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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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Interactive Training for All-Hazards Emergency Planning, Preparation, and Response for Maintenance and Operations Field Personnel

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. 

 

 

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TRB Security, Emergency Management, and Infrastructure Protection Research Status Report

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;

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Smart Growth and Urban Goods Movement

This report examines the interrelationships between smart growth applications and goods movement, specifically those relationship between land -use patterns and the transportation of goods in the urban environment. The results of the research can be used by decisionmakers to more accurately

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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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The Role of Planning in a 21st Century State Department of Transportation—Supporting Strategic Decisionmaking

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

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The Effect of Public-Private Partnerships and Non-Traditional Procurement Processes on Highway Planning, Environmental Review, and Collaborative Decision Making

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

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Traffic and Data Preparation for AASHTO DARWin-ME Analysis and Design

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.  

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Transit 2014, Vol. 4

TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2418 consists of 15 articles that chronicles the jobs–housing balance of bus commuters in Beijing, China; an evaluation of presignals at oversaturated signalized intersections; transit signal priority wi

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Data Systems and Asset Management

TRB Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, No. 2460 consists of papers that address the value proposition for transportation projects; automated road travel surveys; development of alignment-based parametric data exchange schema for bridge geometry; pavement

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