Research Reports

Complex transportation project management: An in-depth look at process integration, alternative financing, and sustainability

This Iowa State University thesis focuses on the different aspects of complex transportation projects and tries to assist agencies understanding of the options forimplementing project management, in...

2013-01-01T00:00:00-05:00January 1st, 2013|

Towards a Green Investment Policy Framework: The Case of Low-Carbon, Climate-Resilient Infrastructure

This research report explains the policies and associated financial issues involved in investing in green technologies and shifting wider infrastructure in a direction that makes those technologies mo...

2012-11-12T00:00:00-05:00November 12th, 2012|

Assessing the Environmental and Health Impacts of Port-Related Freight Movement in a Major Urban Transportation Corridor

This research paper explores an integrated approach for evaluating the environmental and health impacts of freight operations between the SPBP complex and downtown Los Angeles. This includes a microsc...

2010-03-01T00:00:00-05:00March 1st, 2010|

Driven by Dollars: What States Should Know When Considering Public-Private Partnerships to Fund Transportation

Using Pennsylvania's 2008 attempt to lease the Pennsylvania Turnpike to a private consortium as a case study, this report analyzes key findings from the Pennsylvania experience to help state policy ma...

2009-03-01T00:00:00-05:00March 1st, 2009|

AFV Action Guide for State and Regional Transportation Agencies