A strategic approach to planning for operations that is guided by specific objectives and regular performance measurement will help ensure that the most effective operations strategies are incorporated into transportation plans. In many regions around the country, agencies are already applying el
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
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; 24 projects
TRB’s Transportation Research Record (TRR): Journal of the Transportation Research Board (TRR), No. 2459: Critical Infrastructure, Emergency Evacuation, and Logistics of Disaster Recovery 2014 summarizes ways to plan post-disaster operations in a highway network; a model for investigat
The full PDF version of the TR News July-August 2014 issue assembles a comprehensive how-to on performance management in transportation. Authors explore current thinking, lessons learned, tools and techniques, and issues related to performance management—what works and what does not. Features det
