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32C H A P T E R 4 Transportation FactorsBackground Literature Transportation agencies have been using performance measures to understand the implications of their investments on the transportation system for decades, and these practices stand as a model for incorporating the other factors included in this performance measurement framework. Many performance measures used to plan, operate, and monitor transportation facilities today are descendents of measures conceived in the 1950s (Meyer, 2001)
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33sensitive, however, to unanticipated delay caused by incidents, construction, weather, demand fluctuations, special events, traffic control devices, or inadequate base capacity. Industry has largely turned to just-in-time production and delivery methods, and similarly it can accept anticipated delays.
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34Table 4.1. Transportation Measures – Mobility Case Study Highlight: Mn/DOT 2003 Statewide Transportation Plan Description: Minnesota's 2003 Statewide Transportation Plan and 2005 district-level plans comprise one of the nation's first comprehensive, performance-based state transportation planning efforts.
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Table 4.2 presents four general measures with examples that all support the objective of reducing nonrecurring congestion. The case study highlight illustrates howthe Arizona DOT measures incident duration in their MoveAZ Transportation Plan.
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The case study highlight demonstrates how the Denver Regional Council of Governments measures crash rates in their 2008-2013 Transportation Improvement Program.Table 4.3. Transportation Measures – Accessibility SHRP 2 Framework Measure Specific Measure Applications Job Accessibility – Number of jobs within a reasonable travel time for a region's population.
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Environmental Justice Accessibility Impact – Relative jobs, destinations, labor force, and market accessibility for environmental populations versus the general population. • Change in population within 45 minutes travel time to important market centers as result of project; • Percent of wholesale and retail sales in the significant economic centers served by unrestricted (10-ton)
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