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Vehicle-Based Technologies for Winter Maintenance: The State of the Practice

  • 2005-2009
  • Associate Engineer
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
The NCHRP 20-07/Task 200 Project is complete. The final report titled "Vehicle-Based Technologies for Winter Maintenance: The State of the Practice".
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Grand Challenges: A Research Plan for Winter Maintenance

  • 2010
  • Associate Engineer
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
In this project, the consultant identified the grand challenges that face highway winter maintenance operations and the research needed to address them based on the input provided by the participants of a workshop. These participants included members from the AASHTO Highway Subcommittee on Maintenan
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Measuring and Communicating the Effects of Incident Management Improvements

  • 2000-2004
  • Advanced Communications
  • Associate Engineer
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Communicating Reliability Information
  • Communications
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Employee Health and Safety
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
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Measuring and Communicating the Effects of Incident Management Improvements, (Cambridge Systematics). This study has developed a summary of best practice for measuring and communicating the effects of incident management programs.
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Statewide Incident Reporting Systems—Business and Technology Plan

  • 2005-2009
  • Asset Management
  • Associate Engineer
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Employee Health and Safety
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Performance Management
  • Planning
  • Planning Analysis Tools
  • Principal Engineer
  • Procurement
  • Programming/Budget/Funding
  • Project Development
  • Project Development Overview
  • Project Development Overview
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
  • Scoping
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
  • TSMO Asset Management
  • Technician
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
This study laid the groundwork for a business and technology plan to meet the requirements of Statewide Incident Reporting Systems included in SAFETEA-LU.
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User’s Guide to Develop Highway Safety Manual Safety Performance Function Calibration Factors

  • 2013
  • Associate Engineer
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Employee Health and Safety
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Performance Management
  • Performance Management
  • Planning Analysis Tools
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
  • Technician
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
The objective of this task was to provide step by step instructions for developing calibration factors for use with the Highway Safety Manual (HSM) safety performance functions. Tasks included the following: Review Part C and Appendix A, Volume 2 of the Highway Safety Manual; Review current literat
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Work Plan for the Second Edition of the Highway Safety Manual

  • 2011
  • Associate Engineer
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Employee Health and Safety
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Project Development
  • Project Development Overview
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Training and Profesional Development
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
The Highway Safety Manual (HSM) is being developed through a series of NCHRP projects and with the guidance of the TRB and AASHTO Task Forces on the HSM. The draft of the first edition was completed in early 2009 and after the balloting process will become an AASHTO publication. The objective of thi
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Research

Project Delivery Workforce Management Review

  • 2005-2009
  • Active Management and TSMO
  • Active Traffic Management (ATM)
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Configuration Management
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • NCHRP
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Senior Manager
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
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This study developed a menu of options for managing project delivery workforce issues. It includes a summary of current practice and a workshop to develop a plan to address the issues.
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Research

ADA Compliance at Transportation Agencies: A Review of Practices

  • 2005-2009
  • Associate Engineer
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
To assess ADA compliance agencies need to develop a comprehensive inventory of pedestrian pathways and crossings, identify non-compliant locations and develop a program for remedial repairs to bring facilities into compliance. Such an inventory is necessary to adequately address ADA issues during de
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Best Practice

Size and Weight Management Agency-Wide Benefits

  • 2010
  • Associate Engineer
  • Best Practice
  • Best Practice
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Commercial vehicle size and weight
  • Curbside Management/Delivery
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • Freight Data / Analysis
  • Freight Infrastructure
  • Freight Management
  • Freight Management Operations
  • Freight Technology and Operations
  • Intercity and Charter Buses
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
Significant growth in domestic and international commerce, coupled with ever-increasing traffic congestion and delay on surface transportation networks, challenge industries’ ability to move freight economically without use of larger and heavier load movements This trend challenges limited enforceme
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Best Practice

Bridge Infrastructure Preservation

  • 2010
  • Associate Engineer
  • Best Practice
  • Best Practice
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Commercial vehicle size and weight
  • Curbside Management/Delivery
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • Freight Data / Analysis
  • Freight Infrastructure
  • Freight Management
  • Freight Management Operations
  • Freight Technology and Operations
  • Intercity and Charter Buses
  • Logistics
  • Maintenance Staff
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Operator
  • Principal Engineer
  • Public
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Senior Engineer
  • Senior Manager
  • Technician
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
Significant growth in domestic and international commerce, coupled with ever-increasing traffic congestion and delay on surface transportation networks, challenge industries’ ability to move freight economically without use of larger and heavier load movements This trend challenges limited enforceme
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