Transportation Industry

It’s time for an infrastructure ‘boost’: Confronting utility bill affordability during the COVID-19 recession

Tuesday, Sep 15, 2020 10:00 AM - 11:15 AM EDT

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A line of Lexus SUVs equipped with Google self-driving sensors await test riders during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage

TechTank

Autonomous vehicles could improve policing, public safety, and much more

Clifford Winston

Tuesday, August 25, 2020

A big car and small car parked side by side.

Transportation Industry

Vehicle size choice and automobile externalities: A dynamic analysis

Clifford Winston and Jia Yan

Wednesday, August 12, 2020

A potential customer looks at a 2009 Chevrolet Impala sedan at a car dealership in Dearborn, Michigan December 29, 2008. General Motors and Chrysler are scheduled to each receive $4 billion of loan money today from the U.S. Treasury Department according to the terms of their agreement. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook (UNITED STATES)

The Avenue

Costly car loans may stall the COVID-19 economic recovery

Joseph W. Kane

Monday, May 11, 2020

Reports

Coronavirus (COVID-19) Families, Communities, and Education

Big city downtowns are booming, but can their momentum outlast the coronavirus?

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Wednesday, May 6, 2020

UNITED STATES - APRIL 3: North Capitol Street and the New York Avenue overpass is pictured during the coronavirus outbreak on Friday, April 3, 2020. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Report

Coronavirus has shown us a world without traffic. Can we sustain it?

Adie Tomer and Lara Fishbane

Friday, May 1, 2020

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Transportation Industry

Remaking urban transportation and service delivery

Darrell M. West

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Amtrak track workers work inside the tunnel at New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, which will be closing tracks for repairs causing massive disruptions to commuters in New York City, U.S. July 7, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RC1500696CA0

Infrastructure

To fix our infrastructure, Washington needs to start from scratch

Adie Tomer, Joseph W. Kane, and Lara Fishbane

December 4, 2019

Technology & Innovation

Automation and Artificial Intelligence: How machines are affecting people and places

Mark Muro, Robert Maxim, and Jacob Whiton

January 24, 2019

Blog Posts

The Avenue

Banning cars won’t solve America’s bigger transportation problem: Long trips

Joseph W. Kane

Monday, January 6, 2020

The Avenue

Congestion pricing is all around us. Why is it taboo on our roads?

DJ Gribbin

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

A drone is seen during a demonstration for the media before a news conference by Chinese food delivery company Ele.me on its drone delivery service, in Shanghai, China May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Aly Song - RC1F52D05060

TechTank

Highlights: New transportation technologies bring rewards and risks

Jack Karsten and Bhaargavi Ashok

Friday, September 13, 2019

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40 years after deregulation, remaining challenges for airlines and public policy

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Environmental and transportation issues in urban environments

2:00 PM - Saturday Sep 22, 2018 6:00 PM CST

The promise of smart transportation networks

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Will House Democrats’ infrastructure plan yield results?

Adie Tomer and Adrianna Pita

Thursday, February 6, 2020

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