Term paper (divided in two parts) : Economic issue in transportation economics
– Example: congestion, to many dead people, etc.

1. First part: Issue, importance, theory
– Five to six pages, typed and double-spaced.
– It will identify and describe a transportation issue of importance: included in this description is the economic theory composing the issue.
– Five to seven sources should be presented and discussed (i.e. a literature review).

2. Second part: Quantitative analysis, now that you have the problem what are some solutions
– Five to six pages, typed and double-spaced.
– It will comprise a quantitative analysis of the issue identified in the first part: how and why the issue is important (who is affected and how?).
– The analysis should be a critical assessment of both sides of the issue.

As an area of possible consideration, the link below is to an advocacy research report prepared for the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety: “Improving Traffic Safety Culture in the United States: The Journey Forward.” Traffic safety is an important transportation issue (as more than 42,000 people die on United States roadways each year) and the AAA have recently adopted safety as major research and advocacy topic. The AAA Report includes research results from numerous independent researchers and provides a beginning point for student’s research into the topic of traffic safety.
http://www.aaafoundation.org/pdf/SafetyCultureReport.pdf
More recent information from AAA is available:
https://www.aaafoundation.org/safety-culture

The link below connects to the United States Department of Transportation web-site page with surface transportation safety facts:
http://safety.fhwa.dot.gov/facts_stats/

The link below connects to a report describing commercial vehicle safety technologies and practices in Europe that were considered for use in the United States:
http://international.fhwa.dot.gov/pdfs/cvs.pdf