TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Sharada R. Vadali TI - Using the Economic Value Created by Transportation to Fund Transportation DO - 10.17226/22382 PY - 2014 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/22382/using-the-economic-value-created-by-transportation-to-fund-transportation PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 459: Using the Economic Value Created by Transportation to Fund Transportation presents information on financing mechanisms used by transportation agencies to capture a portion of the economic value created by public investment in transportation infrastructure to fund transportation improvements.The report provides an overview of ten types of “value capture” mechanisms and presents case examples of how transportation agencies have used these mechanisms to help fund specific highway projects. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future DO - 10.17226/25334 PY - 2019 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/25334/renewing-the-national-commitment-to-the-interstate-highway-system-a-foundation-for-the-future PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB Special Report 329: Renewing the National Commitment to the Interstate Highway System: A Foundation for the Future explores pending and future federal investment and policy decisions concerning the federal Interstate Highway System. Congress asked the committee to make recommendations on the “features, standards, capacity needs, application of technologies, and intergovernmental roles to upgrade the Interstate System” and to advise on any changes in law and resources required to further the recommended actions. The report of the study committee suggests a path forward to meet the growing and shifting demands of the 21st century.The prospect of an aging and worn Interstate System that operates unreliably is concerning in the face of a vehicle fleet that continues to transform as the 21st century progresses and the vulnerabilities due to climate change place new demands on the country’s transportation infrastructure. Recent combined state and federal capital spending on the Interstates has been about $20–$25 billion per year. The estimates in this study suggest this level of spending is too low and that $45–$70 billion annually over the next 20 years will be needed to undertake the long-deferred rebuilding of pavements and bridges and to accommodate and manage growing user demand. This estimated investment is incomplete because it omits the spending that will be required to meet other challenges such as boosting the system’s resilience and expanding its geographic coverage.The committee recommends that Congress legislate an Interstate Highway System Renewal and Modernization Program (RAMP). This program should focus on reconstructing deteriorated pavements, including their foundations, and bridge infrastructure; adding physical capacity and operations and demand management capabilities where needed; and increasing the system’s resilience. The report explores ways to pay for this program, including lifting the ban on tolling of existing general-purpose Interstate highways and increasing the federal fuel tax to a level commensurate with the federal share of the required RAMP investment.View the videos, recorded webcast, graphics, summary booklet, press release, and highlights page at interstate.trb.org. ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine A2 - Carlos M. Chang A2 - Soheil Nazarian A2 - Marketa Vavrova A2 - Margot T. Yapp A2 - Linda M. Pierce A2 - William Robert A2 - Roger E. Smith TI - Consequences of Delayed Maintenance of Highway Assets DO - 10.17226/24933 PY - 2017 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/24933/consequences-of-delayed-maintenance-of-highway-assets PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB's National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Research Report 859: Consequences of Delayed Maintenance of Highway Assets presents a process for quantifying the consequences of delayed maintenance of highway assets that considers the asset preservation policy, the maintenance and budget needs, and the analyses of delayed maintenance scenarios. This process considers delayed maintenance caused by the inability to meet the agency-defined application schedule or the unavailability of the funds required to perform all needed maintenance, and expresses the consequences in terms of asset condition and the costs to owners and road users. Detailed descriptions of the use of the proposed process to quantify the consequences of delayed maintenance for seven highway assets are available in appendices from the contractor’s final report:Appendix C-PavementsAppendix D-BridgesAppendix E-CulvertsAppendix F-GuardrailsAppendix G-LightingAppendix H-Pavement markingsAppendix I-Signs ER - TY - BOOK AU - Transportation Research Board AU - National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine TI - Techniques for Effective Highway Construction Projects in Congested Urban Areas DO - 10.17226/14485 PY - 2011 UR - https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/14485/techniques-for-effective-highway-construction-projects-in-congested-urban-areas PB - The National Academies Press CY - Washington, DC LA - English KW - Transportation and Infrastructure AB - TRB’s National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Synthesis 413: Techniques for Effective Highway Construction Projects in Congested Urban Areas explores a diverse set of techniques designed to address highway construction challenges in congested urban areas such as high-traffic volumes, utility conflicts, complex right-of-way acquisition issues, a diverse stakeholder base, and watchful news media.The report includes four case studies designed to help illustrate effective construction practices in congested urban areas. 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