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Measuring Performance and Benchmarking Project Management at the Department of Energy
Benchmarking is an integral part of process improvement that provides a mechanism for making comparisons of project and program performance internally and externally. To be successful, benchmarking should be implemented as a structured, systematic process based on an understanding of critical success factors. Benchmarking can be applied during various phases...
Shipment Characteristics in the Commodity Flow Survey - Can One Describe an Elephant?
The ultimate need for data is to generate confidence in the decision maker's process. But for data to be useful, it must provide the correct information in the correct form for comprehension. The question is what shipment characteristics are the most relevant and are these being adequately distributed to users...
Intermodal Shipments, Warehousing, and Third Parties: A Special Measurement Issue
The Commodity Flow Survey (CFS) is designed to capture shipments moving by more than one mode, but appears to significantly under represent intermodal shipments. Possible reasons include gaps in coverage of shippers, misclassification of shipments because the shipper outsourced supply chain management or the carrier changed modes, and disparities between...
Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities
In 20 years, what will this nation's roads and highways look like and, more important, how will trucks and buses safely and efficiently navigate those highways? A group of industry, government, and university experts met at the Conference on Future Truck and Bus Safety Research Opportunities in Arlington, Virginia, on...
Identification of Research Needs Related to Highway Runoff Management
This report presents an analysis of research needs in the area of highway water runoff management and control. Research directors and water-quality professionals from state departments of transportation (DOTs) participated in a survey to identify pressing needs related to the impacts and control of storm-water runoff. The survey results were...
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in the United States
This paper describes the use of CAM therapies by the American public and provides a comprehensive overview, to the extent that data are available, of the therapies in widespread use, the populations that use them, and what is known about how they are provided. It identifies the major scientific, policy,...
The Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role: Measuring Performance, Targeting Improvement
Much of the freight transported within the United States, and the vast majority of that moved in international commerce, uses the nation's Marine Transportation System (MTS). The system is varied and immense. It consists of thousands of miles of navigable channels, hundreds of port complexes, and thousands of terminals located...
Applicability of Portable Explosive Detection Devices in Transit Environments
With the current high level of security awareness in the transit environment and the considerable proportion of bomb threats that are hoaxes, law-enforcement and transit security officials need decision-making tools to investigate threats before taking actions such as an evacuation order. The use of technology is one option for safely...
Pathological Gambling: A Critical Review
Gambling in America has deep cultural roots and today as a widely available and socially accepted recreational activity. Although the recent institutionalization of gambling appears to have benefited economically depressed communities in which it is offered, gambling has social and economic costs. Clinical evidence suggests that pathological gamblers engage in...
Effects of Subsurface Drainage on Performance of Asphalt and Concrete Pavements
Subsurface drainage is commonly believed to be beneficial to the performance of both asphalt and concrete pavements. This report presents the findings of a research project to evaluate the effects of subsurface drainage features on the performance of pavements through a comprehensive analysis of data available through June 2001 from...
Procurement of Federal Property for Light Rail Transit: Case Study of the Minneapolis Hiawatha Line
The building of the Gold Line using the DB model has been an enriching experience to all the members of the PMC (Program Management Consultant) and the Design-Builders. There have been many lessons learned during the course of bringing LRT to the communities affected by the Gold Line. This paper...
Financing and Improving Land Access to U.S. Intermodal Cargo Hubs
This report presents guidance on the most effective strategies for financing improvements to cargo hub and intermodal freight facilities. These strategies focus on existing and emerging funding sources and on developing partnerships between government agencies, cargo hub operators and users, and local communities. After preparing an inventory of cargo hub...
Integrated Urban Models for Simulation of Transit and Land Use Policies: Guidelines for Implementation and Use
The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA) required metropolitan and statewide transportation plans to be integrated with land use plans. The Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA- 21), the 1998 successor to ISTEA, also recognizes the need for consistency in transportation and land-use plans, albeit in...
Rural Passenger Transportation: Models and Strategies
People living in rural areas are supposed to be independent and self-sufficient, capable of providing their own transportation. Modern Americans move through an urban and suburban landscape, work in a global marketplace, and seldom acknowledge dependence on others. The paper presents a history of the replacement of horse power by...
Freight Transportation Research Needs Statements
A major portion of the inland waterway infrastructure is more than a decade beyond its design life and in need of replacement or upgrade. The waterways system is a vital component of the nation's transportation system and must be maintained for the benefit of both the national economy and the...
Complex and Interdependent Systems
When modeling terrorist networks and homeland systems, knowledge of the associated "architectural" framework - including its characteristic state variables1 - is essential. Understanding counterterrorism as a "system of systems" is essential, because the outputs of the terrorism network are the same four types of risk that constitute the inputs to...
Oil in the Sea III
This report in general proposes a clearer methodology for estimating petroleum inputs to the sea and makes recommendations for further monitoring and assessment that helps policymakers prioritize next steps for prevention and response. The paper also reveals that new estimates indicate that the overall amount of petroleum released to the...
Highway Research and Technology: The Need for Greater Investment
In this paper, the phrase "One needs more research" has added significance in that it represents the principal finding of this initiative. This time, the call comes from a broad representation of the highway community the owners and operators of the highways, numerous highway-related industries, and, yes, researchers. The findings...
Cargo Clearance, Security, and Safety
The focus today will be issues such as border and port of entry clearance, international equipment and safety standards, efficient transfer of goods, cargo, liability, cargo crime, and security issues arising from a number of factors, certainly including more traffic congestion, multiple users of the transportation system, and the intermodal...
Moving Toward a National Agenda of Transportation Operations and Mobility Research
A National Research and Technology Partnership Forum has been established to develop a new framework for coordinating surface transportation research. As part of this Forum, five working groups were established to pursue development of a consensus national research agenda. This paper documents the work of one of those working groups,...
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