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Program Planning and Development for Transportation System Management and Operations (TSM&O) in State Departments of Transportation

The objectives of this research were to understand the state of the practice in highway and traffic operations program planning and to begin defining alternative approaches to develop and administer these plans.
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Project C04 Final Report

Project SHRP 2 C04, Improving Our Understanding of How Highway Congestion and Pricing Affect Travel Demand, reviewed and advanced the state of the practice in modeling the effects of highway congestion and highway pricing on travelers’ decisions, including choices of facility, route, mode, and ti

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Project Delivery Workforce Management Review

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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Presentation

Project L38B Reliability Workshop Presentation

This presentation was used during the Project L38B all-day reliability workshop. See the Related Artifacts section for a link to the workshop's survey.
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Project Management Strategies for Complex Projects

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

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Purdue Presentations January 26 and 27 2016: Salt Lake City Utah

Purdue Presentations January 26 and 27 2016: Salt Lake City Utah

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Putting Customer Research into Practice: Guidelines for Conducting, Reporting, and Using Customer Surveys Related to Highway Maintenance Operations

The research objective was to synthesize and provide illustrative examples for existing highway maintenance-related market research or customer survey activities or efforts conducted by SHA. The compilation includes: 1. Documentation of current customer survey practices at state DOTs related
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Recommendations for Bridge and Tunnel Security

Presents the results of a series of expert group meetings and makes recommendations regarding establishing technical guidelines for bridge and tunnel security.
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State-of-the Practice

Recruiting and Retaining Individuals in State Transportation Agencies

This synthesis summarizes the state of the practice (in 2002) of recruitment and retention at state transportation agencies. The results of this synthesis are based on survey responses from 27 transportation agencies. The report includes:  

Observations on recruitment and retentio
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Replacement Process for LED (Light Emitting Diode) Traffic Signals

As an initial step in developing maintenance guidelines for LED traffic signals, this project developed a process for determining when LED traffic signal heads should be replaced. Task 1. Synthesize existing human factors research relevant to the visibility of traffic signals, updating it as ap
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