Technology and business practices that work.

Details

• Creators:
  Warne, Thomas R.
• Corporate Creators:
  Tom Warne and Associates
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • State departments of transportation
  • Business practices
  • Best practices
  • Implementation
  • Decision making
  • Risk management
  • Project management
  • 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.
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• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/26469/dot_26469_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 176.10 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:4f35cbe00e81291ae556b3d98e35b0b1618459636db105af6355a204776b3442