Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity

Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity
Author: ICF International
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 193
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0309314895

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, describes a framework—including for long-range planning, corridor planning, project programming, environmental review, and environmental permitting— that supports collaborative business practices for reaching decisions on adding highway capacity when necessary.

Linking Community Visioning and Highway Capacity Planning

Linking Community Visioning and Highway Capacity Planning
Author: Planning Communities, Inc
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 90
Release: 2012
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309129095

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C08-RR-1: Linking Community Visioning and Highway Capacity Planning explores community visioning efforts, identifies steps and activities that might be considered when engaging in visioning, and highlights the links between vision outcomes and transportation planning and project development processes.

Highway Research

Highway Research
Author: David J. Wise
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 52
Release: 2010-11
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1437928978

The 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users authorized the Dept. of Transportation (DoT) to establish a highway research program to address future challenges facing the U.S. highway system. In 2006, the Second Strategic Highway Research Program was established to conduct research in four areas -- safety, renewal, reliability, and capacity. The legislation also required a review of the program no later than three years after the first research contracts were awarded. This report provides information about the process for selecting the program's projects for funding, the projects' status, and what, if any, research was eliminated because of funding and time constraints. Charts and tables.

Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes: Technical Reference

Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes: Technical Reference
Author: Transportation Research Board
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 341
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0309274354

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, provides a “how-to” guide for technical staff to select and calculate the appropriate performance measures to support the development of key planning products, including long-range transportation plans, transportation programs, congestion management process, corridor planning, and operations planning.

Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity

Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity
Author: ICF International (Firm)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2014
Genre: Highway capacity
ISBN: 9780309128964

"TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-C01-RR-1: Framework for Collaborative Decision Making on Additions to Highway Capacity describes a framework--including for long-range planning, corridor planning, project programming, environmental review, and environmental permitting--that supports collaborative business practices for reaching decisions on adding highway capacity when necessary. The framework delivers case studies and supportive materials in a searchable, web-based, format called Transportation for Communities: Advancing Projects through Partnerships (TCAPP). TCAPP is organized around decision points in the planning, programming, environmental review, and permitting processes."--Publisher's description.

The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009

The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009
Author: Transportation Research Board
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 120
Release: 2009-01-22
Genre: Transportation
ISBN: 0309178231

TRB Special Report 295, The Federal Investment in Highway Research, 2006-2009: Strengths and Weaknesses assesses how well the investments that Congress made in research programs through the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users comply with the principles articulated in the preface to the act's research title. The book contains findings and recommendations about specific research programs and calls for reliance on competition and merit review in awarding funds through the Federal Highway Administration and in selecting institutions for the University Transportation Centers program of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration.

Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand

Effect of Smart Growth Policies on Travel Demand
Author: Maren Outwater, Colin Smith, Jerry Walters, Brian Welch, Robert Cervero, Kara Kockelman, and J. Richard Kuzmyak
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 325
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0309274419

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, explores the underlying relationships among households, firms, and travel demand. The report also describes a regional scenario planning tool that can be used to evaluate the impacts of various smart growth policies.

Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects

Expedited Planning and Environmental Review of Highway Projects
Author: Institute for Natural Resources, Oregon State University
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 237
Release: 2012
Genre: Highway capacity
ISBN: 0309129397

This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, identifies strategies that have been successfully used to expedite the planning and environmental review of transportation projects within the context of existing laws and regulations. It discusses 16 common constraints on project delivery and 24 strategies for addressing or avoiding them. While the strategies are associated with planning and environmental review, many are also applicable to design and construction.