How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies (2018) / Chapter Skim
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11 This chapter examines the history, existing knowledge base, and trends in transportation agencies' consideration of alternatives to the expansion of highways (altogether new facilities and additional lanes on existing ones) as a means of increasing capacity.
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12 How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies establishing goals and objectives that provide a direct connection to outcomes that are meaningful to the community. In some instances, agencies suggest that the goals of transportation plans be developed "without regard to the transport system," but "that transport has some potential to contribute towards" their attainment (Australian Transport and Infrastructure Council 2015)
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Review of Literature and Practice 13 which their agencies have done business for many decades, it will be a challenge to convey the process and potential benefits of PBPP to senior leadership, stakeholders, and the public" (FTA and APTA 2017)
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14 How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies Crossmodal prioritization and the various means to conduct it (both in theory and in practice) have garnered significant attention as MPOs, in particular, and some state DOTs attempt to create a level (mode-neutral)
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Review of Literature and Practice 15 Research Group et al.
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16 How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies Summary Generally agreed-on (if not fully accepted) processes and frameworks for fuller evaluation of transportation goals, objectives, policies, strategies, and alternatives have been conceptualized, articulated, reviewed, and refined by and on behalf of state DOTs and MPOs.
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