Critical Issues in Transportation 2019
2019

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. In this report, which is updated periodically by the TRB Executive Committee, a series of challenging questions are posed to explore issues and opportunities that may arise 10 to 20 years into the future. These questions, 63 in all, have been organized into 12 topic areas and provide a way to frame future areas of research, policy analysis, and debate.

Critical issues identified in this report deserve attention because of transportation's central role in serving individuals and society. This document serves to sharpen society's collective understanding of transportation and its ramifications, while informing decisions by individual citizens and officials in both the public and private sectors. The issues have been identified and documented from a U.S. perspective, and are also common across developed nations.

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49 pages · 8.5 x 11 ·
ISBN Ebook: 0-309-48677-7
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/25314

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Contents 1-1
Critical Issues in Transportation 2019 2-3
Transformational Technologies and Services 4-7
Serving a Growing and Shifting Population 8-9
Energy and Sustainability 10-11
Resilience and Security 12-12
Safety and Public Health 13-15
Equity 16-16
Governance 17-18
System Performance and Asset Management 19-20
Funding and Finance 21-22
Goods Movement 23-24
Institutional and Workforce Capacity 25-25
Research and Innovation 26-27
Acknowledgments 28-28
Endnotes 29-38

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