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A Transportation Guide for All-Hazards Emergency Evacuation

Transportation plays a vital role in evacuation mitigation, planning, response, and recovery. However, “the majority of the emergency operations plans for large urbanized areas are only partially sufficient in describing in specific and measurable terms how a major evacuation c

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A Transportation Executive's Guide to Organizational Improvement

This report is a guide to state DOT best practice in organizational improvement programs and performance. It provides guidance on determining where and how to start improving organizational effectiveness. Actual state program examples, tips, and data are included among detail on these nine succes

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Active Traffic Management for Arterials

This synthesis documents the state of the practice associated with designing, implementing, and operating ATM on arterials. Of particular interest to this study has been information on strategies used to actively manage traffic and congestion on arterials; situations and operating conditions in w

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ADA Compliance at Transportation Agencies: A Review of Practices

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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Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies

TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 845: Advancing Automated and Connected Vehicles: Policy and Planning Strategies for State and Local Transportation Agencies assesses policy and planning strategies at the state, regional, and local leve

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AERIS Webinar: Cleaner Air through Smarter Transportation: State of the Practice Assessments of the AERIS Research Program

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This webinar will summarize findings from two state of the practice assessments conducted for the USDOT's AERIS program. The first assessment identified applications that have demonstrated environmental benefits through use of Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technol

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Alternative Delivery Methods for Winter Operations

This project reviewed the practices for maintenance and operations contacting and delivery of snow and ice control services. Based on this review and associated evaluation, the project developed a decision framework to help transportation agencies identify the preferred method for delivering winter
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Analysis of Managed Lanes on Freeway Facilities

This report documents and presents the results of a study for evaluating the performance of Managed Lane (ML) facilities on freeways. A methodological framework is for analyzing freeway facilities with ML and General Purpose (GP) lanes operated in parallel. The framework acknow

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Analysis of New Highway Lighting Technologies

The objective of this research is to evaluate the potential and proper application of LED lighting technology and if applicable, other new roadway lighting technologies, to determine if and what additional research is required to properly establish guidance for these technologies. In the event the r
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Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation (AMS) Testbed Framework for Dynamic Mobility Applications and ATDM Programs

Both the Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) and Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM) Programs have similar overarching goals to improve surface transportation system efficiency and individual traveler mobility. However, each program has a unique research approach seeking to meet th

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