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This guidebook provides insights into lessons learned and best practices for public agencies in public-private partnerships (P3s).

District Mobility is a tool that facilitates visualization of aspects and conditions of mobility throughout Washington, D.C.

Since 2002, the American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) has collected and processed truck GPS data in support of the Federal Highway Administration’s Freight Performance Measures (FPM) initiative, a program that maintains and monitors a series of performance measures related to the nation’s truck-based freight transportation system.
The metrics that generate from ATRI’S ongoing truck bottleneck analysis quantify the impact of traffic congestion on truck-borne freight at 250 specific locations. The information provided through this effort can empower decision-making in both the private and public sectors by allowing stakeholders to better understand the severity of congestion and mobility constraints on the U.S. highway transportation system. This is of particular importance as the nation weighs the needs and resources available for transportation funding. On a state and local level, this research can inform local investment decisions that can directly improve supply chain efficiency. This “bottleneck” analysis incorporates and synthesizes several unique components, including a massive database of truck GPS data at freight-significant locations throughout the United States (U.S.), and an algorithm that quantifies the impact of congestion on truck-based freight. Since its inception, the monitored list has grown to 250 freight-significant locations. In addition, the annual reports provide a chronological repository of mobility profiles, whereby congestion changes can be assessed over time. This, in turn, allows transportation analysts and planners to conduct performance benchmarking and identification of influential factors contributing to congestion and the requisite consequences on truck-freight mobility.

The objective of this project is to develop a set of performance metrics that can be incorporated into operational management and planning process for investment decisions. The performance metrics will be based on the traffic data support from PeMS and their spatial and temporal effect will be illustrated on a Geographic Information System (GIS)-based platform. The project also strives to provide linkage between performance measures and decision making by using interpretative indicators and GIS-enabled methods to inform decisions.

This issue of TAMNews discusses the performance measure and target setting activities of the Southern California Regional Rail Authority and its efforts to develop a transit asset management (TAM) plan that complies with the final rule.

This guide provides a comprehensive framework to identify and manage risk for state departments of transportation, as well as establish and maintain an enterprise risk management program. It includes extensive summaries of how risk management is being applied nationally and internationally to typical transportation program areas.

With almost 20,000 lane miles on the Oregon highway system, the Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) is responsible for managing and maintaining its roadway assets. Managed assets include barriers, traffic signals, lighting, pavement markings, and signs. ODOT has developed an inventory of its assets and evaluates asset condition in order to efficiently manage maintenance efforts. Over several years, ODOT implemented two new programs to manage their roadway assets, TransInfo and the Features, Attributes, and Conditions – Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (FACS-STIP) Tool. TransInfo is a statewide asset management system. It provides ODOT asset management staff with the most up-to-date statistics on assets and other features on the State highway system. The FACS-STIP Tool is a web-based program that provides information on an asset’s location, attributes, and condition to all users with internet access.

This presentation from the December 2016 Lean Forum includes detailed presentations from the Idaho Transportation Department, Saskatchewan Ministry of Highways and Infrastructure, and SCOPM Business Meeting Organizational Excellence Task Force Update.

This report details the many technologies, cutting-edge research, best practices and policies WisDOT is utilizing to deliver transportation projects and services in an efficient and responsible fashion. It itemizes numerous measures WisDOT is implementing to enhance the safety, durability and reliability of Wisconsin’s nearly 11,800 miles of state and federal highways, across various domains, including project management, system operations, research, and technology.

The purpose of this primer is to assist transportation planners in effectively using archived operations data for developing, analyzing, and evaluating transportation plans and programs. This primer raises planners’ awareness of the opportunities afforded through archived operations data and provides guidance on how to take advantage of that data to expand and improve planning practices. It also identifies innovative applications for archived operations data in planning. This primer aims to help planners and their operations data partners overcome the barriers to obtaining and using data, regardless of whether they are just getting started with using the data or have substantive experience.

Alaska's long range transportation plan establishes the state's policies and priorities for transportation investment through 2036. It replaces the previous long range plan from 2008 and meets the Federal requirements of MAP-21 and the FAST Act. The plan defines a framework for balancing the development, preservation, operation and maintenance of different transportation modes for urban and rural communities across the state. The broad policies, goals and actions outlined in this plan feed into the detailed regional and metropolitan improvement programs.

This report included 137 recommendations for providing, operating, maintaining, and using public infrastructure in Victoria, Australia, over the next 30 years (report published in 2016).