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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Active Traffic Management: The Next Step in Congestion Management

Active Traffic Management is a complete package of strategies that recognize that there is an increase in travel demand, a growth in congestion, a commitment to safety, and a shift in agency culture toward active management and system operation that focus on the customer. This document assesses E

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AASHTO TSM&O Guidance: Organization / Workforce Dimension

These three documents are guidance on improving agency capability in TSM&O with respect to the organization/workforce dimension, as developed through NCHRP 03-94 and SHRP2 L06, available in this database. Organization/workforce is important to TSM&O because “efficient execution of process

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AASHTO TSM&O Guidance: Culture Dimension

These three documents are guidance on improving agency capability in TSM&O with respect to the culture dimension, as developed through NCHRP 03-94 and SHRP2 L06, available in this database. Culture is defined as “the combination of values, assumptions, knowledge and expectations of the agency

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AASHTO Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Analysis

This report provides the results of an analysis of the potential approaches for deploying the infrastructure components of Connected Vehicle (CV) systems by state and local transportation agencies, as well as the role of AASHTO. Identifying applications that best serve state and local transportat

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Research

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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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

A Primer on Performance-Based Highway Program Management – Examples from Selected States

This report follows an earlier AASHTO report for the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission entitled State DOT Performance Management Programs: Select Examples, published in June 2007. This report describes the basic principles involved in applying performance measure

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Research

A Framework for Improving Travel Time Reliability

Transportation systems management and operations (TSM&O) strategies can improve travel time reliability, which yields both safety and economic benefits and improves road-user experience. To date, only a few transportation agencies have TSM&O programs to address travel time reliability, bu

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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

State DOT Social Media Survey

These documents are AASHTO’s annual look at the use of social media among state DOTs, informed by a survey to which all but nine state DOT’s responded. The 2014 annual AASHTO social media survey reveals a continuing trend toward increasing social media adoption by state departments

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Annual Urban Mobility Report

The current edition of Urban Mobility Report builds on previous Urban Mobility Reports with an improved methodology and expanded coverage of the nation’s urban congestion problem and solutions. The links below provide information on long-term congestion trends, the most recent congestion comparis

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2012 Urban Mobility Report

The 2012 Urban Mobility Report builds on previous Urban Mobility Reports with an improved methodology and expanded coverage of the nation’s urban congestion problem and solutions. The links below provide information on long-term congestion trends, the most recent congestion comparisons and a desc

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