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| Cover | Title | Published | Keywords | Download | hf:doc_categories | hf:doc_tags |
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 | Unlocking Rail Safety Through Technology: A Simple, High-Impact Opportunity for FRA Action on Pending Waivers to Advance Safety | December, 2024 | Transportation, Rail, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | policy-briefs | transportation rail innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | The Hydrogen Highway: How distributed hydrogen production can maximize existing infrastructure, avoid costs and complications, and jumpstart national hydrogen demand | November, 2024 | Transportation, Decarbonization, Energy, Hydrogen | white-papers | transportation decarbonization energy hydrogen | |
 | 2024 Damage Prevention Report Card | September, 2024 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | America’s Backbone: The Importance of Steel and its Evolving Demand | September, 2024 | Energy, Economics, Steel | white-papers | energy economics steel | |
 | Geothermal Energy Brief | August, 2024 | Energy | policy-briefs | energy | |
 | 2024 Energy Spotlights: The U.S. Electricity Mix | July, 2024 | Energy, Climate and Conservation, Grid | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation grid | |
 | Building New Critical Infrastructure: No Time to Waste. Evaluating Cost Transparency Between a Federal Right of First Refusal and Competitive Bidding in Electrical Transmission Infrastructure Expansion | July, 2024 | Energy, Economics, Transmission, Grid | white-papers | energy economics transmission grid | |
 | Excavation Damage Reporting: The Basics of Data Collection and How States Require Strikes and Near Misses to Be Reported | July, 2024 | Damage Prevention | white-papers | damage-prevention | |
 | A Unique Win-Win: Bolstering Texas’ Energy Security by Leveraging Existing Infrastructure to Effectively Decarbonize | June, 2024 | Decarbonization, Energy, Innovation and Technology, Climate and Conservation | white-papers | decarbonization energy innovation-and-technology climate-and-conservation | |
 | Damage Prevention One-Call Survey | June, 2024 | Damage Prevention, Public Safety | policy-briefs | damage-prevention public-safety | |
 | The Challenge Regulating Technology Into Existence: Expected Issues with the California Air Resources Board (CARB) Proposed In-Use Locomotive Emission Rule and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Response | March, 2024 | Transportation, Rail, Climate and Conservation | white-papers | transportation rail climate-and-conservation | |
 | Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: Framing Out a Plan For Achieving a 50 Percent Reduction in Excavation Damage | December, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention energy public-safety | |
 | Unseen Threats to Texas Critical Infrastructure: The Risk to Buried Utilities and Targeted Policy Solutions to Protect Them | October, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention energy public-safety | |
 | Pathways to Decarbonizing Heat: Building a Holistic Framework for Evaluating and Ranking Decarbonization Strategies for Industrial Heat in Light of Economic Efficiency, Public Policy, Timing Readiness, and Infrastructure Realities | September, 2023 | Decarbonization, Energy, Innovation and Technology, Climate and Conservation | white-papers | decarbonization energy innovation-and-technology climate-and-conservation | |
 | The U.S. Electricity Mix: 2023 Energy Spotlight | August, 2023 | Energy, Climate and Conservation, Grid | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation grid | |
 | Evaluating Train Length: Mitigating the Costs and Enhancing the Benefits of Longer Trains | August, 2023 | Transportation, Rail, Innovation and Technology | white-papers | transportation rail innovation-and-technology | |
 | Dividing Decarbonization by Sector: How Strategies for Decarbonizing Heat, Electricity, and Transportation Differ | June, 2023 | Decarbonization, Energy, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | decarbonization energy innovation-and-technology | |
 | The Top Paths to Decarbonization | April, 2023 | Decarbonization, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | decarbonization innovation-and-technology | |
 | Unseen Threats to U.S. Infrastructure Reliability | April, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Innovation and Technology, Grid | policy-briefs | damage-prevention energy innovation-and-technology grid | |
 | Unseen Threats to Public Safety | April, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology | |
 | Unseen Threats to the U.S. Economy | April, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Economics | policy-briefs | damage-prevention energy economics | |
 | Unseen Threats to the Environment | April, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | damage-prevention energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: Why Data Must Take Center Stage to Reform Damage Prevention | January, 2023 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | The Safety Impact of Technology and Crew Size: An Analysis of Accident Data, Incorporation of Technology, and Train Crew Staff Levels on Rail Safety Trends | December, 2022 | Transportation, Rail, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | transportation rail innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Wind | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Solar | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Petroleum | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation, Petroleum | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation petroleum | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Nuclear | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Natural Gas | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Hydro | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Energy Spotlight: Coal | October, 2022 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Consensus Around Technologies: The Key Communications Technologies that Need to be Adopted to Improve Efficiency and Reduce Excavation Damages | July, 2022 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Powering the Shipping Industry of the Future | May, 2022 | Transportation, Climate and Conservation, Maritime | policy-briefs | transportation climate-and-conservation maritime | |
 | Federal Damage Prevention Overview | April, 2022 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Public Safety | policy-briefs | damage-prevention energy public-safety | |
 | Excavation Damage to Underground Infrastructure: A Look at the Federal Damage Prevention Approach | April, 2022 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention energy public-safety | |
 | A Sustainable Energy Model | January, 2022 | Energy, Innovation and Technology | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology | |
 | FEATURE: Ensuring Resilient Infrastructure and Climate Balance | January, 2022 | Energy, Public Safety | white-papers | energy public-safety | |
 | ESG in the Oilfield | December, 2021 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: Evaluating an Anomalous Year, Incorporating Technology, and Applying Lessons from the Past Decade | December, 2021 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention energy innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Petroleum Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation, Petroleum | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation petroleum | |
 | Solar Energy Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Hydropower Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Wind Energy Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Coal Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Nuclear Energy Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | Natural Gas Brief | August, 2021 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | How the U.S Moves Hazardous Materials | July, 2021 | Transportation, Public Safety | white-papers | transportation public-safety | |
 | America’s Top Infrastructure Challenges | June, 2021 | Transportation, Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | policy-briefs | transportation damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Building Back Better and Protecting What We’ve Built | May, 2021 | Damage Prevention, Energy, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | policy-briefs | damage-prevention energy innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: Proactive Steps to Combat Five Years of Rising Excavation Damage | December, 2020 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | 2020 Damage Prevention Report Card | October, 2020 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | 811: One-Call Before You Dig : The Development and Future of Damage Prevention Efforts | August, 2020 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: Excavation Damage, Data, and Trends for Industry and Policymaker Analysis | April, 2020 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | The Revenue Failure of the Highway Trust Fund: Why the Gas Tax is Obsolete | February, 2020 | Transportation, Economics, Petroleum | white-papers | transportation economics petroleum | |
 | China’s Infrastructure Ambitions and the Transit Infrastructure Vehicle Security Act (TIVSA) | October, 2019 | Transportation, Rail | policy-briefs | transportation rail | |
 | Back On Track II: How Innovation and Automation Improve Rail Safety | July, 2019 | Transportation, Rail, Innovation and Technology | white-papers | transportation rail innovation-and-technology | |
 | IMO 2020 Rule Primer: Background and Potential Impacts | May, 2019 | Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | The Internet of Things | December, 2018 | Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | innovation-and-technology | |
 | The Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicle Act | September, 2018 | Transportation, Innovation and Technology, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | transportation innovation-and-technology climate-and-conservation | |
 | Best Practices to Achieve Excavation Safety | September, 2018 | Damage Prevention, Energy | policy-briefs | damage-prevention energy | |
 | Challenges to Increasing Non-Federal Investment in Private Infrastructure: How Can the U.S. Turn $200B into $1.5T? | March, 2018 | Transportation, Energy, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | transportation energy innovation-and-technology | |
 | Policy Brief: 5G Primer | October, 2017 | Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | innovation-and-technology | |
 | Building a Smarter Electric Grid: How Investing In Smarter Electricity Will Energize America | July, 2017 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Transmission, Grid | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology transmission grid | |
 | ARCTIC PROMISE: Challenges and Opportunities in Realizing the Next Generation of U.S. Arctic Infrastructure | February, 2017 | Transportation, Energy, Climate and Conservation, Petroleum | white-papers | transportation energy climate-and-conservation petroleum | |
 | The Energy (Dis)Union: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emerging Market (ITALIAN) | October, 2016 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Economics, Transmission, Grid | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology economics transmission grid | |
| The Energy (Dis)Union: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emerging Market (POLISH) | October, 2016 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Economics, Transmission, Grid | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology economics transmission grid | |
 | The Energy (Dis)Union: Challenges and Opportunities in the Emerging Market | October, 2016 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Economics, Transmission, Grid | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology economics transmission grid | |
 | Improving Upon Our Dig Laws: How State Legislatures Can Help Us Dig Safer | August, 2016 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Infrastructure Resiliency: Preventing Damage Through Critical Investments | July, 2016 | Transportation, Energy, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | transportation energy innovation-and-technology | |
 | Damage Prevention Report Card | June, 2016 | Damage Prevention, Innovation and Technology, Public Safety | white-papers | damage-prevention innovation-and-technology public-safety | |
 | Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: Broken or Misused? | May, 2016 | Transportation, Maritime, Economics | white-papers | transportation maritime economics | |
 | Balancing Environmental Protection and National Infrastructure Development | April, 2016 | Transportation, Energy, Climate and Conservation | policy-briefs | transportation energy climate-and-conservation | |
 | The Somewhat Turbulent Journey of Delivery Drones | April, 2016 | Transportation, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | transportation innovation-and-technology | |
 | Aii Chairman Publishes Report in European Energy Journal | March, 2016 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Economics | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology economics | |
 | Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration Reauthorization | March, 2016 | Damage Prevention, Public Safety | policy-briefs | damage-prevention public-safety | |
 | The Passenger Facility Charge: Hidden Tax or Needed Infrastructure Investment? | March, 2016 | Transportation, Economics | policy-briefs | transportation economics | |
 | Are P3’s a Practical Tool to Tackle the Growing Infrastructure Debt? | February, 2016 | Transportation, Energy, Innovation and Technology, Economics | policy-briefs | transportation energy innovation-and-technology economics | |
 | Driverless Cars | February, 2016 | Transportation, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | transportation innovation-and-technology | |
 | Intelligent Roads | January, 2016 | Transportation, Innovation and Technology | policy-briefs | transportation innovation-and-technology | |
 | The Jones Act: Protectionism v. Global Trade | January, 2016 | Transportation, Maritime, Economics | white-papers | transportation maritime economics | |
 | Energy Storage | December, 2015 | Energy, Grid | policy-briefs | energy grid | |
 | Can America Afford to Defund Rural Infrastructure? | December, 2015 | Transportation, Energy, Economics | policy-briefs | transportation energy economics | |
 | Time Running Out for Highway Funding Bill | November, 2015 | Transportation | policy-briefs | transportation | |
 | Back on Track: Bringing Rail Safety into the 21st Century | August, 2015 | Transportation, Rail, Innovation and Technology | white-papers | transportation rail innovation-and-technology | |
 | Energy as an Instrument of Foreign Policy | June, 2015 | Energy, Innovation and Technology, Petroleum, Grid | white-papers | energy innovation-and-technology petroleum grid | |
 | The Highway Trust Fund: A History, Analysis, Discussion, and Assessment for Improving Solvency | May, 2015 | Transportation, Innovation and Technology, Economics | white-papers | transportation innovation-and-technology economics |