General News
- EPA: No Clear Link Between Highway Capacity and System Performance
- Speed Cushions Replace Speed Humps as Neighborhood Calming Device
- Converging Pavement Markings Successful in Reducing Speed
- FHWA Marks Improvements in Reducing Fatalities, Increasing Environmentally Sensitive Solutions
- Recruitment Company for Traffic Planning Sector Launched
- Metavante WebTicket Launched for Long Island Rail Road
- PolyTech Releases New Version of Traffic Impact Analysis Helper
- Recent Consultant Contracts Awarded
Intelligence
- Updated Briefing Book for Metropolitan Transportation Planners Available Online
- Mn/DOT and Ford Join to Test Smart Cars That Transmit Traffic Conditions
- Toll Violators Use Simple Products To Render License Plate Unreadable; Prohibitive Legislation Contemplated
- FHWA To Study the Segway Human Transporter
- Traffic Accidents Involving Large Trucks Cause One in Eight Traffic Fatalities Nationally; Truck-Only Toll Lanes Seen as Way To Increase Safety
- FHWA Listserv on Freight Planning Issues Considered a Valuable Resource
Survey: Transportation Evaluation Software
- Name of software
- Distributor of software
- Price of software
- Benefits and costs monetized/calculated by the software? Average or marginal benefits and costs used?
- At which of the following levels can the software perform analyses: project level, corridor level, or system level?
- Which of the following analyses can the software perform: single mode analysis, multimodal analysis, trip distribution/network impacts, mode split impacts, induced travel estimation, traffic growth projections, discounted net present valuation, risk/uncertainty analysis, benefit/cost ratios, queuing and peak spreading estimation, life cycle costs, travel time/speed estimation , emissions estimation , fuel consumption/energy estimation , accidents by severity estimation?
- What are the main inputs that are to be provided by the user?
- What are the main outputs provided by the software?
- What kind of user assistance and technical support is provided for the software?
- For what time period is support provided and how much does the support cost?
- Which of the following should users of your software be capable of: understanding transportation terms, understanding economics terms, understanding transportation modeling terms?
- Does your software provide default values that can be used by users (e.g. discount rate, value of time)? If “yes,” do you provide alternative defaults that can be used in lieu of input factors with recommendations under which conditions a particular default value should be used?
- Please provide a short description of distinguishing features of the software.
- How many organizations in the U.S. and Canada use your software?
- How long has your software been available?
Report Synopses
- Characteristics and Performance of Regional Transportation Systems
- Guidelines for Selecting and Planning a New Light Rail System
- Traffic Safety Facts 2002: A Compilation of Motor Vehicle Crash Data From the Fatality Analysis Reporting System and the General Estimates System
- Organization and Major Players of Short Distance Public Transport: New Developments in the European Union
RFPs
- Web-Based Programming for the Enhancement of its Web-Based Traffic Accident Record System
- Transit Oriented Development Consulting Services
- Design Recommended Corridors for Bus Rapid Transit
- Evaluate Future Traffic Demands
- Transportation Demand Management Services
- General Planning Consultant for Tampa Bay Regional Rail
- US 50 Corridor Planning Study and Environmental Assessment
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