{"599484":{"#nid":"599484","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Janille Smith-Colin","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EPh.D. Thesis Defense Announcement\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDeveloping a Conceptual Framework and Building Blocks for Regional Collaboration in Performance-based Transportation Planning\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EJanille Smith-Colin\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Adjo Amekudzi-Kennedy ( CEE)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Babaak Ashuri (CEE\/Building Construction), Dr. Catherine Ross (CEE\/CRP), Dr. Gordon Kingsley (Public Policy), Dr. Michael Meyer (WSP), and Dr. Jamie Fischer (SRTA\/GRTA)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDate \u0026amp; Time:\u003C\/strong\u003E Thursday, December 14\u003Csup\u003Eth\u003C\/sup\u003E , at 9:00 AM\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Mason Building Conference Room 2119\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe current national surface transportation legislation mandates performance-based transportation planning and emphasizes external\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecollaboration as a key conceptual component of a performance-based approach. These mandates have renewed the focus on\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eperformance-collaboration activities as evidenced by ongoing efforts through the Every Day Counts Initiative, sponsored by the American\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAssociation of State Highway and Transportation Officials, and the U.S. Department of Transportation. Regional transportation collaboration\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(RTC) is the deliberate, continuous, and sustained activity that takes place when transportation agency managers and officials work together\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eat a regional level to solve operational problems, improve system performance, and communicate better with one another. Although RTC was\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Efirst defined by the Federal Highway Administration in 2004, there is currently an absence of models in transportation literature and practice\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edesigned to foster systematic improvements in performance through enhanced collaboration. Given the renewed emphasis on external\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecollaboration in performance-based transportation planning (PBTP), there is a need for conceptual and analytical frameworks that expand the\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERTC paradigm, support RTC thinking and activity, and explicitly link performance and collaboration. This research offers guidance for the\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esystematic improvement of regional transportation collaboration, with the expressed intent of achieving higher performing outcomes.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe primary objective of the research is to develop a conceptual framework and building blocks for regional collaboration in a\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eperformance-based transportation planning context. The research draws on literature including transportation performance management,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Einter-organizational partnerships, and collaborative governance. This literature supports the investigation of performance and collaboration as\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Einterlinked constructs, with performance measured in terms of effectiveness, reputation and efficiency, and collaboration measured in terms of\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Estructure, governance, resources, tools\/data, and strategies. Through a comparative analysis of regional safety coalitions, this research\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Einvestigates how the concept of RTC may be operationalized in practice; identifies gaps between theory and practice, and defines building\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eblocks and typologies for an effective performance-collaboration system.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe research uses an inductive or theory-first approach to refine, specify, and elaborate upon the regional transportation collaboration\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eliterature by building typologies using a small number of cases. Nine regional safety coalitions within the state of Louisiana are investigated in\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ean iterative process that includes the separate and sequential analysis of datasets. The research first develops a conceptual understanding of\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ethe performance-collaboration system through a literature review; collects and analyzes data on the regional safety coalitions using a survey,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Esemi-structured interviews and embedded case analysis; develops building blocks and typologies to characterize maturing levels of\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eperformance and collaboration, and generates guidance for enhancing performance through improved collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFindings from the research offer guidance to support systematic performance enhancement through improved collaboration. The findings\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eindicate that common collaborative strategies can be identified and associated with different levels of performance within regional\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Etransportation coalitions. The RTC conceptual framework offers a context-specific evaluative framework that may be used to operationalize the\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Einterlinked constructs of performance and collaboration in PBTP. This research contributes to PBTP knowledge by integrating hitherto\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Edisparate bodies of knowledge, in the literature, to support the systematic improvement of regional partnerships operating in a\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eperformance-collaboration system. The research also contributes to the practice of PBTP by offering typologies, building blocks, and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eimplementation guidance to practitioners working to improve performance outcomes through collaborative partnerships.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Developing a Conceptual Framework and Building Blocks for Regional Collaboration in Performance-based Transportation Planning"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2017-12-04 16:24:59","changed_gmt":"2017-12-04 16:24:59","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2017-12-14T09:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2017-12-14T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2017-12-14T11:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2017-12-14 14:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2017-12-14 16:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2017-12-14 16:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"100811","name":"Phd Defense"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}