The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that reviews the Federal Highway Administration’s inspections of states’ compliance with federal requirements when administering American Recovery and Reinvestment Act payments.

TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 442: Practices and Performance Measures for Local Public Agency Federally Funded Highway Projects explores what performance measures, delivery practices, strategies, and tools are currently used in relation to federally-funded local public agency (LPA) highway project development and delivery, and how they are used to measure...

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that evaluates whether the Federal Aviation Administration’s oversight of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) grantees was sufficient to prevent or detect improper payments and ensured that funds adhered to ARRA requirements.

The International Transport Forum has released a report that updates the database on heavy goods vehicle charges and taxes in Europe, and includes 2012 figures for taxes on vehicles, fuel, and road use.

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Office of the Inspector General has released a report that assesses Amtrak’s Performance Tracking System, which is a new cost accounting system required by the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act of 2008.

The Urban Land Institute has released a report that discusses five case studies of policy options for tolling and factors that would affect land development in metropolitan areas.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a report that reviews the reliability of the project’s cost estimates, revenue and passenger rail ridership forecasts, risks of the funding plan, and the extent to which economic impacts were identified.

The Congressional Budget Office has released a report that provides an overview of federal grants that state and local governments can receive—including those for transportation.

VTI—the Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute, has released a report that reviews three of its previous studies on marginal costs within the railroad industry to determine how the track charges could be further differentiated. This report is written in Swedish with an English summary.

The World Bank has released its 2012 annual report that details the 30 projects or project components in the six World Bank regions and the 20 active International Finance Corporation investments and advisory mandates in its portfolio.