Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability

Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability
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Total Pages: 194
Release: 2013
Genre: Traffic engineering
ISBN: 9780309129619

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The research included an effort to determine the economic value of improvements in travel time reliability by applying options theory from the financial sector. This method is predicated on determining the certainty equivalent of the variability of speed. This innovative approach, briefly summarized in the body of the report and described in an appendix, deserves further exploration despite the lack of consensus from experts about its validity. A prominent part of the report presents a forecast of the year 2030 under alternative assumptions that may influence travel time reliability. The researchers set out three alternative outcomes--optimistic, mediocre, and pessimistic--regarding climate change, economics, and demographics. In addition, they examined a range of technological developments that might affect reliability. To paint a picture of the future, they prepared a concept of operations for the year 2030.

Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability

Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.)
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 378
Release: 2022-03-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0309273706

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This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, sets out requirements for travel time reliability within a performance-based planning process. The research includes an effort to determine the economic value of improvements in travel time reliability by applying options theory from the financial sector. The report includes two succinct tables that describe requirements for person and freight trips for reliable transport, as well as a forecast of the year 2030 under alternative assumptions that may influence travel time reliability.

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

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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.

Guide to Integrating Business Processes to Improve Travel Time Reliability

Guide to Integrating Business Processes to Improve Travel Time Reliability
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Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 63
Release: 2011
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309129044

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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L01-RR-2: Guide to Integrating Business Processes to Improve Travel Time Reliability explores various ways that transportation agencies could reengineer their day-to-day business practices to enhance traffic operations, address nonrecurring traffic congestion, and improve the reliability of travel times delivered to roadway system users.

Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability

Establishing Monitoring Programs for Travel Time Reliability
Author: George F. List, Billy Williams, and Nagui Rouphail, Rob Hranac, Tiffany Barkley, Eric Mai, and Armand Ciccarelli, Lee Rodegerdts, Katie Pincus, and Brandon Nevers, Alan F. Karr, Xuesong Zhou, Jeffrey Wojtowicz, Joseph Schofer, and Asad Khattak
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 205
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Genre:
ISBN: 0309274257

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This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, defines reliability and describes the research to improve the reliability of highway travel times by mitigating the effects of events that cause unpredictable, fluctuating travel times.

Highway Research

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

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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.

Identification and Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Highway Design Features to Reduce Nonrecurrent Congestion

Identification and Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Highway Design Features to Reduce Nonrecurrent Congestion
Author: Ingrid B. Potts, Douglas W. Harwood, Jessica M. Hutton, Chris A. Fees, Karin M. Bauer, Lindsay M. Lucas, Christopher S. Kinzel and Robert J. Frazier
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 201
Release:
Genre:
ISBN: 0309274389

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This report from the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2), which is administered by the Transportation Research Board of the National Academies, focuses on geometric design treatments that can be used to reduce delays due to nonrecurrent congestion.

Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management

Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management
Author:
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Total Pages: 98
Release: 2012
Genre: Highway planning
ISBN: 0309129052

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TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L06-RR-1: Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management examines a large number of topics concerning organizational and institutional approaches that might help transportation agencies enhance highway operations and travel time reliability.

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

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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.