As a mitigation measure during reconstruction of the Going to the Sun Road, Glacier National Park operated a shuttle bus system along three routes during the 2007 season. This report presents a multi-dimensional evaluation of the transportation service during its first season of operation.

Building on the 2001 Waterborne Transportation Study, which summarized the results of Gateway's Phase I ferry-expansion effort, this report analyses several ferry landing sights in terms of their potential for expansion. The report looks at waterside and landside access strategies, implementation feasibility, and financial feasibility for each site. The report concludes with action items for each location considered, and calls for increasing market analysis, monitoring operator costs, and continuing to coordinate with stakeholders.

A new national park, established by presidential proclamations in 2001 and 2003, Governors Island National Monument is located in the heart of New York Harbor. For more than 300 years an important military fortification, Governors Island is now, for the first time in its history, planning to open to the public.

This report documents a governance roundtable discussion hosted by the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) on June 20, 2011 at the U.S. DOT's John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This discussion was organized as a first step towards establishing an ongoing process for developing a governance framework for the V2V/V2I Connected Vehicle environment. The objectives of the discussion were to: 1) gather information from experts on the topic of governance and how it is defined across different industries; 2) identify...

These hazard analysis guidelines discuss safety critical systems and subsystems, types of hazard analyses, when hazard analyses should be performed, and the hazard analysis philosophy. These guidelines are published by FTA to assist the transit industry as well as state and local organizations in providing the highest practical level of safety and security for the passengers and employees of the Nation's mass transportation systems. These guidelines apply to all transit projects that are directly related to the transport of passengers.

As a part of an innovation project funded by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Highways for LIFE program, a full-depth precast, ultra-high-performance concrete (UHPC) waffle deck panel and appropriate connections suitable for field implementation of waffle decks were developed.

This is the first of two volumes of a report on the Hybrid Propagation Model, an advanced prediction model for aviation noise propagation.

Public acceptance of hydrogen as an energy carrier for transportation and power generation technologies will depend on confidence in the safety of vehicles and power systems, and supporting delivery and storage infrastructure. Ensuring safety of the infrastructure for transporting, storing, and delivering hydrogen will be critical to the successful implementation of a hydrogen economy.

In his 2003 State of the Union address, President Bush announced a $1.2 billion Hydrogen Fuel Initiative to reduce America's growing dependence on foreign oil. If successful, the initiative could also reduce environmental pollutants and lessen the greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to global warming. There has been a great deal of activity, not only in the U.S., but throughout the world. Consortia composed of policymakers, safety regulators and inspectors, engineers, scientists, universities, and private industry are focusing on long-term research to understand the implications of a...

The Intermodal Control System (ICS) was designed by General Railway Signal Corporation (GRS, now Alstom, Inc.) for highway-rail at-grade crossings, under contract to the New York State Department of Transportation. In partnership with the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR), a site was selected for testing the ICS at the New Hyde Park station, where a grade crossing occurs close to the station. The planned project integrates train control, grade crossing control, and traffic control into a balanced system that can make decisions affecting both train speed and highway closure.