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• Expect Delays: An Analysis of Air Travel Trends in the United States

  Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  Robert Puentes and Adie Tomer assess metropolitan air travel trends over the past two decades. They find that most travel is consolidated within a select group of 26 metropolitan areas, which contribute to the country’s highest volume corridors and produce the worst on-time performance. Their findings reveal serious implications for the country’s aviation infrastructure as passenger volumes are predicted to grow in the coming years.

• Making Transportation Sustainable: Insights from Germany

  Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT

  To help improve the energy efficiency and overall environmental sustainability of the U.S. transportation system, we will need to adopt policies that foster changes in the way Americans travel. In a new report Brookings researchers find that Germany may offer valuable lessons. Like the United States, Germany is a federal republic but it has taken impressive steps to improve transportation options, link transportation planning to land use, and advance other reforms – all while empowering metropolitan action.

• The Road…Less Traveled: An Analysis of Vehicle Miles Traveled Trends in the U.S.

  Tue, 16 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  Nevada, Idaho and Colorado lead the way in ending car dependence, according to a first-ever ranking, as do the metro areas around Austin, Indianapolis and Atlanta. A new Brookings report by Robert Puentes and Adie Tomer shows that other modes of transit grow in popularity, even as gas prices drop, suggesting a need for dramatic shifts in the way we fund transportation, build our communities and address greenhouse gas emissions.

• A Bridge to Somewhere: Rethinking American Transportation for the 21st Century

  Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

  
  Robert Puentes calls on the federal government to empower major metropolitan areas by giving them direct transportation funding and the flexibility to make unbiased decisions between different modes of transportation. The federal government can then maximize performance by committing itself (and the recipients of federal funds) to an evidence-based, outcome driven, and benchmarked way of doing business.

• An Inherent Bias? Geographic and Racial-Ethnic Patterns of Metropolitan Planning Organization Boards

  Tue, 06 Jun 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Metropolitan planning organizations are often the conduit through which billions of federal and state transportation dollars flow for regional transportation investments.

• Principles for a U.S. Public Freight Agenda in a Global Economy

  Sun, 01 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT

  Martin Robins and Anne Strauss-Wieder argue that, rather than the Balkanized approach of the past, a systems-based and multimodal agenda for America's freight needs involving regional coordination, public-private partnership, and federal funding reco