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- Rural and Small Urban Multimodal Alternatives for Minnesota
This report summarizes strategies for rural and small urban transportation planners to incorporate multimodalism into their network.
- Employing Scenario Planning to Inform Internal Target-Setting at MassDOT and the MBTA
A presentation on MassDOT and MBTA’s use of scenario planning to develop their Capital Investment Plan (CIP).
- Foresight: Informing Transportation’s Future (NCHRP Report 750 Series)
The introduction to a series of reports produced by the NCHRP to help state DOTs understand scenario planning and the types of future scenarios that they may have to prepare for.
- What’s Driving All This Change? Climate Change
An overview of major climate change phenomena and how it relates to transportation scenario planning.
- Using Scenario Planning to Prepare for the Future–Washington State Case Study
Overview of scenario planning in freight systems and how it was used in a freight scenario planning workshop in Washington State.
- What’s Driving All This Change? Socio-Demographics
Overview of major demographic shifts in the US
- Achieving Multimodal Networks: Applying Design Flexibility and Reducing Conflicts
This report assists transportation planners in designing multimodal transportation networks to meet safety guidelines and overcome design challenges that would otherwise pose conflicts between modes of transportation.
- Report on Impacts of Road Usage Charges in Rural, Urban and Mixed Counties
This report compares the implications of road usage charges for members of rural, urban, and mixed counties in terms of financial and technological impacts.
- Federal Resources for Sustainable Rural Communities
This guide highlights the federal resources that rural communities can utilize for protecting the environment, increasing economic competitiveness, and promoting the quality of life.
- Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time Reliability
This research seeks to present the benefits with improving travel time reliability by balancing the travel demands and actual capacity.
- SSTI Review of Washington State DOT’s Sustainability Efforts
This review was conducted by the State Smart Transportation Initiative to assess the Washington State Department of Transportation’s sustainability efforts.
- Performance-Based Tools to Enhance Investment Decision Making: Assessing a Regional Bridge Network and the Long-Term Consequences of Underinvestment
This study assessed the impacts of underinvestment in bridges and developed tools for identifying investment priorities.
- Considering Community Attributes and Impacts in Long-Range Planning
This report documents North Carolina DOT’s efforts to integrate long-range planning with their project development process.
- Sidewalk Scout, Sidewalk Sentry, and the Sidewalk Priority Index: Cost-Effective Tools for Inventorying and Managing Sidewalk Assets and Prioritizing Improvements in Small to Large Communities
This report describes tools developed for managing pedestrian infrastructure as a transportation asset.
- Mapping Bicycle Facilities by Levels of Traffic Stress
This research reviewed the San Diego bicycle infrastructure and developed recommendations for increasing the city’s ridership.
- An Interim Synthetic Approach for Estimating Pedestrian Volumes in Smaller Communities
This paper addresses the gap in transportation performance measures for pedestrians in small, rural communities.
- Travel Demand Forecasting: Parameters and Techniques
This project served to update NCHRP Report 365, and provide guidance on setting parameters and using forecasting procedures consistent with current practices.
- Developing and Advancing Effective Public Involvement and Environmental Justice Strategies for Rural and Small Communities
This research worked with six transportation agencies to help develop general strategies for public involvement in local transportation planning in rural and small urban communities.
- Indian Reservation Safety Improvement Program: A Methodology and Case Study
This paper seeks to explore causes of high risk roads and highways in Indian Reservations and the methods of dealing with these problems.
- Rural and Small Urban Multimodal Alternatives for Minnesota
This report summarizes strategies for rural and small urban transportation planners to incorporate multimodalism into their network.
- Role of Regional Planning Organizations in Transportation Planning Across Boundaries
This white paper outlines the contributions of Rural Planning Organizations (RPOs) to transportation planning efforts for megaregions.
- Evaluation of the ADOT Small Area Transportation Studies and Planning Assistance for Rural Areas Programs
This study evaluated Arizona DOT’s Planning Assistance for Rural Areas (PARA) program, a source of funding for multimodal transportation projects in the state.
- Alternative Funding Mechanisms for State Transportation Systems in Predominantly Rural States
This research investigates transportation funding systems that could serve as alternatives to fuel-based taxes.
- Performance Based Planning and Programming Guidebook
This guidebook addresses the key elements of a performance-based planning and programming process and how state DOTs, MPOs, and other transit agencies can implement this approach.
- The Reach of Bicycling in Rural, Small, and Low-Density Places
Compare the frequency of bicycling and population characteristics across rural, small, and low-density (RSLD) places in the United States.