Reports and White Papers
- Organizing for Reliability – Capability Maturity Model Assessment and Implementation Plans Executive Summary
- Improving Transportation Systems Management and Operations – Capability Maturity Model Workshop White Papers – These white papers focuses on the six critical dimensions of capability identified in the SHRP2 research as necessary to support effective Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O). They summarize the TSM&O state-of-the-practice in each dimension based on the workshops and subsequent implementation plans developed at 23 sites selected by FHWA and AASHTO as part of the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2) Implementation Assistance Program.
- NCHRP Synthesis 420: Operational and Institutional Agreements That Facilitate Regional Traffic Signal Operations, 2011.
- NCHRP Report 618: Cost-Effective Performance Measures for Travel Time Delay, Variation, and Reliability, 2008.
- NCHRP Report 664: Measuring Transportation Network Performance, 2010.
- NCHRP Report 666: Target-Setting Methods and Data Management to Support Performance-Based Resource Allocation by Transportation Agencies – Volume I: Research Report, and Volume II: Guide for Target Setting and Data Management, 2010.
- Private Sector Data for Performance Management – Final Report (HTML, PDF 293KB) – This report examines and analyzes technical and institutional issues associated with the use of private sector travel time and speed data for public sector performance management. The primary data needs for congestion performance measures are outlined, and core data elements and various metadata are introduced as a way to ensure consistency among private sector data providers. (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-11-029, July 2011).
- Regional Concept for Transportation Operations: A Tool for Strengthening and Guiding Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination (HTML, DOC 205KB) – This paper focuses on what a Regional Concept for Transportation Operations is, what it can look like, its benefits, and its important role in creating an opportunity for regional transportation operations collaboration and coordination to flourish. (August 2004).
- SHRP 2 Report S2-L01-RR-1: Integrating Business Processes to Improve Travel Time Reliability
- SHRP 2 Report S2-L01-RR-2: Guide to Integrating Business Processes to Improve Travel Time Reliability
- SHRP 2 L07 Evaluation of Cost-Effectiveness of Highway Design Features Project Site
- SHRP 2 L02: Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability Project Site
- SHRP 2 L04: Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures in Operations and Planning Modeling Tools Project Site
- SHRP 2 L05 Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes Project Site
- SHRP 2 L11: Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability Project Site
- SHRP 2 Report S2-L03-RR-1: Analytical Procedures for Determining the Impacts of Reliability Mitigation Strategies
- SHRP 2 Report S2-L06-RR-1: Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management
- SHRP 2 Report S2-L06-RR-2 Guide to Improving Capability for Systems Operations and Management
- Understanding the Communications and Information Needs of Elected Officials for Transportation Planning and Operations (HTML) – This white paper is to help the readers understand how local elected officials (and senior appointed officials) perceive transportation planning and operations and the role they play in stimulating planning and operations. (January 2005).
- The Use of Operations Objectives and Performance Measures in Private and Public Organizations (HTML, PDF 82KB) – This paper examines lessons and insights from private companies and public organizations that may apply to agencies in the United States working to advance transportation planning for operations using a strategic approach. (Publication Number: FHWA-HOP-10-029, February 2010).
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