TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C12-RR-1: The Effect of Public-Private Partnerships and Non-Traditional Procurement Processes on Highway Planning, Environmental Review, and Collaborative Decision Making explores the different points in the overall project develo
The Louisiana Transportation Research Center has released a report that explains software designed to assist state departments of transportation in data preparation and management of pavement mechanistic empirical design input data.
TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Report 798: The Role of Planning in a 21st Century State Department of Transportation—Supporting Strategic Decisionmaking examines how the planning function in state departments of transportation can more effectively support strategic de
Since September 11, 2001, 145 security-, emergency management-, and infrastructure protection-related planning and implementation projects have been initiated through programs managed by the Transportation Research Board (TRB). One hundred eleven of these projects have been completed;
A comprehensive and systematic review of current practice, to identify and synthesize existing tools, training, and exercises that can be used to effectively prepare transportation maintenance and operations forces for their roles in emergencies.
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
TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L35B-RW-1: Value of Travel Time Reliability in Transportation Decision Making: Proof of Concept—Maryland addresses how an agency can include a value of travel time reliability in a benefit–cost analysis when making congestion
The research project that produced this report focused on answering the following related questions:
How should highway reconstruction projects be set in space and time to minimize disruption to the traveling public, businesses, and adjacent communities? What is the traffic impact onThis guide, which focuses on showing how to use BPMN for mapping traffic operations business processes, is intended to help transportation agencies move forward in addressing nonrecurring traffic congestion and delivering more reliable travel times on their highway networks. The guide explores va
Infrastructure needs within the United States have changed from building new facilities to replacing, expanding, or renewing existing facilities. The project management issues involved with infrastructure renewal are different from the issues for new construction. Correspondingly, new project man
