STRATEGIC HIGHWAY RESEARCH PROGRAM 2
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD
The nation’s freight shippers, receivers, and carriers depend on transportation agencies to provide new highway capacity to meet the demands of growing domestic commerce and international trade. Yet, the traditional highway planning process has not broadly engaged these freight stakeholders in the planning process. As state departments of transportation (DOT) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) make efforts to improve the quality of their interaction with the freight community, SHRP 2 C15, Integrating Freight Considerations in Additions to the Highway Capacity Planning Process, offers timely guidance and best practices examples.
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Integrating Freight Into Highway Planning
Thursday, December 26th, 2013The Economic Benefits of Sustainable Streets
Wednesday, December 25th, 2013NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Solving urban challenges has become the key to addressing global challenges. New York City has been a leader in creating new models for sustainable urban development in recent years, most visibly with the transformation of the city’s streets into more efficient and welcoming spaces that better accommodate all users. In tandem with these planning and engineering efforts, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) has developed a robust set of metrics to evaluate the outcomes of its projects with respect to the agency’s policy goals, both in the service of continually improving project designs and because the public increasingly expects such data-driven decision-making from government.
Public Transportation for the Holidays
Wednesday, December 25th, 2013Colorado’s Cache la Poudre River: History in Video
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013Wichita, Kansas: Using Wichway.org
Thursday, December 12th, 2013The WICHway website adjusts to the type of electronic device used. Thus the view is different on a desktop computer, a tablet or a Smartphone yet website functions are fully operational on each device. On a Smartphone, you can bookmark the home page or any other page in the website. Here’s how to do it.
View this complete post...Transportation in Transition
Friday, December 6th, 2013U.S. PIRG
A review of data from the Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration and Census Bureau for America’s 100 most populous urbanized areas – which are home to over half of the nation’s population – shows that the decline in per-capita driving has taken place in a wide variety of regions. From 2006 to 2011, the average number of miles driven per resident fell in almost three-quarters of America’s largest urbanized areas for which up-to-date and accurate data are available.
Infographic: America’s Failing Infrastructure
Wednesday, December 4th, 2013America’s greatest generation built the world’s greatest infrastructure network, but over time it’s failed to adapt, which costs a lot, personally, and nationally. We’re not doing enough to remedy the solution, even though EVERY CENT of our GDP relies on infrastructure. Without a plan it’s only going to get worse. Our personal safety, financial stability, and lifestyle depends on the health of our infrastructure.
View this complete post...Infra Week: 11-25-2013
Friday, November 29th, 2013Neighborhood got you down? Design your own
Pennsylvania’s $2.3 Billion Transportation Bill
Recovery Act Rail Project Completed Early and Under Budget
U.S. Immigrants Drive Less Than Natives
Has the U.S. Passed Peak Gasoline?
Tucson, AZ: Prince Road Update
Monday, November 25th, 2013The Prince Road project in Tucson is now in its final phase. To help get there, ADOT recently set 22-120 foot long girders over the Union Pacific Railroad. The challenge – lifting these 113-ton girders into place without affecting the 40-60 trains that go through that area each day.
View this complete post...Arizona DOT: Know Snow
Tuesday, November 19th, 2013“Ultimately, if you’re behind a plow, you’re going to get from point A to point B,” says snowplow driver Justen Williams.
The biggest challenge ADOT snowplow drivers face while plowing is other vehicles. If you find yourself near an active plow, the safest place for you to be is at least 50 feet behind it. Let the plow clear the road ahead before you drive on it.
– ArizonaDOT on YouTube
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