The impact of public officials’ corruption on the size and allocation of U.S. state spending
2014 study in Public Administration Review examining the impact of public officials’ corruption on states’ expenditures, borrowing, salaries, and more.
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How to mitigate climate change: Key facts from the U.N.’s 2014 report
2014 study by the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on ways that nations, states and municipalities can act to limit or reverse trends in CO2 emissions.
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U.S. DOT: Status of America’s highways, bridges and transit
2014 report by the United States Department of Transportation on the current state of the nation’s transportation system and its anticipated future needs.
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Reducing U.S. gas consumption: Plug-in hybrids versus charging infrastructure
2013 study in Energy Policy on the relative advantages of plug-in hybrid cars and car-charging infrastructure for decreasing U.S. energy consumption.
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The risk of breathing polluted air from freeways and high-traffic areas: Research brief
2013 research overview on the impact of automotive pollution on human health, by Doug Brugge of Tufts Medical School and the Scholars Strategy Network.
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Biofuels, energy security, the environment and human health: Research roundup
2013 roundup of research on biofuels, including public attitudes, health effects, land use, environmental consequences and the long-term outlook.
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Safety in numbers: Are major cities the safest places in the United States?
2013 study in Annals of Emergency Medicine analyzing 1.3 million injury deaths in 3,141 U.S. counties from 1999 to 2006 to understand rural and urban risk factors.
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Retail parking lots, environmental impacts and development policies: Research roundup
2012 roundup of recent academic studies on the economic and environmental impact of parking lots, impervious surfaces and other automobile-related infrastructure.
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Heavy cars and SUVs: The external costs of the vehicle-weight “arms race”
2013 study by U.C. Berkeley and NBER in the Review of Economic Studies on the relationship between vehicle weight and highway fatalities.
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Distracted driving: Voice-activated systems and drivers’ reaction times
2013 study from the University of Toronto in Applied Cognitive Psychology on how speech tasks can interfere with drivers’ visual attention.
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