%0 Book %A National Research Council %T An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico %@ 978-0-309-28845-3 %D 2013 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18387/an-ecosystem-services-approach-to-assessing-the-impacts-of-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/18387/an-ecosystem-services-approach-to-assessing-the-impacts-of-the-deepwater-horizon-oil-spill-in-the-gulf-of-mexico %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %P 246 %X As the Gulf of Mexico recovers from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, natural resource managers face the challenge of understanding the impacts of the spill and setting priorities for restoration work. The full value of losses resulting from the spill cannot be captured, however, without consideration of changes in ecosystem services—the benefits delivered to society through natural processes. An Ecosystem Services Approach to Assessing the Impacts of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico discusses the benefits and challenges associated with using an ecosystem services approach to damage assessment, describing potential impacts of response technologies, exploring the role of resilience, and offering suggestions for areas of future research. This report illustrates how this approach might be applied to coastal wetlands, fisheries, marine mammals, and the deep sea—each of which provide key ecosystem services in the Gulf—and identifies substantial differences among these case studies. The report also discusses the suite of technologies used in the spill response, including burning, skimming, and chemical dispersants, and their possible long-term impacts on ecosystem services. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T How to Measure and Communicate the Value of Access Management %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27017/how-to-measure-and-communicate-the-value-of-access-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27017/how-to-measure-and-communicate-the-value-of-access-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 112 %X The benefits of access management are many. They include improved safety, reduced delay, better multimodal quality of service, and enhanced livability. These benefits can translate into economic value for transportation agencies and the public. The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 1032: How to Measure and Communicate the Value of Access Management contains a guide for practitioners on use of an online Access Management CommunicationToolkit (AMC Toolkit) and is designed to help public agency staff and their consultants more easily understand, measure, and communicate the value of access management techniques when developing or implementing access management plans, programs, or projects. Supplemental to the report are NCHRP Web-Only Document 339: Developing a Toolkit to Measure and Communicate the Value of Access Management, a Technical Memorandum Implementation Plan, a PowerPoint Presentation about the research, videos about the project and Toolkit, and a training guide for using the Toolkit. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Harrison, Frances D. %E Preston, Katherine %T The Evolution of Knowledge Management at Airports %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27399/the-evolution-of-knowledge-management-at-airports %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27399/the-evolution-of-knowledge-management-at-airports %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 96 %X Industry-wide, airports are experiencing disruptive and continuous changes that include the rapid introduction of new technology, financial constraints, retirements, and the need to replace seasoned veterans. These changes are compounded by a diminishing pipeline of individuals interested in working at airports.ACRP Research Report 258: The Evolution of Knowledge Management at Airports, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, is a resource that airports can use to help mitigate the loss of institutional knowledge when employees change jobs or retire. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Boyle, Daniel %T On-Street Bus Operations Management %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26836/on-street-bus-operations-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26836/on-street-bus-operations-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 114 %X New technologies, especially automatic vehicle location (AVL) systems, provide much more real-time information on bus locations than had previously been available. Theoretically, availability of this information can be expected to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of on-street bus operations management.The TRB Transit Cooperative Research Program's TCRP Synthesis 166: On-Street Bus Operations Management provides an overview of the current practices in real-time management of street operations at North American transit agencies. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Quantifying the Impacts of Corridor Management %D 2024 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27477/quantifying-the-impacts-of-corridor-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27477/quantifying-the-impacts-of-corridor-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 510 %X Transportation corridors are defined by the infrastructure, services, and relationships connecting places. A corridor can be a national resource connecting large cities, a regional passage connecting a state’s trade centers, or local pathways connecting through a city or town. NCHRP Web-Only Document 386: Quantifying the Impacts of Corridor Management, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, details how specific corridor management efforts should be defined and approached, what it means to manage a corridor, and how to manage different types of corridors for intended impacts. Supplemental to the report are an Executive Summary, an Implementation Plan, 5 Spreadsheet Tools (Appendix 3, Appendix 5, Appendix 7, Appendix 9 Tool, and Appendix 10 Tool), and 2 videos (Introduction to the Playbook 1 and Introduction to the Playbook 2). %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Hajbabaie, Ali %E Hajibabai, Leila %E Tajalli, Mehrdad %E Mirheli, Amir %E Mohebifard, Rasool %T Utilization Measurement and Management of Fleet Equipment %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26067/utilization-measurement-and-management-of-fleet-equipment %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26067/utilization-measurement-and-management-of-fleet-equipment %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 90 %X State highway agency equipment fleet assets are vital to the delivery of agency programs, projects, and services. Measuring, monitoring, and reporting on asset utilization levels are necessary for the management of the equipment fleet and meeting the highway agency’s business needs.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program'sNCHRP Research Report 957: Utilization Measurement and Management of Fleet Equipment is both a handbook on equipment utilization concepts and a guide for making cost-effective equipment utilization decisions.The Utilization Prediction and Management Software allows the user to:• estimate equipment utilization and manage the fleet at a region-level based on available measurable information• identify equipment that is under- or over-utilized, needs to be salvaged, or needs to be relocated; and• identify the fleet management strategy that minimizes the total fleet management costs. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Prather, C. Daniel %T Airfield Turf and Vegetation Management Practices %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27251/airfield-turf-and-vegetation-management-practices %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27251/airfield-turf-and-vegetation-management-practices %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 98 %X Turf and vegetation management practices differ at airports because of each airport’s unique terrain, geography, and vegetation. Although there is some guidance from the Federal Aviation Administration on airside applications for artificial turf, information on the means, methods, techniques, and practices airports use to manage airfield turf and vegetation is sparse. ACRP Synthesis 128: Airfield Turf and Vegetation Management Practices, from TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program, documents airfield practices for turf and vegetation management given the various constraints of staffing, equipment, safety, funding, climate, and regulations. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Nassereddine, Hala %E Ramadan, Bassam %E Li, Ying %E Sturgill, Roy %E Patel, Parshva %T Practices for the Collection, Use, and Management of Utility As-Built Information %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27034/practices-for-the-collection-use-and-management-of-utility-as-built-information %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27034/practices-for-the-collection-use-and-management-of-utility-as-built-information %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 102 %X As-builts, inclusive of utility as-builts—which are the recorded representation of the built or maintained infrastructure and show the actual location, dimensions, geometry, and other attributes of the work as completed—can provide a baseline for new design projects by providing information on current transportation infrastructure and other facilities such as underground and overhead utilities.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 600: Practices for the Collection, Use, and Management of Utility As-Built Information aims to document current state departments of transportation practices related to utility as-built data collection, use, and management. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Partners, LLC Spy Pond %E America, Inc. Atkins North %T Guidebook for Data and Information Systems for Transportation Asset Management %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26126/guidebook-for-data-and-information-systems-for-transportation-asset-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26126/guidebook-for-data-and-information-systems-for-transportation-asset-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 334 %X Effective transportation asset management (TAM) depends on having good data about the assets under management, their descriptions, current condition and history, functional performance, and the activities conducted to develop, maintain, improve, and rehabilitate them during the course of their service lives.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 956: Guidebook for Data and Information Systems for Transportation Asset Management presents a structured approach for assessing an organization’s current data and information management practices in support of transportation asset management and strategies for improving these practices. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T An Emergency Management Playbook for State Transportation Agencies %D 2024 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27379/an-emergency-management-playbook-for-state-transportation-agencies %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27379/an-emergency-management-playbook-for-state-transportation-agencies %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 180 %X State departments of transportation and other state transportation organizations have many challenges in establishing and maintaining emergency management programs and plans that are proactive, responsive, flexible, and coordinated with the other local, tribal, state, regional, and federal agencies that may be involved in preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery. In addition, states vary in how they organize their emergency management activities. NCHRP Research Report 1093: An Emergency Management Playbook for State Transportation Agencies, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, provides information, best practices, and guidelines for ways to “work smart,” by showing how emergency management can be better organized, understood, and worked into the agency within current resource constraints. Supplemental to the report is NCHRP Web-Only Document 384: Developing an Emergency Response Playbook for State Transportation Agencies, Appendix C: Emergency Management Assistance Compact Guide, a Pocket Guide for Agency Leadership, DOT Mission Ready Packages, Excel Tool for Equipment Comparisons, a Training Materials for Leaders presentation, and a Training Materials for Presenters presentation. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Varma, Shobna %E Dickey, Caroline %E Pilson, Charles %E Proctor, Gordon %E Bhat, Cassandra %E Vargo, Amanda %E Dix, Brenda %T Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset Management: Appendices %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27376/risk-assessment-techniques-for-transportation-asset-management-appendices %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27376/risk-assessment-techniques-for-transportation-asset-management-appendices %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 393 %X To effectively manage the condition and performance of transportation infrastructure, state transportation agencies must assess and manage risks to transportation assets.NCHRP Web-Only Document 366: Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset Management: Appendices, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, presents the risk management resources summarized in NCHRP Research Report 1066: Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset Management: Conduct of Research in fuller detail. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Allen, Brad W. %E Zimmerman, Kathryn A. %E Duncan, Gregory M. %E Zilay, Rob %E Holabaugh, Jeff %T Incorporating Maintenance Costs into a Transportation Asset Management Plan %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27290/incorporating-maintenance-costs-into-a-transportation-asset-management-plan %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27290/incorporating-maintenance-costs-into-a-transportation-asset-management-plan %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 70 %X Since 2018, state departments of transportation (DOTs) have been required to develop risk-based transportation asset management plans (TAMPs) and to update these plans every four years. However, the absence of maintenance cost data in a TAMP prevents agencies from fully capturing the total investment made to preserve and improve highway infrastructure assets. NCHRP Web-Only Document 372: Incorporating Maintenance Costs into a Transportation Asset Management Plan, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, documents research conducted to develop a framework that state DOTs and other transportation agencies can use to incorporate maintenance costs into their TAMP. The document is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 1076: A Guide to Incorporating Maintenance Costs into a Transportation Asset Management Plan. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Puentes, Robert %E Plotch, Philip %E Eby, Brianne %E Lewis, Paul %E Holdzkom, Karitsa %E Wang, Xinge %E Nevins, Douglas %E Corbett, Kenyon %E Huber, Melissa %T Bus Operator Workforce Management: Practitioner’s Guide %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26842/bus-operator-workforce-management-practitioners-guide %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26842/bus-operator-workforce-management-practitioners-guide %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 162 %X As of 2020, nearly 50 percent of the bus-operator workforce was over 55. Evidence indicates that many younger job seekers are often not aware of the potential career opportunities and employee benefits that are available at transit agencies. TCRP Research Report 240: Bus Operator Workforce Management: Practitioner’s Guide, from TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program, provides recommendations and resources enabling transit agencies to better assess, plan, and implement their operator workforce management programs. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Blaschke, Matthew %E Brown, Lacy %E Dixon, Karen K. %E Park, Eun Sug %E Shirinzad, Maryam %E Gattis, Jim L. %E Layton, Robert %E Stover, Vergil %E Demosthenes, Phil %E Sutherland, Larry %E Levinson, Herbert %T Access Management in the Vicinity of Interchanges, Volume 2: Research Overview %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26501/access-management-in-the-vicinity-of-interchanges-volume-2-research-overview %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26501/access-management-in-the-vicinity-of-interchanges-volume-2-research-overview %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 314 %X The spacing of crossroads in the vicinity of interchanges can have operational and safety impacts on a street system. The deployment of access management strategies in these areas can also have potential influence on the economic vitality of a roadway network, but how best to balance these critical issues with access management strategies in not yet fully understood.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 977: Access Management in the Vicinity of Interchanges, Volume 2: Research Overview summarizes the research so far for access management in the vicinity of interchanges.This is the second volume to NCHRP Research Report 977: Access Management in the Vicinity of Interchanges, Volume 1: Practitioner’s Guide. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Shah, Vaishali %E Hatcher, Greg %E Greer, Elizabeth %E Fraser, Janet %E Franz, Mark %E Sadabadi, Kaveh %T Guidelines for Quantifying Benefits of Traffic Incident Management Strategies %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26486/guidelines-for-quantifying-benefits-of-traffic-incident-management-strategies %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26486/guidelines-for-quantifying-benefits-of-traffic-incident-management-strategies %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 88 %X Ensuring a coordinated response to highway crashes and other incidents is vital to protecting public safety, keeping traffic moving, and reducing environmental impacts.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Research Report 981: Guidelines for Quantifying Benefits of Traffic Incident Management Strategies aims to offer guidance on Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs, which can vary widely and may have different goals, guidelines, and methods applicable under a variety of data scenarios.Supplemental to the report is NCHRP Web-Only Document 301: Development of Guidelines on Quantifying Benefits of Traffic Incident Management Strategies, an Implementation Plan, and a Summary Presentation. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %T Developing a Toolkit to Measure and Communicate the Value of Access Management %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27018/developing-a-toolkit-to-measure-and-communicate-the-value-of-access-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27018/developing-a-toolkit-to-measure-and-communicate-the-value-of-access-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 123 %X Access management has many benefits, including, but not limited to, improved safety, reduced delay, better multimodal quality of service, and livability. Yet government agencies often find themselves under intense pressure to yield to requests for more (or poorly located) access connections, or to forego a raised median that will preserve or restore roadway safety.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 339: Developing a Toolkit to Measure and Communicate the Value of Access Management is designed to demonstrate and articulate the benefits and costs of access management at the program, corridor, and project levels.The document is supplemental to NCHRP Research Report 1032: How to Measure and Communicate the Value of Access Management. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Klaver, Kelley %E Pecheux, Benjamin B. %E Carrick, Grady %E Smith, Keith %E Liu, Oi Yee %T Application of Big Data Approaches for Traffic Incident Management %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27300/application-of-big-data-approaches-for-traffic-incident-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27300/application-of-big-data-approaches-for-traffic-incident-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 106 %X Big data is evolving and maturing rapidly, and much attention has been focused on the opportunities that big data may provide state departments of transportation (DOTs) in managing their transportation networks. Using big data could help state and local transportation officials achieve system reliability and safety goals, among others. However, challenges for DOTs include how to use the data and in what situations, such as how and when to access data, identify staff resources to prepare and maintain data, or integrate data into existing or new tools for analysis. NCHRP Research Report 1071: Application of Big Data Approaches for Traffic Incident Management, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, applies the guidelines presented in NCHRP Research Report 904: Leveraging Big Data to Improve Traffic Incident Management to validate the feasibility and value of the big data approach for Traffic Incident Management (TIM) among transportation and other responder agencies. Supplemental to the report are Appendix A through Appendix P, which detail findings from traditional and big data sources for the TIM use cases; a PowerPoint presentation of the research results; and an Implementation Memo. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Varma, Shobna %E Dickey, Caroline %E Pilson, Charles %E Proctor, Gordon %E Bhat, Cassandra %E Vargo, Amanda %E Dix, Brenda %T Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset Management: Conduct of Research %D 2023 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27130/risk-assessment-techniques-for-transportation-asset-management-conduct-of-research %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/27130/risk-assessment-techniques-for-transportation-asset-management-conduct-of-research %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 154 %X The assessment of climatic and extreme weather risks is increasingly becoming important to the operation of transportation agencies. There are easy-to-use tools and techniques that can be implemented by agencies.NCHRP Research Report 1066: Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset Management: Conduct of Research, from TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program, discusses how to assess risks and summarizes 12 studies that demonstrate how to enhance the measurement of risks, quantify risks, and better link risk management processes with the appropriate tools.Supplemental to the report are a presentation and NCHRP Web-Only Document 366: Risk Assessment Techniques for Transportation Asset Management: Appendices. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Beckstrand, Darren %E Black, Brent %E George, Benjamin %E Kimmes, Noah %E Mines, Aine %E Ruud, Danica %T Design Practices for Rock Slopes and Rockfall Management %D 2022 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26636/design-practices-for-rock-slopes-and-rockfall-management %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/26636/design-practices-for-rock-slopes-and-rockfall-management %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 184 %X While there are no national standards for rock slope design and rockfall management, many state departments of transportation (DOTs) have developed their own design goals and objectives.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Synthesis 588: Design Practices for Rock Slopes and Rockfall Management documents DOT practices for the design of rock slopes and rockfall mitigation systems. %0 Book %A Transportation Research Board %A National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine %E Battelle, Joonbum Lee, Christian M. Richard, John L. Campbell, James L. Brown, Liberty Hoekstra-Atwood, Kelly Magee, David M. Prendez %E Schroeder, Athey Creek Consultants Jeremy L. %T Principles and Guidance for Presenting Active Traffic Management Information to Drivers %D 2021 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25994/principles-and-guidance-for-presenting-active-traffic-management-information-to-drivers %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25994/principles-and-guidance-for-presenting-active-traffic-management-information-to-drivers %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Transportation and Infrastructure %P 164 %X Active Traffic Management (ATM) strategies have become more common in the United States as state departments of transportation grapple with increasing congestion and fewer dollars available to add capacity to keep pace.The TRB National Cooperative Highway Research Program's NCHRP Web-Only Document 286: Principles and Guidance for Presenting Active Traffic Management Information to Drivers develops and details principles and guidance for presenting drivers with dynamic information that can be frequently updated based on real-time conditions.These principles and guidance should improve the effectiveness of ATM strategies, which include systems to manage congestion, incidents, weather, special events, and work zones.