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Strategic Approaches at the Corridor and Network Level to Minimize Disruption from the Renewal Process
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2014-01-01
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Alternative Title:SHRP 2 report S2-R11-RW-1.
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ISBN:9780309129817
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Abstract:Program managers within state departments of transportation (DOTs) and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) are charged with distilling a chaotic universe of identified renewal needs into a logically sequenced program of manageable projects over a period of years. In addition, program managers are tasked with sequencing programs of projects in ways that maximize available resources, minimize disruptions to the traveling public and to adjacent land uses, and recognize political priorities. Over the past several years, substantial progress has been made in the areas of performance measurement, maintenance of traffic, mitigation of congestion in work zones, and alternative contracting and construction techniques. All of this progress has been made in studies and planning designed to minimize, manage, and mitigate disruption to traffic and commerce arising from renewal programs. However, in reality, performance measures are applied largely at the project level, and impacts are not analyzed at the program (mesoscopic) level. The products of this SHRP 2 Renewal project include both a software tool that will assist program managers at DOTs and MPOs in sequencing programs of projects and the training materials on applying that tool. Task 1 of this project identified the universe of published works that may be applicable to the products of this project. During the Task 2 literature analysis, 135 documents from Task 1 were identified as being “highly relevant” to this project and were reviewed to extract critical information. In Tasks 3, 4, and 5, a similar data set was extracted through interviews with DOTs, MPOs, and other key stakeholders. This allowed the research team (the team) to draw comparisons and identify differences between theory and practice. The team observed that the gap between the state of the art (identified in Tasks 1 and 2) and the state of the practice (identified in Tasks 3 and 4) is quite pronounced and varies widely across the country (Figure ES.1). Available software platforms with capabilities similar to those considered in this project were identified and analyzed. The lessons learned from the team’s review of the various software platforms and packages provided an excellent basis and critical information for the proposed Work Zone Impact and Strategy Estimator (WISE) tool.
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