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Creators:
Ashuri, Baabak ; Shahandashti, Mohsen ; Tavakolan, Mehdi
Ashuri, Baabak ; Shahandashti, Mohsen ; Tavakolan, Mehdi Less -
Corporate Creators:
Georgia Institute of Technology
Corporate Contributors:
Southeast Transportation Consortium
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Best Practices Cost Effectiveness Innovation Research Projects State Departments Of Transportation Value Engineering
Publication/ Report Number:
LTRC Project No. 12-3PF
Resource Type:
Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:
United States
Corporate Publisher:
Louisiana Transportation Research Center
Abstract:
Transportation research projects are aimed at fostering innovation in different areas, such as

safety, cost savings, quality, efficiency, project delivery, and policy. Transportation agencies and

most notably State Departments of Transportation (State DOTs) sponsor various transportation

research projects to improve transportation system features, such as safety and cost effectiveness.

Determining the value of transportation research projects is one of the most important tasks

towards improving various features of transportation systems, such as safety, quality, and cost

effectiveness. However, for many State DOTs, the true impact of transportation research projects

on the transportation systems is generally unclear. This is due to the lack of comprehensive and

implementable quantitative and qualitative methods for determining the value of transportation

research projects. These evaluation methods should go beyond considering the value of research

projects in terms of operational costs saving and include value of the research on various impact

areas, such as congestion reduction, and accident and fatalities prevention. There is a need for

research that identifies the best practices in using proper methods and measures for

demonstrating the true value of research projects in terms of various transportation system

features, such as safety, quality, and cost effectiveness. The application of these methods and

measures requires the identification and collection of relevant data on the benefits resulting from

the implementation of research project findings and recommendations. Therefore, there is a need

for a synthesis that identifies the best practices for determining value of research results. This

synthesis presents the aggregation and summarization of what the State DOTs have done for

quantifying the value of research.


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US Transportation Collection
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