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Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning

TRB’s Transportation Research Circular E-C196: Improving Safety Data Programs Through Data Governance and Data Business Planning summarizes the major themes of a peer exchange held on March 3-4, 2015, in Washington, D.C., which explored effective data governance and data business planning solutio

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Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes

This report reviews domestic and international literature describing current research and state of the practice in using travel time reliability in transportation planning; summarizes case studies from agencies working to incorporate reliability into their transportation planning processes. Furth

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Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes: Technical Reference

This document is the technical reference for incorporating reliability performance measures into the planning and programming process. It provides a how-to guide for technical staff to select and calculate the appropriate performance measures to support the development of key planning products, i

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Incorporating Security Awareness into Routine State DOT Operations and Training

This report highlights the importance of security awareness for all state DOT employees and contractors. The report outlines a flexible “campaign” approach providing techniques to integrate all-hazards security awareness concepts and reminders into routine state DOT operations, maintenance, and t

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Incorporating Security into the Transportation Planning Process

This report prvides a point-in-time discussion on how security considerations have been reflected in long-range planning programs within DOTs and MPOs. The report documents strategies, processes, and practices in use circa 2004.
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Independent Evaluation of Heavy-Truck Safety Applications Based on Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Communications Used in the Safety Pilot Model Deployment

This report presents the methodology and results of the independent evaluation of heavy trucks (HTs) in the Safety Pilot Model Deployment (SPMD); part of the United States Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems research program. In 2012 the SPMD deployed approximately 2,80
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Information Sharing and Analysis Centers: Overview and Supporting Software Features

Provides necessary background information for making decisions on how to organize and share security threat information across transportation organizations.
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Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management

Institutional Architectures to Support Operational Strategies combines both research and guidance relating to the institutional preconditions within state DOTs for effective management of non-recurring congestion. The objective of the project is to identify the preconditions to “institutionalizin

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Integrated Corridor Management and Traffic Incident Management: A Primer

This primer will examine both how TIM can be integrated into an ICM approach, as well as the many benefits resulting from ICM that can contribute to the advancement of TIM programs. It will explore opportunities to effectively integrate TIM strategies institutionally, operationally, and technical

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Integrating Business Processes to Improve Travel Time Reliability

The report is based on a series of case studies, from the United States and one from Great Britain, that describe successful business processes. The case studies show how business processes were successfully improved in operational areas such as traffic incident management (TIM), work zone m

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