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Transportation Research, Development and Technology Strategic Plan
Table 4-8. Milestones for Improving Planning and Decisionmaking
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FY 07-08
FY 09-10
Advanced Travel Forecasting Procedures (TRANSIMS)
Use simulation technologies to understand the impact of travel, by time of day, on overall mobility
x
x
Center for Environmental Excellence
Promote the advancement of Context-Sensitive Solutions
x
x
Identify and promote technology and geospatial innovations
x
x
Strategic Highway Research Program II
Develop framework for collaborative decisionmaking on additions to highway capacity
x
x
Surface Transportation Environment and Planning Cooperative Research
Develop and/or support accurate models for evaluating transportation control measures
x
x
Develop indicators of economic, social, and environmental performance of transportation systems to facilitate alternative analysis
x
x
Transportation, Economics, and Land Use System
Use TELUS to assist States and MPOs in the development of transportation improvement programs and other transportation planning initiatives
x
x
Identify Practices and Technologies to Control Capital and Operating Costs
Provide enhanced tools and methods for technical planning
x
x
Develop improved models of the performance of bus operations
x
Develop voluntary industry standards
x
x