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... 51 Based on the review of literature, a survey of 29 state DOTs and 15 MPOs regarding the state of the practice, and case examples, it is apparent that assessing added highway capacity projects versus other modal projects and strategies by state DOTs and MPOs is neither widespread nor sufficiently advanced beyond a handful of agencies that have developed customized methods to allow for prioritization across select modes included in their plans and capital programs. The method for this synthesis was valuable in that it led to increased findings about why added capacity is not assessed against other modal alternatives as frequently as assumed when this topic was originally identified as a research priority.
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... 52 How Transportation Agencies Assess the Value of Added Capacity Highway Projects Versus Other Modal Projects and Strategies significant agreement on values. Even so, most state DOTs and MPOs actively assessing added highway capacity projects against other modal projects and strategies exhibit a modesty about their efforts, assuming that others are doing more than they are when this is not the reality.
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... Conclusions 53 all modes. A combination of analytical tools and high-quality data is deemed a necessity by state DOTs and MPOs for the purpose of evaluating the performance of the transportation system.

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