NYMTC?s Princ ipals reached consensus on f ive Shared Goals to guide regional t ransport a t ion investment deci s ionmaking.
The Shared Goa l s ref l ect broad agreement on the need f o r reg iona l approaches to compl e x issues facing the
region. The Shared Goal s a re :

<p>NYMTC?s Princ ipals reached consensus on f ive Shared Goals to guide regional t ransport a t ion investment deci s ionmaking. The Shared Goa l s ref l ect broad agreement on the need f o r reg iona l approaches to compl e x issues facing the region. The Shared Goal s a re : ? Buil d t h e case for obt ai ni ng resources to impleme n t reg ional investmen t s; ? Enhance t h e regional environme n t ; ? Improve the reg ional e conomy; ? Improve the r egional qual i t y o f l ife; a n d ? Provide conveni en t , f lexible t r a nsportation access wi t h in the r egion.

<p>New York Metropolitan Transportation Council (NYMTC), an association of governments, transportation providers, and environmental organizations, handles the metropolitan transport ation planning throughout New York City, Long Island and the Lower Hudson Valley. In the early 1990s, NYMTC developed a transportation model, the New York Best Practices Model (NYBPM),&nbsp; in response to federal regulations on surface planning, specifically the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) and the Clean Air Act (CAA).

<p>Road traffic crashes and injuries constitute major health, economic, and developmental challenges to African countries. For its 4 per cent of the world?s motor vehicles, the fatalities on African roads exceed 10%. With further motorization, the number of road traffic crashes, injuries and fatalities are expected to continue to grow. The road carnage has severe impact on the human, social and economic development. The present study intends to update the status, trends, causes, existing countermeasure, and issues in traffic safety, facing African countries.

The combination of increasing challenges in administering household travel surveys and advances in global positioning systems (GPS)/geographic information systems (GIS) technologies motivated this project. It tests the feasibility of using a passive travel data collection methodology in a complex urban environment, by developing GIS algorithms to automatically detect travel modes and trip purposes.

Mowing the highway right-of-way is important for the safety of roadway users and maintaining
the highway infrastructure. However, little quantitative data are available on the energy use and air quality
impacts of highway mowing activities. In this report, fuel usage and exhaust emission rates are reported from
a study that monitored tractors operating in real-world conditions by the New York State Department of
Transportation. The emissions and fuel consumption from the mowing practices of twelve tractors were

Traditional travel surveys provide essential information on travel patterns, but are time-consuming, expensive, and have seen declining rates of participation. Recently global positioning systems (GPS) technologies have been introduced to facilitate the data collection process. While GPS traces can provide accurate information on the location and time of travel, these traces do not contain explicit information on the mode used (e.g., walking, biking, transit or auto).

Traditional travel surveys provide essential information on travel patterns, but are time-consuming, expensive, and have seen declining rates of participation. Recently global positioning systems (GPS) technologies have been introduced to facilitate the data collection process. While GPS traces can provide accurate information on the location and time of travel, these traces do not contain explicit information on the mode used (e.g., walking, biking, transit or auto).