Accelerating transportation project and program delivery
Subtitle: conception to completion
By: Dennis Keck ... [et al.].
Contributors: National Research Council (U.S.). Transportation Research Board; National Cooperative Highway Research Program; American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials; United States. Federal Highway Administration
Series: NCHRP report -- 662; Report (National Cooperative Highway Research Program) -- 662.
Publisher: Transportation Research Board
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 94
ISBN-13: 9780309154901
Subjects: Planning; Management; Transportation planning; Performance; Transportation agencies; Project management
Description: NCHRP Report 662 describes how selected transportation agencies have reduced the time required to complete the project delivery process. This process takes new or renewed transportation facilities and services from conception to completion, ready for users. Project delivery is a primary indicator of an agency's effectiveness. Individual highway and other transportation projects are developed under programs intended to implement agency and legislative initiatives and other public policy. The way programs are organized and managed can determine the speed and efficiency of project development. Accelerating program functions  can speed up project delivery. This report describes the experiences of eight state departments of transportation (DOTs) that made improvements in their project delivery and the lessons to be learned from their experiences. The information will be useful to DOT managers seeking to ensure that their agencies' organization, policies, and program operations facilitate project delivery.
Notes: At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94).

Also available online.

Research sponsored by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration NCHRP project 20-73
Table of contents: title: Ch. 3. Research Findings: Organizational Structure, Project Prioritization and Selection, Funding, Performance Measures, Scoping and Community Involvement, Property Impacts, Enviromental Concerns, Final Design and Construction; title: Ch. 4. Accelerating Program and Project Delivery: Constraints to Accelerated Delivery, Shifts in DOT Cultures - The Intellectual Revolution, Trends and Challenges; title: Ch. 5. Best Practices - Case Study Reports; title: Ch. 6. Implementation and Suggested Research; title: Ch. 7. Conclusions.