/09

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Ecuador: Informe del estado de las principales vias del pais

Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
Abril 2009

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Peru Safe and Sustainable Transport SWAp

World Bank

June 2009

The proposed project development objective is to increase the quality of national road corridors that are essential to Peru's competitiveness and to promote safer transport conditions, as part of the Government's stimulus package designed in response to the global crisis. Specific objectives include: (i) improving the quality of selected national roads, through a scaling up of effective maintenance and the use of low-cost paving technologies; (ii) generating employment opportunities, particularly for the rural poor; (iii) supporting the reduction of road traffic fatalities and injuries (and resulting economic losses), on selected national roads, through the development of safe corridors; and (iv) strengthening MTC's institutional framework with a view to improve the effectiveness of the Government's stimulus package.

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Integrated safeguards data sheet

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Public Transport Effects on Road Traffic: Potential and Limitations

Royal Automobile Club Foundation
Motoring Towards 2050 – Roads and Reality
Background Paper No.4
October 2008

The use of roads depends on transport modes used by people and those moving
goods. Clearly rail, water and airborne transport do not make direct demands on
the road network, but in many situations access to their terminals requires road
transport. The use of public transport depends on its price and service
characteristics in relation to current travel needs and these in turn depend on
modal characteristics network coverage and capacity. This note looks at the use
of public transport today, how it has changed over recent years and the role it is
likely to play in future.

The use of different means of transport depends on the types and patterns of
service required by people and those involved in logistics. These have changed
over the years with increasing reliance on road transport, with its greater ubiquity
and flexibility, and individualised forms of transportation that can quickly and
conveniently adapt as the demands made upon them change.

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Transport Price Indices

David Leibling
Royal Automobile Club Foundation for Motoring
June 2009

Over the past 10 years, the cost of motoring has risen by 25% and the cost of public transport fares by 57%, compared with a 41% rise in all prices (all as measured by the retail price index). However, the cost of using a car has risen faster than public transport costs while the cost of buying a car has fallen sharply. The method used to collect car prices for the RPI does not represent the true cost of change. It uses 3 year old car prices as a proxy for both new car prices and for all used cars, but changes in the company car market have distorted 3 year old used car prices so that they are not representative. New car prices have actually remained constant in money terms over the last 10 years. A simple model of the car market shows that the effect of used car prices falling faster than new cars is to increase the cost of change for new car buyers which is what most purchasers experience as they trade-in a used car when they buy a new car. The consumer price index does take account of actual new car prices but still does not account for the cost of change. However lower used car prices have made it easier for people to acquire a car for the first time as shown by the 50% growth in ownership in the lowest income quintile. There are other anomalies in the coding of costs in the RPI and in the treatment of insurance costs in the CPI which mean that they are not truly representative of the changes in motoring costs.

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The Car in British Society

Karen Lucas and Peter Jones
Royal Automobile Club Foundation
April 2009



This report describes a scoping study into the changing nature of car ownership and use within British society since the previous Car Dependence study, published by the Royal Automobile Club Foundation in 1995. It draws on a reanalysis of the National Travel Survey, a review of international literature and British attitude surveys, and
findings from a small number of exploratory focus groups and professional interviews commissioned as part of this study.

The study finds that the car is now the dominant mode of travel in most people’s daily lives, and is seen as a major asset by most households. Whilst car use per person has grown for nearly half a century, this trend now seems to have come to a halt, although the reasons for this are not clear. Our analysis identifies that since the early 2000s, annual car mileage has grown only in line with increases in the adult population. However, levels of car use are now well above those considered to be sustainable nationally, as outlined in the latest Department for Transport’s Delivering a Sustainable Transport Strategy document (2008). Our report raises important issues concerning the potential economic and social consequences of substantial ‘non voluntary’ reductions in car use in the move towards a low carbon economy.

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Keeping the wheels from falling off: Why England needs a new urban transport investment fund

Adam Marshall
Centre for cities
April 2009



With each passing week, the public finances look more and more precarious. For England’s cities, the next decade is likely to be marked by a wide-ranging cutback in Government capital investment, with transport and other infrastructure projects pared back significantly. Despite transport’s role as an enabler of economic growth, it remains low on Ministers’ priority lists – well behind education, health and defence.

Yet public transport infrastructure needs – especially in England’s regional cities – remain significant. A decade of increased spending has not closed the ‘infrastructure gap’faced by cities like Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham, Cambridge, Reading or Bristol. So if cities are to lead the economic recovery over the longer term, new sources of transport investment will be urgently required.

This Policy Solutions note sets out a blueprint for a new Urban Transport Investment Fund. The Fund is not a new Government spending programme – but a way to simultaneously deliver high-quality public transport infrastructure and returns for central government, local authorities and private sector investors. Over the next year, we urge all major political parties to work with cities to build up detailed plans to launch a city-focused transport Fund, following the 2010 General Election.

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End of the line

The Trailblazers Transport Report
Report 1 of the Inclusion Now series
May 2009
Trailblazers

More than 100 young disabled campaigners from all over the UK have spent the past three months carrying out an undercover investigation into the state of our nation’s public transport system: End of the Line reveals our results and findings.

Despite the Disability Discrimination Act of 2005 stating that transport service providers are obliged to make ‘reasonable adjustments’ if their services are not fully accessible to disabled people, our report shows that many young wheelchair users and people with mobility difficulties face serious challenges when accessing public transport compared to their non-disabled peers.

We are calling on the Government and local authorities, together with transport providers, to review their accessibility policies. Young disabled people want to be independent and transport should not stop us.

The evidence in this report comes from a wide range of primary quantitative and qualitative evidence gathering methods including over 190 mystery commuter surveys, station surveys, campaigners’ blogs, focus groups and film reports. Secondary
evidence in this report comes from various sources including the Equalities and Human Rights Commission, the Department for Transport and Transport for London.

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Strategies Help Boost Inter-Island Fast Ferry

AAPA Seaport Magazine
Case Study: Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago
Winter 2008

Strategies involving media and general public have proven effective in the success of the Port Authority of Trinidad and Tobago's reintroduction of fast ferry service between the key seaports of the twin-island southern Caribbean state.

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UNECE Transport Review

UNECE
May 2009



Transport without Borders
The second edition of the UNECE Transport Review, deals with border crossing faciliation issues. It was published in May 2009 on the occassion of the International Transport Forum which this year focuses on transport for a global economy.

Contributors span a range of experts on border crossing facilitation issues, addressing the topic from different angles and through wide geographic scope.

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Research findings on the evolution of the world economy and its links with transport

ITF SECRETARIAT DOCUMENT
International Transport Forum
May 2009

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Transport Outlook 2009: Globalisation, Crisis and Transport

International Transport Forum
Discussion Paper No. 2009-12
May 2009 (Preliminary version)

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High Speed Rail: International, USA and California

Ron Diridon
AASHTO
May 2009

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NotiMOPT

Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte - Costa Rica
Mayo 2009

En esta edición:

• MOPT con plan oficial de reciclaje ¿Por qué reciclar?
• Obligatorio aportar tipo de sangre para obtener o renovar licencia
• Celebramos juntos los frutos del trabajo en equipo
• Finalizado mejoramiento entre Veintisiete de Abril y Paraíso
• Día del Padre: Almuerzo para papá (recetas)

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Achieving the Vision: Intercity Passenger Rail

AASHTO
May 2009

The American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials has released a report that explores future national rail policy options and funding for an intercity rail capital improvement program

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Vision of High-Speed Rail in America

Federal Railroad Administration
Last Updated: June 1st 2009

President Obama proposes to help address the nation's transportation challenges by launching a new and efficient high-speed passenger rail network in 100-600 mile corridors that connect communities across America. The Strategic Plan outlines the President’s vision that would transform the nation’s transportation system by rebuilding existing rail infrastructure while developing a comprehensive high-speed intercity passenger rail network through a long-term commitment at both the federal and state levels. This plan draws from the successful highway and aviation development models with a 21st century solution that focuses on clean, energy-efficient rail transportation.

High-speed rail (HSR) is a family of transportation options that address longer-distance passenger transport needs in heavily populated corridors. Implementing HSR will promote economic expansion (including new manufacturing jobs), create new choices for travelers in addition to flying or driving, reduce national dependence on oil, and foster urban and rural livable communities. With the successful completion of the original phases of the Northeast Corridor (NEC) Transportation Project offering Amtrak's 150 mph train service, known as “Acela,” between Washington, New York, and Boston, efforts have expanded beyond the NEC. A number of high-speed rail corridors are being planned by States that range from upgrades to existing rail lines to entirely new rail lines exclusively devoted to 150 to 250 mph trains.

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Seaports Magazine

American Association of Port Authorities
Vol. 16 Summer 2009

The American Association of Port Authorities has released the latest issue of Seaports Magazine. This issue features perspectives on managing seaports through challenging economic times.

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Pricing Urban Congestion

Ian W.H. Parry
Resources for the Future Institute
Discussion Paper
November 2008

This paper reviews literature on the optimal design of pricing policies to reduce urban automobile congestion. The implications of a range of complicating factors are considered, such as traffic bottlenecks, constraints on which roads and freeway lanes in the road network can be priced, driver heterogeneity, private toll operators, other externalities besides congestion, and interactions between congestion taxes and the broader fiscal system. We also briefly discuss the incidence of congestion taxes
and experience with this policy in the United States and elsewhere.

Although the economics literature on congestion pricing has advanced considerably over the last 20 years, research is still needed on the empirical measurement of second-best efficient tolls for urban centers and whether alternative design features have substantial implications for efficiency. More research is also needed on the design of schemes to promote feasibility by compensating adversely affected groups
with minimal loss in economic efficiency.

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Improving Safety and Mobility for Older Road Users in Australia and Japan

International Technology Scanning Program
Federal Highway Administration
October 2008



Age-related declines in vision, cognition, and physical ability affect how older road users drive and use other transportation modes. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study to assess infrastructure improvements designed to aid older road users in Australia and Japan.

The scan team found that using a systems approach provides for integration of safety of older roads users and that enhancing safety for older road users improves safety for all. The team also observed engineering, policy, and educational programs that can improve the safety and mobility of older road users.

Team recommendations for U.S. implementation include integrating information from the scan on infrastructure improvements benefiting older road users into relevant U.S. documents, encouraging partnerships between government and nongovernment organizations to address older road users’ needs, and developing a research program on policies and interventions targeted to older road users.

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Nonwoven Geotextile Interlayers for Separating Cementitious Pavement Layers: German Practice and U.S. Field Trials

Robert Otto Rasmussen and Sabrina I. Garber
International Technology Scanning Program
Federal Highway Administration
May 2009

Pavement engineering is traditionally a conservative field, but successful pavement engineers will constantly seek out proven innovative concepts with potential to improve pavement performance while reducing costs. Many pavement structures in the United States consist of more than one cementitious layer that requires separation. This could be a new concrete pavement (jointed or continuously reinforced) atop a cementitious base or, becoming increasingly popular, an unbonded concrete overlay.

In both cases, an interlayer is often required for separation. While hot-mix asphalt is commonly used for this purpose, associated constructability, cost, and performance issues need to be recognized.

The German highway community has more than 25 years of experience using an alternative interlayer made of a nonwoven geotextile. With proper selection and placement, these interlayers have resulted in excellent performance in separating new concrete pavement layers from the cementitious bases commonplace on the German motorway system. While this application also exists in the United States, the possibility of using the nonwoven geotextile as a separation interlayer in an unbonded concrete overlay system has also generated significant interest because of the potential cost savings involved.

This report documents the German experience and gleans better practices for using nonwoven geotextile interlayers between cementitious layers in the United States. The report covers field trials in Missouri and Oklahoma along with other information so that pavement engineers can make an informed decision on the viability of this innovative but proven alternative.

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Streamlining and Integrating Right-of-Way and Utility Processes With Planning, Environmental, and Design Processes in Australia and Canada

International Technology Scanning Program
Federal Highway Administration
June 2009

Many transportation projects require acquisition of land and accommodation of utility facilities in the right-of-way. The Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and National Cooperative Highway Research Program sponsored a scanning study of Australia and Canada to learn about innovative practices for right-of-way and utility processes.

The study complemented a 2000 study of European countries. The scan team identified nine priorities for U.S. implementation: promote incentive-based reimbursement
for utility relocations, pursue corridor preservation strategies, use an alliance contract approach to integrate right-of-way acquisition and utility coordination, enhance cooperative relationships with property owners to facilitate timely property acquisition, develop GIS-based right-of-way project and asset management systems, promote visualization techniques to communicate project impacts, promote use of multiple-level MOU structures, promote use of utility coordination best practices during construction, and develop a framework to establish proficiency of right-of-way and utility professionals.

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Quincenario

Boletín AFIN Nº 050
Perú - Asociación para el Fomento de la Infraestructura Nacional
27 de Mayo de 2009


Contenido:

• Editorial: Celeridad
• Entrevista: DRA. BEATRIZ MERINO, Defensora del Pueblo. “Corresponde al Estado asegurar las condiciones que permitan que más peruanos accedan a servicios e infraestructura de calidad
• Informe: La necesidad de un buen puerto para Pisco
• Comentario Legislativo: Sobrecostos vs. competitividad

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Getting On Track: Key Public Transportation Projects and Their Benefits for Illinois

Illinois PIRG
May 2009

Illinois’ transportation system is in trouble. High and wildly fluctuating gas prices add to Illinois residents’ economic woes, traffic congestion wastes valuable time and energy, and our cars and trucks produce pollution that harms Illinois residents’ health and contributes to global warming.

Public transportation makes a vital contribution to Illinois’ transportation system, relieving congestion, reducing our dependence on oil, curbing pollution, stimulating the economy, and helping to sustain healthy, vibrant communities. In recent years, Illinois transit systems have made these vital contributions despite funding levels that have often threatened service and left important expansion projects on the drawing board.

Illinois needs a transportation system that meets the needs of the 21st century – one in which public transportation plays an even bigger role than it does today. To get there, we need to start investing now in critical public transportation projects.

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Airline Industry Contraction Due to Volatile Fuel Prices and Falling Demand Affects Airports, Passengers, and Federal Government Revenues

U.S. Government Accountability Office
April 2009

The U.S. passenger airline industry is vital to the U.S. economy. Airlines directly generate billions of dollars in revenues each year and catalyze economic growth. Interest in the airlines’ ability to weather volatile fuel prices and the economic recession led to congressional requests for a GAO review. GAO examined how (1) the
financial condition of the U.S. passenger airline industry has changed, the principal factors affecting its condition, and its prospects for 2009; (2) airlines have
responded to the factors affecting their financial condition; and (3) changes in the industry have affected airports, passengers, and the Airport and Airway Trust Fund
(Trust Fund), which funds the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) capital programs and most of its operations. To do this, GAO analyzed financial and operating
data, reviewed studies, and interviewed airline, airport, and FAA officials and other experts. The Department of Transportation (DOT) provided technical comments, which were incorporated as appropriate.

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Equity and Congestion Pricing: A Review of the Evidence

Liisa Ecola and Thomas Light
RAND
May 2009



Transportation policymakers are increasingly considering congestion pricing a promising option for addressing urban traffic-congestion problems. While some congestion pricing projects have been undertaken in the United States, many proposals have been rejected based on worries that congestion pricing is inequitable. This report looks at the evidence that might support or negate this claim. As congestion pricing has been both studied and implemented more widely, a body of evidence based on both real-world implementations and models of proposed and hypothetical congestion pricing systems has been growing. While a number of papers have been published in this area, it has been difficult to reach general conclusions about whether congestion pricing is equitable. This report provides an overview of the literature from both economists and transportation planners to highlight what is known about the equity implications of congestion pricing.

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The Brazil Competitiveness Report 2009

World Economic Forum
May 2009



How to unleash Brazil's full competitiveness potential

The Brazil Competitiveness Report 2009—a comprehensive overview of the country’s current competitiveness landscape, highlighting its strengths as well as its problematic areas—made its debut today at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in Rio de Janeiro. The Forum’s Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab says the report “is being published at an important moment for Brazil’s national competitiveness agenda, given the challenges brought about by the current global economic downturn.”

Press Release

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World Economic Forum on Latin America: Implications of the Global Economic Crisis for Latin America

World Economic Forum
May 2009



The 2009 World Economic Forum on Latin America allowed the over 550 government, business and civil society leaders who gathered in Rio to consider the international community’s approach to the unfolding global economic crisis and assess how the Latin America and the Caribbean region is addressing the multiple challenges posed by the turmoil...

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