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Transportation

Cruising into a driverless future: Research on autonomous vehicles

Chloe Reichel | February 16, 2018
This research roundup looks at automated vehicles, including findings on potential benefits, safety concerns, public opinion and policy implications.
Traffic
Transportation

Fuel-efficient cars may actually be safer than gas guzzlers

David Trilling | May 3, 2017
Critics of fuel-efficiency standards have long argued that, by making cars lighter, they make cars more dangerous. A new paper challenges this theory, arguing that they may be saving lives.
Business

Uber, Airbnb and consequences of the sharing economy: Research roundup

Joanna Penn | June 3, 2016
2015 selection of research that helps define, understand and analyze the sharing economy, those who participate in it and its economic impact.
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Pollution

The health effects and costs of air pollution: Research roundup

Denise-Marie Ordway | December 7, 2015
2015 review of scholarship on impact of air pollution in the United States, including health effects, economic costs and automotive and transportation causes.
Criminal Justice

Red-light cameras: What insights can they offer about racial profiling?

Denise-Marie Ordway | October 30, 2015
2015 study published in Police Quarterly that uses red light camera observations to measure racial disparities in traffic violations in an attempt to clarify conflicting evidence related to racial profiling.
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Transportation

Bikeshare systems: Recent research on their growth, users’ demographics and their health and societal impacts

Leighton Walter Kille | May 6, 2015
2015 assessment of the state of research on bikeshare programs, with insight into user demographics, system growth, mode shift, and health and safety.
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Energy

Electric vehicles, battery technology and renewable energy: Research roundup

Leighton Walter Kille | April 9, 2015
2015 roundup of research on recent technological advances that could enable wider adoption of electrical vehicles powered by sustainable energy sources.
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Energy

Gas prices and their societal effects: Health, driving, economics and policy

John Wihbey | January 14, 2015
2015 roundup of research on the global decline in gas and oil prices, and the potential effects on public health, transportation and driving, business economics and public policy decisions.
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Public Health

Do traffic tickets reduce motor vehicle crashes? Evidence from “Click It or Ticket”

Rachael Stephens | December 11, 2014
2014 study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management demonstrating how police ticketing campaigns can reduce traffic crashes and fatality rates.
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Transportation

Fundamental law of road congestion: Evidence from U.S. cities

Leighton Walter Kille | November 17, 2014
2011 study from the University of Toronto and London School of Economics on the relationship between infrastructure and automotive traffic levels.

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