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From page 48... ... .202,203 Invention of the pneumatic air brake revolutionized the growing 19th century railroad industry by allowing for longer trains, higher speeds, and safer operations.204 The first commercial jet flights of the 1950s ultimately allowed for faster, longer, and safer flights carrying more passengers.205 The catalytic converter greatly reduced harmful emissions when adapted to internal combustion engines in 1976.206 Ongoing 21st-century battery innovations have enabled vehicle electrification to reduce GHG emissions and reduced vehicle operating cost to consumers.207 Innovations build on scientific advances and previous technologies, often requiring decades to unfold. Today, this notion applies to emerging innovations such as highly automated vehicles and trucks, which build on the incremental introduction of, and controversy about, automation in aviation that began only a few years after the first flights at Kitty Hawk.208 Modern, complex societies and systems require both vibrant entrepreneurial conditions that foster inventions and intellectual ecosystems that can evaluate and provide information to help shape and direct such inventions. Read the entire page →
From page 49... ... Although technologies may capture the public's imagination, many critical innovations are in processes and business models. Examples include bike-, scooter-, and car-sharing; ridehailing; construction of new priced highway lanes financed through public–private partnerships;209 slide-in bridge construction; urban curb management systems; geospatial analyses of equity impacts; cellphone-based traces of travel patterns to inform system management, investment, and safety decisions; and mobility as a service.210 Several of these efforts are now well known, but their ultimate integration into the nation's enormous transportation system will require ongoing research and evaluation for well-informed public oversight and implementation. Read the entire page →
From page 50... ... Equally important to fostering and funding new inventions is documenting the effectiveness of proven innovations and shortening the many years, and sometimes decades, it often takes to implement them. Accelerating the development, evaluation, and implementation of innovative technologies and processes requires developing and sustaining cultures of innovation in transportation agencies and ongoing support for research institutions. Read the entire page →

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... .202,203 Invention of the pneumatic air brake revolutionized the growing 19th century railroad industry by allowing for longer trains, higher speeds, and safer operations.204 The first commercial jet flights of the 1950s ultimately allowed for faster, longer, and safer flights carrying more passengers.205 The catalytic converter greatly reduced harmful emissions when adapted to internal combustion engines in 1976.206 Ongoing 21st-century battery innovations have enabled vehicle electrification to reduce GHG emissions and reduced vehicle operating cost to consumers.207 Innovations build on scientific advances and previous technologies, often requiring decades to unfold. Today, this notion applies to emerging innovations such as highly automated vehicles and trucks, which build on the incremental introduction of, and controversy about, automation in aviation that began only a few years after the first flights at Kitty Hawk.208 Modern, complex societies and systems require both vibrant entrepreneurial conditions that foster inventions and intellectual ecosystems that can evaluate and provide information to help shape and direct such inventions.

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From page 49...

... Although technologies may capture the public's imagination, many critical innovations are in processes and business models. Examples include bike-, scooter-, and car-sharing; ridehailing; construction of new priced highway lanes financed through public–private partnerships;209 slide-in bridge construction; urban curb management systems; geospatial analyses of equity impacts; cellphone-based traces of travel patterns to inform system management, investment, and safety decisions; and mobility as a service.210 Several of these efforts are now well known, but their ultimate integration into the nation's enormous transportation system will require ongoing research and evaluation for well-informed public oversight and implementation.

Read the entire page →

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... Equally important to fostering and funding new inventions is documenting the effectiveness of proven innovations and shortening the many years, and sometimes decades, it often takes to implement them. Accelerating the development, evaluation, and implementation of innovative technologies and processes requires developing and sustaining cultures of innovation in transportation agencies and ongoing support for research institutions.

Read the entire page →

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Innovation Pages 48-50

Innovation
Pages 48-50