Technology and business practices that work.

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• Creators:
  Warne, Thomas R.
• Corporate Creators:
  Tom Warne and Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  Best Practices Business Practices Decision Making Implementation Project Management Risk Management State Departments Of Transportation Tolls
• Publication/ Report Number:
  NCHRP 20-24(84)
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICY
• Abstract:
  This report highlights exciting activities in five states today that have potential for
  
  implementation in other departments of transportation. The variety is impressive, and
  
  the sense of innovation inspiring.
  
  In Florida, deliberate decision-making, technical engineering, and process changes
  
  save the state millions of dollars. Florida is also a leader in pushing the envelope on
  
  social media and communications strategies. Minnesota is thinking like a private
  
  enterprise and sees risk management in ways that even many private sector firms don’t.
  
  Its Destination Innovation and Ombudsman initiatives create value both inside and
  
  outside the agency. North Dakota is an example of how a state DOT has had to
  
  “remake” itself and its transportation paradigm to accommodate the transformational
  
  experience of the oil shale boon. Not everyone will have an oil shale boon, but the
  
  lessons learned by North Dakota’s response are informative and useful. Utah is in the
  
  business of connecting systems and people and innovating project delivery methods.
  
  Don’t say that Utah can’t connect two different systems together, because the DOT
  
  probably can, and the results will be powerful. Utah is also exploring boundaries of
  
  transparency and connectivity that are impressive and worth considering. Washington is
  
  pre-tolling its SR 520 corridor and getting people to pay for something that they don’t
  
  even use right now. It is a compelling story of managing capacity in new and impactful
  
  ways and getting public acceptance for innovative thinking. In addition, WSDOT’s
  
  electric highway is a model for other states to follow, and the lessons learned will be
  
  useful to all who tread that path.
  
  None of these states can be accused of sitting back and just letting the world go by. Of
  
  note is the fact that each of these innovative activities is in place and being used today.
  
  They are not being “beta” tested and are certainly a long ways from the drawing board.
  
  The good news for other state DOTs is that these innovations can be taken and
  
  implemented without further testing or evaluation. They work, and each one has proven
  
  results.
  
  
• Format:
  PDF
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4f35cbe00e81291ae556b3d98e35b0b1618459636db105af6355a204776b3442
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26469/dot_26469_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
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