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L17 Academic White Paper

In a time when funding is shrinking and travel demand is growing, increasing congestion on our transportation system must be addressed with all available resources and strategies. Travel interruptions and delays resulting from unanticipated events contribute significantly to congestion and repres

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Project L17 Final Report

As a capstone project in the Reliability program, SHRP 2 Project L17, A Framework for Improving Travel Time Reliability, is intended to integrate products from other SHRP 2 projects as well as from other current sources of transportation systems management and operations (TSM&O) information.<

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Project L32A Final Report

The costs associated with traffic congestion are high and continue to rise. The 2012 Urban Mobility Report, published by the Texas A&M Transportation Institute, cites the following facts:

 The total financial cost of congestion in 2011 was $121 billion, up $1 billion from the y
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Project L32B Final Report

The second Strategic Highway Research Program’s (SHRP 2’s) Reliability Project L32B, eLearning for Training Traffic Incident Responders and Managers, was designed to establish the foundation for and promote certification of responders to achieve the three objectives of the Traffic Incident Manage

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Project L32C Final Report

The second Strategic Highway Research Program’s Reliability Project L32C, Post-Course Assessment and Reporting Tool for Trainers and TIM Responders Using the SHRP 2 Interdisciplinary Traffic Incident Management Curriculum, was designed to build on the foundation of earlier projects that created a

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L33 Amplified Work Program

A description of work completed as part of the L33 project.

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L33 – Presentation to TRB 2014

An overview of project L33 process. The L33 team participated in the SHRP2 webinar available through the Related Artifacts links.

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Project L33 Final Report

The goal of the SHRP 2 L33 Validation of Urban Freeways project is to assess and enhance the predictive travel time reliability models developed in the SHRP 2 L03 project, Analytical Procedures for Determining the Impacts of Reliability Mitigation Strategies. SHRP 2 L03, which concluded in 2010,

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Project L35A Scenario Descriptions

This file contains the nomenclature and numbering for the eight (8) scenarios used in the Portland Metro travel demand model for the implementation of Project L35A.

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Project L35A Final Report

The objective of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Reliability Project L35A, The Estimation and Use of Value of Travel Time Reliability for Multi-Modal Corridor Analysis, is to demonstrate viable local methods for estimating reliability measures, as well as the economic value

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L35B Amplified Work Plan

A detailed scope of work for project L35B

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L35B SHRP2 Webinar Presentation

An overview of project L35B processes and findings.

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L35B Reliability Workshop Presentation

An update on project L35 progress and preliminary findings.

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Project L35B Final Report

The specific problem that this research project addresses is to identify how an agency can include a value of travel time reliability (VTTR) in a benefit-cost analysis (BCA) when making congestion reduction-related project investment decisions. This project builds on the experiences of the Maryla

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Project L36 Amplified Work Plan

This Amplified Work Plan for Project L36, titled "Regional Operations Forums for Advancing Systems Operations, Management, and Reliability", outlines the approach to completing the Project L36 scope of work.

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ROF Course Presentation – Work Zones

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Connected Vehicles

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Facilitating Goods Movement

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Road Weather Management

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Planning and Programming for Ops

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Safety and Operations

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Managing a Corridor

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – How to Organize for Ops

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Systems Engineering

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Communicating Value of Ops

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Performance Measures

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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ROF Course Presentation – Traveler Info for Ops

Regional Operations Forums (ROFs), developed by the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) and the Transportation Research Board (TRB), provide practitioners with new and innovative approaches for managing and operating the highway system, drawing from the cutting edge work being carried out

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Project L36 Final Report

The overall goal of Project L36, Regional Operations Forums for Advancing Systems Operations, Management, and Reliability, was to advance transportation system management and operations (TSM&O) and serve as a platform for mainstreaming the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Re

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Value of Travel Time Reliability: Synthesis Report & Workshop Working Paper

This pre-workshop synthesis was undertaken with two primary objectives: 1) to identify what concepts and analytical techniques related to the value of travel time reliability are ready to be moved into application; and 2) what topics or areas have gaps in knowledge that need further exploration t

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Improving Reliability on SurfaceTransport Networks

This report Improving Reliability on Surface Transport Networks examines the extent to which appropriate levels of transport reliability are delivered, examining experience in each of the major ITF regions. With growing prosperity, consumers are increasingly mobile and demand higher quality trans

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Project L38A Amplified Work Plan

This amplified work plan, titled "Pilot Testing of SHRP 2 Reliability Data and Analytical Products", outlines the System Metrics Group team's approach to testing SHRP2 projects on the Southern California test site.

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Southern California Pilot Site

An overview of results from the I-210 pilot study testing the methods from projects L02, L05, L07, L08, and C11.

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Informational Product

L38A Poster Session (TRB Annual Meeting 2014)

A poster displaying the process and findings of project L13.

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Project L38A Final Report

Project L38 tested the Second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) reliability analytical products at four pilot sites. This report provides findings from the Southern California site, which used a reliability guide from L02, analysis tools for forecasting reliability and estimating impact

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L38B Webinar

SHRP 2 Project L38 Pilot Testing of Reliability Data and Analytical Products Pre-Kickoff Webinar March 13, 2013 Minnesota Department of Transportation

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Project L38B Amplified Work Plan

This amplified work plan for Project L38B, titled "Pilot Testing of Reliability Data and Analytical Tools", outlines the MnDOT team's effort to conducting the pilot testing for the Minnesota pilot site.

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TH 100 NB Year 2012 Sample Results

This presentation documents results from the analysis of density and VMT data from TH 100 in Minnesota. The exact extent of the TH 100 NB study segment is from 77th Street (S375) to 57th Avenue (S1614), a distance of approximately 14.6 miles.

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Informational Product

Project L38B TRB Poster

This poster was used by the Project L38B team to present their findings at TRB 2014.

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Project L38B Progress Update Presentation #2

This presentation was conducted on September 16, 2013 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting and served as the second progress update on the project.

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Project L38B Oversight Committee Presentation

This presentation was conducted on December 9, 2013 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting for the project's Oversight Committee meeting.
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Project L38B KTS Webinar

This presentation was conducted on March 13, 2014 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting Group for the Knowledge Transfer System.

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Project L38B Reliability Workshop Survey Results

This document summarizes the results of the survey of participants in the Project L38B reliability workshop. See the Related Artifacts section for a link to the workshop's slides.

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Project L38B Progress Update Presentation #1

This presentation was conducted on June 13, 2013 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting and served as the first progress update webinar.

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Project L38B Pre-Kickoff Webinar

This presentation was conducted on March 13, 2013 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting for the project's pre-kickoff.

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Project L38B TCC Webinar Presentation

This presentation was conducted on April 15 2013 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting for the project's reliability Technical Coordinating Committee webinar.

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Project L38B Slides for Webinar

This webinar presentation, conducted on 2014-05-13, covers SHRP2 tool examples for the Minnesota pilot site.

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Project L38B Interim Workshop Presentation

This presentation was conducted on October 29, 2013 by the Minnesota DOT and SRF Consulting for the interim workshop.

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Project L38B Final Report

The Minnesota pilot site has undertaken an effort to test data and analytical tools developed through the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) 2 Reliability focus area. The purpose of these tools is to facilitate the improvement of travel time reliability on highways by reducing the frequenc

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Pilot Testing of SHRP 2 Reliability Data and Analytical Products

An introduction to the project team and overall project development plan.

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Knowledge Transfer Webinar

A summary of reliability needs and issues as determined by related SHRP2 Research.

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