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Congestion Pricing in the United States

Tuesday, May 26th, 2020

This report does not replicate the extensive literature and analysis that already exist. Rather, it addresses the most significant barriers to congestion pricing today: the political, institutional, and communication hurdles. While congestion pricing can benefit from sophisticated technology, the primary impediments are not technical. Congestion pricing strategies require bold leadership and vision and these principles are intended to outline an approach for getting there.

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Tags: Congestion Pricing, Eno Center for Transportation
Posted in Congestion, Infra Views

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Learning From the 2009 Recovery Act: Lessons and recommendations for future infrastructure stimulus

Thursday, April 16th, 2020

Learning From the 2009 Recovery Act - report cover

The United States now needs another stimulus. A COVID-19 recession is all but certain. Additional spending will almost certainly follow the CARES Act approved by Congress in late March. While there are enormous needs for relief and support all across the economy, the president and many congressional leaders have indicated that they want infrastructure to be a major part of some future stimulus bill. If Congress wants to use infrastructure spending to create jobs and support recovery, we should learn from the previous stimulus.

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Tags: Smart Growth America, Stimulus, Transportation for America
Posted in Funding, Infra Views, Policy, Public Transportation, Smart Growth

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Data on Demand: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions

Tuesday, February 25th, 2020

Data on Demand - Eno Transportation - Cover

This report examines the data needs that agency staff need to consider when developing a MOD agreement with private providers. Background information on elements of data sharing in this context includes general state of the practice, and challenges and opportunities for transit agencies.

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Tags: About the Eno Center for Transportation, CA, California, Data, Los Angeles, Puget Sound, WA, Washington
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One Water Change Leadership for Utilities: Six Essential Capacities

Tuesday, February 4th, 2020

This report contributes to the growing body of analysis and documentation of the One Water approach. It focuses on an overlooked dimension: the essential leadership capacities that individuals at water utilities need to guide change toward One Water.

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Tags: One Water, U.S. Water Alliance, Water utilities
Posted in Drinking Water, Infra Views, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Menino Survey of Mayors: 2019 Results

Tuesday, January 28th, 2020

Mayors report water, wastewater, and stormwater are more of a priority relative to prior survey years, while road infrastructure and mass transit continue to be key needs.

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Tags: Mayors, Menino Survey of Mayors, survey
Posted in Equity, Infra Views, Transit, Urban Planning

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Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States: a National Access Plan

Tuesday, November 19th, 2019

Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States: Cover Image

This report shines a light on America’s hidden water crisis and proposes a plan of action. It is the most comprehensive analysis of water and sanitation access in the United States to date, and it identifies promising, community-centered solutions that can help us extend water services to all people.

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Tags: Dig Deep, drinking water, US Water Alliance
Posted in Drinking Water, Equity, Infra Views, Wastewater, Water Treatment

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Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Planning and Assessment

Wednesday, October 16th, 2019

Infographic showing FHWA's Vulnerability Assessment

This report provides an approach for incorporating resilience into transportation planning and assessment for state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations. We build on the Federal Highway Administration’s Vulnerability Assessment and Adaptation Framework (VAF) to better incorporate principles of resilience into the decisionmaking process for long-term transportation planning.

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Tags: FHWA, RAND Corporation, Resilience, Transportation Research Board, TRB
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Understanding How Women Travel

Tuesday, October 1st, 2019

Mobility – or one’s ability to get around – shapes the opportunities we can reach, and the way we interact in and with our communities. Although women comprise over half of all transit ridership in Los Angeles County, their mobility needs, concerns, and preferences have not been critically accounted for in the way our transportation systems are planned. As a result, women tend to bear outsized burdens and risks in the course of their daily travel.

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Tags: California, How Women Travel, LA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Metro, Women
Posted in Buses, Equity, Infra Views, Local, Public Transportation, Transit

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Caution Ahead: 5 Years Later – Assessing Progress and Challenges for New York City’s Aging Infrastructure

Thursday, August 29th, 2019

Our new analysis shows that some of the problems we documented five years ago have only gotten worse, and that the new stressors like climate change have only added to the overall price tag to bring the city’s core infrastructure to a state of good repair.

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Tags: Center for an Urban Future, New York City, NYC
Posted in Bridges, Infra Views, Local, Public Transportation, Roads

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24th Annual Highway Report

Friday, August 23rd, 2019

Reason Foundation’s Annual Highway Report has tracked the performance of the 50 state-owned highway systems from 1984 to 2016. The 24th Annual Highway Report ranks the performance of state highway systems in 2016, with congestion and bridge condition data from 2017. Each state’s overall rating is determined by rankings in 13 categories, including highway expenditures per mile, Interstate and primary road pavement conditions, urbanized area congestion, bridge conditions and fatality rates. The study is based on spending and performance data state highway agencies submitted to the federal government. This study also reviews changes in highway performance over the past year.

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Tags: Highway Report, Reason Foundation, Reason Highway Report
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Infra Views

Congestion Pricing in the United States

Learning From the 2009 Recovery Act: Lessons and recommendations for future infrastructure stimulus

Data on Demand: A Case Study in the Los Angeles and Puget Sound Regions

One Water Change Leadership for Utilities: Six Essential Capacities

Menino Survey of Mayors: 2019 Results

Closing the Water Access Gap in the United States: a National Access Plan

Incorporating Resilience into Transportation Planning and Assessment

Understanding How Women Travel

Caution Ahead: 5 Years Later – Assessing Progress and Challenges for New York City’s Aging Infrastructure

24th Annual Highway Report

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