Knowledge Centre
Even more knowledge information can be found on the gTKP website.
The resources in the Americas Centre are structured as follows:
By type of knowledge:
Road Safety
| Environment
| Public Private Partnership
| Intelligent Transport Systems
| Regional Development
By geographical region:
Americas
| Asia and the Pacific
| Europe
| Africa and Middle East
| International
By type of resource:
Policy and regulations
| Position papers
| Guidelines and manuals
| Case studies
| Overviews and activity reports
Private Participation in the Road Sector in Brazil: Recent Evolution and Next Steps
- Date : 01 March 2010
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Public Private Partnership
- Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports
Short summary:
This World Bank Transport Paper by Veron & Cellier reviews the toll concession experiences in Brazil since its inception in 1993 till today. It argues that the potential for further private participation in the sector appears very good. However, Brazil would need to create or revise its sector policies and tools, as well as institutional, regulatory and financing frameworks to capture the best of private participation in the sector. The paper provides recommendations as to where improvements would be necessary: a) diversification of the toll road model to allow for more innovative PPP-structures; b) updating toll regulatory and contractual framework; c) consolidating the institutional framework for road concessions; d) adapting policy frameworks to current Brazilian environment; and e) adapting sector financing framework to rising capacity of private markets.
Performance of Virginia's Warm-Mix Asphalt Trial Sections
- Date : 16 February 2010
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports
Short summary: The purpose of this study was to assess the short-term performance of the three VDOT WMA trial sections constructed in Virginia in 2006 to provide the initial information necessary for the future evaluation of the lifetime performance of WMA. Specifically, the study evaluated the three WMA trial installations over a period of 2 years to gather short-term performance data to serve as a basis for the evaluation of WMA as a long-term pavement solution.
Growing Cooler (Executive Summary)
- Date : 16 December 2009
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports
Short summary:
This book documents how key changes in land development patterns could help reduce vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. The authors make the case that one of the best ways to reduce vehicle travel is compact development: building places in which people can get from one place to another without driving.
Chapter by chapter, this book addresses the impacts of the following:
- emerging market and policy trends on urban development;
- vehicular travel on GHG emissions;
- urban development on vehicular travel;
- residential preferences on urban development and travel;
- highway building on urban development and travel;
- urban development on residential energy use;
- the combination of urban development, transit enhancements, and roadway pricing on vehicular travel; and, finally
- policy options to encourage compact development and reduce vehicular travel.
Potential Impacts of Climate Change on US Transportation
- Date : 16 December 2009
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports
Short summary:
The primary focus of this report is on the consequences of climate change for the infrastructure and operations of U.S. transportation.
Driving and the Built Environment: The Effects of Compact Development on Motorized Travel, Energy Use, and CO2 Emissions
- Date : 16 December 2009
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Overviews and activity reports
Short summary:
The primary purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between land development patterns, often referred to as the built environment, and motor vehicle travel in the United States and to assess whether petroleum use, and by extension GHG emissions, could be reduced through changes in the design of development patterns
Are Vehicle Travel Reduction Targets Justified?
- Date : 19 July 2009
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Policy and regulations
Short summary:
« Are Vehicle Travel Reduction Targets Justified? Evaluating Mobility Management Policy Objectives Such As Targets To Reduce VMT And Increase Use Of Alternative Modes” is a new report published in July 2009 by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. It investigates whether transportation policies should include mobility management objectives, such as targets to reduce vehicle travel and encourage use of alternative modes. It looks into the justifications and criticisms of such targets. The report also explores how mobility management could offer many benefits, and how specific policy objectives could provide guidance for strategic planning too.
Are Vehicle Travel Reduction Targets Justified?
- Date : 19 July 2009
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Policy and regulations
Short summary:
"Are Vehicle Travel Reduction Targets Justified? Evaluating Mobility Management Policy Objectives Such As Targets To Reduce VMT And Increase Use Of Alternative Modes" is a new report published in July 2009 by the Victoria Transport Policy Institute. It investigates whether transportation policies should include mobility management objectives, such as targets to reduce vehicle travel and encourage use of alternative modes. It looks into the justifications and criticisms of such targets. The report also explores how mobility management could offer many benefits, and how specific policy objectives could provide guidance for strategic planning too.
Citywide Transit Integration in a Large City: the Case of the Interligado System, São Paulo, Brazil
- Date : 15 November 2008
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Case studies
Short summary: The Interligado system is a transit optimization plan in the municipality of São Paulo. The project was completed in 2006, and ridership has gone up since the beginning of the project. This paper presents an analysis of city context, planning, implementation, operation of the system, as well as challenges and lessons learned.
Greenroads: Development of a Sustainability Rating System for Roadways
- Date : 01 August 2008
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Environment
- Type of Resources : Case studies
Short summary: This study focuses on the Greenroads program in the United States, which is a proposed standard for quantifying sustainable practices of the design and construction of roads. The program has a rating system that awards credits for certain practices (economic, environmental, and social); these credits may then be used to certify projects as “sustainable.” A case study conducted in Seattle, Washington tested this program. The report is a presentation of the Greenroads program in its current form, although suggestions are made (based on case studies) for its improvement.
Case studies of Transportation Public-Private Partnerships in the United States
- Date : 01 July 2007
- Region : Americas
- Type of Knowledge : Public Private Partnership
- Type of Resources : Case studies
Short summary:
According to the FHWA PPP represents a “wide spectrum of project financing and delivery approaches (…), enabling transportation agencies to “do more with less””. This report, prepared by AECOM Consult and others, contains a large number of US highway project case studies representing this wide variety of PPP arrangements. For each case study, the report provides the rationale for the PPP, the structure of the partnership arrangement, the nature of project financial and delivery responsibilities and the issues which had to be overcome. It depicts the results of PPP approaches and draws up the lessons learned. The report is aimed at state level transportation agencies that are looking to apply PPP.
