{"600295":{"#nid":"600295","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Defense by Alice Grossman","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\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\u003EAdoption of Performance Measures in Regional Transportation Planning: Current Practice and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELessons for Future Applications\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EBy\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlice Grossman\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Randall Guensler (CEE)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ECommittee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EDr. Kari Watkins (CEE), Dr. Catherine Ross (CRP), Dr. Michael Meyer (WSP), Dr. Joshua Schank\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E(LA Metro)\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 Friday, January 12th, at 2:00pm\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u003C\/strong\u003E Mason 2228\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E. Metropolitan\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPlanning Organizations (MPOs) have been tasked by the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21) federal\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Elegislation to develop short- and long-term transportation plans that include performance measures. Measures required by\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Elegislation are standard, uniform indicators for specific projects and entire metropolitan regions, and lead to MPOs implementing\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eperformance analysis serving as evidence of the productive use of taxpayer dollars toward public accountability. Agencies are\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ein the process of responding to federal rulemaking in implementing and incorporating the required safety, infrastructure,\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Econgestion, system reliability, freight, and environmental performance measures.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis dissertation research includes a nation-wide survey and four urban transportation planning case studies. A survey\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eresponse of 183 (45%) of the 405 MPOs across the country reveals when agencies began collecting federally mandated\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eperformance measures as well as additional non-mandated measures, how performance measures link to regional and state\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Egoals and priorities, what factors currently impede agencies from adopting performance-based planning practices, and where\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eagencies are looking for examples, best practices, and data sharing. Only 12 out of the 183 responding agencies reported using\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eall of the federally required measures. Larger MPOs are generally adopting more measures and introducing them earlier, and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eagencies located in the Northeast and Western states (where many of the larger regions are located) are generally ahead of\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eregions in the South in implementing performance-based planning. Medium-sized MPOs show no discernable trend in\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eresponding to the federal requirements and have not adopted as many additional non-federally mandated performance\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Emeasures as larger MPOs. Four case studies indicate the characteristics of MPO adoption of performance measures and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eprovide examples of best practices. Many agencies reported a lack of resources \u0026ndash; both monetary and in personnel \u0026ndash;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Econtributing to their inability to quickly and efficiently adopt new data-driven practices. Case studies reveal the varying levels of\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Ecoordination between MPOs and state DOTs. Agencies demonstrating best practices in incorporating performance-based\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eplanning into their long-range plans in recent years are only now including the methods in short-term Transportation\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EImprovement Programs (TIPs). The survey results and case studies provide the most comprehensive data and research to date\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Eof MPO response to the MAP-21 performance measure mandates indicating state of the practice across the country and\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003Epresenting best practice models.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Adoption of Performance Measures in Regional Transportation Planning: Current Practice and Lessons for Future Applications"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2018-01-02 17:58:28","changed_gmt":"2018-01-02 17:59:57","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2018-01-12T14:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2018-01-12T16:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2018-01-12T16:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2018-01-12 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2018-01-12 21:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2018-01-12 21:00:00","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":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}