Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems

Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems
Author: Terrel Shaw
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 66
Release: 2003
Genre: Roads
ISBN: 030906953X
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The Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 311: Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems examines the use of performance measures for the monitoring and operational management of highway segments and systems.

Statewide Transportation Planning

Statewide Transportation Planning
Author: Phillip Herr
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 72
Release: 2011-04
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1437944612
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Through the statewide transportation planning process, states decide how to spend fed. transportation funds -- almost $46 billion in FY 2009. Draft legislation to reauthorize federal surface transportation legislation would, among other things, revise planning requirements to recognize states' use of rural planning org. (RPO) and require performance measurement. This report examined: (1) states' planning activities and RPOs' satisfaction that rural needs are considered; (2) states' planning challenges; (3) the U.S. Dept. of Transportation's approach to overseeing statewide planning; and (4) states' use of performance measurement and opportunities to make statewide planning more performance based. Tables. This is a print on demand report.

Examples of Statewide Transportation Planning Practices

Examples of Statewide Transportation Planning Practices
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 176
Release: 1995
Genre: Highway departments
ISBN:
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The transportation sector is faced with new legislative mandates as reflected by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA) of 1991. ISTEA, coupled with the Clean Air Act Amendments (CAAA) of 1990, provides an impetus for change in transportation planning and project implementation. Statewide transportation planning is one of the mechanisms for change that ISTEA provides. Statewide transportation plans integrate planning for multiple transport modes to balance the mobility needs of the state with future revenue sources. To support this requirement, FHWA and FTA have issued statewide transportation planning rules. These rules identify twenty-three factors to be addressed in statewide plans. The case studies included in this report demonstrate examples of coordination.

Statewide Transportation Planning Under ISTEA

Statewide Transportation Planning Under ISTEA
Author: Sarah J. Siwek & Associates
Publisher:
Total Pages: 44
Release: 1996
Genre: Local transit
ISBN:
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Each State has a different process for making transportation decisions. In some, the legislature annually approves the transportation capital investment program. Others have independent or quasi-independent commissions, boards, or authorities that are responsible for transportation decisions. In all cases, elected officials at the local, regional, or State level need good information to guide their decisions, and the ISTEA planning process is designed to provide this. This guide discusses how good transportation planning can be conducted by States and presents a new framework for transportation decision making as envisioned in ISTEA.