The American love affair with the automobile is powered by gasoline and diesel fuel, both produce...

America's cities have symbolized the nation's prosperity, dynamism, and innovation. Even with the...

The chemical sector is a key part of the national economy and has been designated by the Departme...

All phases of road development--from construction and use by vehicles to maintenance--affect phys...

If the United States hopes to continue as a leader in space, it must invest now in better earth-t...

Noteworthy progress has been made recently toward understanding and quantifying the smoke toxicit...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently completed its feasibility study for the Upper Mississip...

Introduction -- Part I. Background. The trucking and bus industries -- Consequences of fatigue fr...

The Next Generation Air Transportation System's (NextGen) goal is the transformation of the U.S. ...

This new report from the National Research Council's Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board (NRSB) a...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has a long history of managing navigation, floods, and other wat...

'In the past few years, interest in plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) has grown. Advances in batte...

This is the most recent report of the National Research Council's Standing Committee to Review th...

'Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, motor coaches, and transit buses - collectively, 'medium- and hea...

The electric vehicle offers many promises--increasing U.S. energy security by reducing petroleum ...

The potential for fatigue to negatively affect human performance is well established. Concern abo...

From a public health perspective, motor vehicle crashes are among the most serious problems facin...

The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970's w...

Weather has broad and significant effects on the roadway environment. Snow, rain, fog, ice, freez...

The FreedomCAR and Fuel Partnership is a collaborative effort among the Department of Energy (DOE...

Technologies and Approaches to Reducing the Fuel Consumption of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicles e...

TRB Special Report 217: New Organizational Responses to the Changing Transit Environment assesses...

'Advancing the state of aviation safety is a central mission of the National Aeronautics and Spac...

For the past few years, the Corps has been working on what is known as the Restructured Upper Mis...

Medium- and heavy-duty trucks, motor coaches, and transit buses - collectively, 'medium- and heav...

As recently as the summer of 2001, many travelers were dreading air transportation because of ext...

The surface transportation system is vital to our nation's economy, defense, and quality of life....

Historically, most terrorist attacks on civilian targets have involved the use of firearms or exp...

TRB Special Report 207: Transportation Professionals: Future Needs and Opportunities Aware assess...

Introduction -- Overview, evaluations, and criticisms of the safety measurement system -- Applica...

The security of the U.S. commercial aviation system has been a growing concern since the 1970's w...

Nearly everyone experiences fatigue, but some professions--such as aviation, medicine and the mil...

Boston's Central Artery Tunnel Project, a 7.8 mile system of bridges and underground highways and...

The regulation of carbon monoxide has been one of the great success stories in air pollution cont...

Emissions inspection and maintenance (I M) programs subject vehicles to periodic inspections of t...

The prevalence of childhood obesity is so high in the United States that it may reduce the life e...

Evidence from the public health sector demonstrates that health care is only one of the determina...

Transportation engineers have used editions of the Highway Capacity Manual (HCM) in their analyse...

Steel is a common component of U.S. infrastructure, but that steel can corrode when buried in soi...

While technologies are clearly instrumental in transitioning away from fossil fuel-based energy a...

While there is a limited data on safety-sensitive professionals, substance use disorders potentia...

Protection of the traveling public from terrorist threats involving explosives is a major goal of...

As operational experience is gained in the disposal of transuranic waste from nuclear weapons fac...

Review of the Research Program of the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles reviews the Pa...

This book, also based on a workshop, assesses the current state of chemistry and chemical enginee...

In 2003, Congress directed the Secretary of Transportation to establish the Next Generation Air T...

Addressing climate change is essential and possible, and it offers a host of benefits - from bett...

The climate crisis poses a threat to life on the planet, with human health, ecosystem, and econom...