Volpe, The National Transportation Systems Center, has released the latest edition of its newsletter designed to feature events and research produced by the Center. Part of the U.S. DOT’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration, Volpe staff partner with public and private organizations to assess the needs of the transportation community, evaluate research and development, assist in the deployment of transportation technologies, and inform decision- and policy-making.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that details the number of motorcyclists who were killed and injured in motor vehicle traffic crashes in 2011.

Austroads has released a report that reviews current Australian and selected international structural design methods for pavements on lime-stabilized, subgrade layers.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet provides an overview of data from the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System for a variety of areas including restraint use, children pedestrians, and bicyclists.

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.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a report that evaluates the U.S. Office of Personnel Management qualification standard for air traffic controllers and provides recommendations to FAA human resources personnel for renewing the standard.

The U.S. Government Accountability Office has released a preliminary report that discusses what is known about the conditions of the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) facilities, common types of workplace injuries and illnesses reported by FAA employees, and FAA’s response to safety deficiencies identified through inspections.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that details data on crashes involving single-unit trucks, as reported in the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and General Estimates System.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that details numbers of people injured and killed in crashes involving large trucks in 2011.

The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has released a fact sheet that estimates the annual economic cost to society of speeding-related crashes and the number of fatal crashes in which speeding was a factor.