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FHWA Operations Benefit/Cost Analysis Desk Reference
October 2011, Interim Report

For the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Operations, Cambridge Systematics is working to develop a Desk Reference to help guide planners and operations practitioners in conducting benefit/cost analysis assessing many current and emerging operations strategies. An Interim version of the Desk Reference is currently available. This Interim version, along with a supporting spreadsheet-based decision support tool are currently undergoing testing and vetting as part of a planned outreach effort. The final versions of these products are anticipated to be available by early 2012.  

SHRP 2 Report S2-S03-RW-1: Roadway Measurement System Evaluation
August 2011, Report

For the Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP), Cambridge Systematics assisted in SHRP 2 Safety Project S03 to document the evaluation of automated/mobile data-collection services to provide data on roadway features and characteristics considered important for safety analysis, especially analysis of data from the SHRP 2 Naturalistic Driving Study. 

Using Virtual Weigh Stations to Improve Commercial Vehicle Roadside Enforcement
May 2010, Article

In the Second Quarter 2010 issue of the Commercial Vehicle Safety Alliance’s (CVSA) Guardian magazine, Cathy Krupa co-authored an article with Tom Kearney of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) about states deploying virtual weigh stations (VWS) to monitor and enforce truck size and weight regulations. The article, titled FHWA Provides Technical Guidance to Support States’ Use of Virtual Weigh Stations to Augment Roadside Enforcement, is based on Cambridge Systematics’ development of a concept of operations (ConOps) to support states’ planning and implementation of VWS technology. The ConOps describes the goals, functions, key concepts, architecture, operational scenarios, operational policies, and impacts of VWS.  The article is available on the CVSA web site. 

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Past Publications (prior to 2010)

Using Virtual Weigh Stations to Improve Commercial Vehicle Roadside Enforcement (December 2009) 

Transit Signal Priority Systems Application and Technology Investigation (March 2009) 

WisDOT Traffic Operations Infrastructure Plan (May 2008) 

Traffic Bottlenecks: A Primer Focus on Low-Cost Operational Improvements (July 2007) 

A Model Endeavor (January/February 2007) 

Travel Time Reliability: Making It There On Time All The Time (January 2006) 

Elements of a Comprehensive Signals Asset Management System (December 2004)

Work Zone Safety and Mobility (September 2004)

Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume I: Traffic Analysis Tools Primer (July 2004)

Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume II: Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools (July 2004)

Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume III: Guidelines for Applying Traffic Microsimulation Modeling Software (July 2004)

Michigan ITS Early Deployment Study (March 2003)

Portalcs™ E-Credentialing Solution (January 2003)

CVIEWcs™ – CVO Data Management Solution (January 2003)

Weather-Responsive Traffic Management (January 2003)

Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments Evaluation of ARTIMIS and ITS Plan (January 2002)

Twin Cities Ramp Meter Evaluation (February 2001)

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