Travel Importance and Strategic Investment in Vermont’s Transportation Assets

Details

• Creators:
  Sullivan, Jim ; Novak, Dave ; Scot, Darren
• Corporate Creators:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Asset management
  • Strategic planning
  • Performance measurement
  • Traffic flow
  • Saturation flow
  • Investments
  • Trip purpose
  • Travel time
  • Highway maintenance
  • Links (Networks)
  More +
• Publication/ Report Number:
  TRC Report 13-016
• Resource Type:
  Tech Report
• Geographical Coverage:
  Vermont ; United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  University of Vermont. Transportation Research Center
• Abstract:
  This project advances a new type of system-wide measurement of link criticality that will provide the tools needed for strategic disinvestment in roads that are not critical to the health and welfare of Vermonters. This new approach requires a paradigm shift in our current planning function and in the methods used to measure the importance of transportation system components. In this research, the Network Robustness Index (NRI) methodology is modified to include a process for considering the reason for travel in valuing roadways in Vermont. In addition, a new planning metric based on critical accessibility to emergency services is introduced, and combined with the NRI to yield a new measure, the access-based NRI (aNRI), that is uniquely suited to disinvestment planning.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/27393/dot_27393_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.86 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:8b84b9b7fe667e86f40f888dd37d3d4bfaf58b49b0ef0691add0e40cb5a5e486