A Guidebook for Performance-based Transportation Planning
A Guidebook for Performance-based Transportation Planning

Author: Cambridge Systematics

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 124

ISBN-13: 9780309066624

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"This [i.e. The] purpose of this guidebook is to help organizations improve the development, implementation, and management of their transportation plans and programs. By adding an element of performance measurement and monitoring to existing transportation planning processes, agencies can obtain better information about the performance of their existing programs and services. Performance-based planning provides a process and tools to identify and assess alternative programs, projects, and services with respect to overall transportation plan goals and objectives."--Ch. 1. Overview, p. 3.

Performance Measurement in State Departments of Transportation
Performance Measurement in State Departments of Transportation

Author: Theodore H. Poister

Publisher:

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 80

ISBN-13:

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This synthesis will be of interest to state transportation agency administrators, division and functional area managers, program managers, financial and human resources personnel, and others, including state legislators, who are concerned with implementing innovative programs in state departments of transportation (DOTs). It presents information on the degree to which state DOTs have developed and implemented performance measures in all transport modes for which they are responsible. With the advent of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act (ISTEA), as well as pressure from state governments for greater accountability of state funds, DOTs are increasingly endeavoring to develop performance measures to improve their productivity, and to respond to outside demands from state government and the public. This report of the Transportation Research Board describes how performance measures have evolved in state DOTs, the types of initiatives that have been developed, and the effectiveness of such measures in assessing performance and improving productivity, as perceived by the DOTs.

Consideration of Environmental Factors in Transportation Systems Planning
Consideration of Environmental Factors in Transportation Systems Planning

Author: A. Amekudzi

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 118

ISBN-13: 0309088399

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This report describes the transportation planning process and discusses where and how environmental factors can be addressed effectively at the state and metropolitan levels. This report should be especially useful to federal, state department of transportation (DOT), metropolitan planning organization (MPO), and local transportation planners, as well as other practitioners concerned with addressing environmental factors within transportation systems planning, priority programming, and project development planning leading to implementation. The research focused on environmental issues within the long-range transportation planning processes of state DOTs and MPOs and included the following: (1) a comprehensive review of recent literature; (2) a survey of approaches employed by state DOTs, MPOs, and environmental regulatory agencies; (3) a review of federal regulations and guidance on environmental factors; and (4) case studies to synthesize current practice in environmental planning.

Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems
Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems

Author: Terrel Shaw

Publisher: Transportation Research Board

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 66

ISBN-13: 030906953X

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The Transportation Research Board's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 311: Performance Measures of Operational Effectiveness for Highway Segments and Systems examines the use of performance measures for the monitoring and operational management of highway segments and systems.