Performance-based Measures in Transit Fund Allocation
Performance-based Measures in Transit Fund Allocation

Author: Robert G. Stanley

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 030907018X

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This synthesis will be of interest to transit practitioners and transportation professionals, including technical and research staff, as well as those working with them, with regard to the use of performance measures for the allocation of financial assistance to local transit agencies. The synthesis explores current perspectives, practices, and experiences. It focuses primarily on the extent to which traditional measures of transit performance such as internal measures of economic efficiency, service effectiveness, and productivity are used in allocating funds to transit. The report summarizes the experiences of a variety of transit agencies. In addition, it sought to capture key perspectives of transit and transportation professionals on the relationship between system performance and funding decisions and to identify barriers to more extensive use of performance measures in the allocation of funds for public transportation.

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

Published:

Total Pages: 205

ISBN-13: 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.

Factors that Support the Planning-programming Linkage
Factors that Support the Planning-programming Linkage

Author: Cambridge Systematics

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 0309099013

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This report contains a list of 39 factors that influence the linkage between programming and long-range plans. This list was developed from recent literature and extensive interviews with agency staff and other experts in the field. While the discussion of the critical factors is helpful, the report takes this topic one step further by providing suggested paths for improving the linkage between planning and programming.

Performance Measurement of Transportation Systems
Performance Measurement of Transportation Systems

Author:

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0309286697

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Each track consisted of a plenary session followed by three concurrent breakout sessions. These proceedings follow the conference format, with the plenary sessions and the breakout sessions for each of the five tracks presented in chronological order. The breakout sessions and the closing session gave participants the opportunity to provide ideas and suggestions on further research, technology transfer, and training. Research topics identified for potential consideration are listed in the section on concluding remarks. The conference also featured an interactive poster session. Summaries provided by the poster authors are presented in Appendix A. The conference attracted 130 participants from Canada, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, South Africa, and the United States, and featured transportation specialists who offered real-world expertise on the application of performance metrics and case studies.

Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling
Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling

Author: Mark A. Hurt

Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann

Published: 2016-03-08

Total Pages: 350

ISBN-13: 0128020849

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Highway Bridge Maintenance Planning and Scheduling provides new tactics for highway departments around the world that are faced with the dilemma of providing improved operations on a shoestring budget. Even after the much needed infrastructure funding is received, the question of which project comes first must be answered. Written by a 20-year veteran with the Kansas Department Of Transportation Bridge Office in design and in maintenance, this book provides Senior Bridge Maintenance Engineers with practical advice on how to create an effective maintenance program that will allow them to not only plan, schedule, direct, and monitor highway bridge repair and rehabilitation projects, but also evaluate all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards. - Provides the tools and methods for building, maintaining, planning, and scheduling effective maintenance - Presents experience-based suggestions for evaluating highway bridges to determine maintenance priorities - Includes methods for evaluating all completed work for technical acceptability, productivity, and unit-cost standards

A Primer on Performance-based Highway Program Management
A Primer on Performance-based Highway Program Management

Author: AASHTO Task Force on Performance Management

Publisher: AASHTO

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1560514035

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This report follows an earlier AASHTO report for the National Surface Transportation Policy and Revenue Study Commission (the Commission) entitled State DOT Performance Management Programs: Select Examples, published in June 2007. It examined performance-based surface transportation program approaches currently being implemented at some of the state DOTs around the country. Building on that primer, this report describes the basic principles involved in applying performance measurement to the state budgeting and program delivery process, and profiles how 11 states have applied these principles to improve performance and accountability.

Measuring Transportation Network Performance
Measuring Transportation Network Performance

Author: Cambridge Systematics

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 87

ISBN-13: 0309154928

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This guidebook provides methods for integrating performance measures from individual transportation modes and multiple jurisdictions and for developing new measures, if needed, to monitor transportation network performance. These network performance measures can be used to improve system management, planning, and investment decisions and can be applied to various scenarios. The guidebook should be of immediate use to practitioners in state, regional, or local governments; specially designated authorities; or those in the private sector who are responsible for measuring, operating, and investing in the performance of multimodal and/or multijurisdictional transportation networks.