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Annual Urban Mobility Report

The current edition of Urban Mobility Report builds on previous Urban Mobility Reports with an improved methodology and expanded coverage of the nation’s urban congestion problem and solutions. The links below provide information on long-term congestion trends, the most recent congestion comparis

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Weather Delay Costs to Trucking

The purpose of this project was to estimate the impact of weather on U.S. roadway freight operations. It was already known that the freight sector of transportation could be greater than $600 billion of total gross domestic product, and 70 percent of that total value is moved by truck. Therefore,

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Forecasting and Delivery of Highway Travel Time Reliability Information

The report assesses the feasibility of employing predictive algorithms driven by historical and real-time traffic data to provide pre-trip, time-dependent travel time information based on origin, destination, and departure time. MyRoadTripAdvisor.com is working prototype of a forecasting ser

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Methods for Estimating the Benefits for Winter Maintenance Operations

The project is complete. The research identified an approach for estimating the benefits of winter maintenance operations in terms of increased safety, reduced travel time, and reduced fuel usage and discussed the limitations of the approach. In addition, data from a state highway agency was used
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Standards & Recommended Practices

Operation of Traffic Signal Systems in Oversaturated Conditions

This research project included work in several areas related to the operation of traffic signal systems in oversaturated traffic conditions. Some of the strategies and methods addressed in the guide include metering, gating, turn restrictions, dynamic lane control or assignment, offset weighting,

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Updated Research for Collision Damage and Repair of Prestessed Concrete Beams

Collision between over-height vehicles and bridges is an ever increasing problem nationwide. The bridge community is in need of current state of the art means and methods of evaluation and in-place repair of collision damaged precast/prestressed concrete beams. The NCHRP Report 280: Guidelines for E
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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Performance-Based Highway Maintenance and Operations Management

 

There has been a strong interest in what has become known as maintenance quality assurance, or MQA, over the past decade. This interest is driven by both the growing recognition of the importance of highway maintenance in preserving a valuabl

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A Guide for Implementing Bus On Shoulder (BOS) Systems

In many urban areas, traffic congestion commonly delays bus services and adversely affects schedule reliability. Bus priorities on streets and    highways have been successfully used for almost a half century. More recently, some communities have adopted policies and

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Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management

Institutional Architectures to Support Operational Strategies combines both research and guidance relating to the institutional preconditions within state DOTs for effective management of non-recurring congestion. The objective of the project is to identify the preconditions to “institutionalizin

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Attracting, Recruiting, and Retaining Skilled Staff for Transportation System Operations and Management

The NCHRP 693 Report considers the supply and demand of both the current and future TSM&O workforce - the actions transportation agencies may take to attract, recruit, develop, and retain skilled staff with needed capabilities; and the tools that are available or may be developed to assist ag

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