Background: The Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA), the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990 (CAAA), the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) and the 2005 Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act-Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) required broad changes in transportation planning and development processes throughout the United States. Successive federal authorizations have resulted in an evolution of the roles and responsibilities of state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) with regard to their obligations related to planning, programming, and integrating transportation systems.  To meet new requirements, transportation agencies need new and enhanced technical and policy tools to support their planning processes and decisionmaking systems.  The AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning established NCHRP 08-36 to facilitate the acelerated development of new technical tools, methods, and procedures designed to accurately assess the implications and impacts of a variety of transportation options, changes in regulatory requirements (e.g., changing air quality conformity regulations), or changes required as a result of court decisions.  There is a continuing need to have a quick-response research and development capability for the states to address near-term improvements in statewide and metropolitan transportation planning and project development processes.

Objective: The objective of this project is to establish a flexible, ongoing program of quick-response research designed to develop improvements to the analytical methods, decision-support tools, procedures, and techniques employed by practitioners to support statewide and metropolitan transportation planning, programming, and development.

08-36/Task 001 Parking Modeling Procedures

08-36/Task 002 Incorporating System Operations and Management Practices in Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 003 Management of Institutional Changes in State Transportation Planning Processes and Programs
08-36/Task 004 The Use of Expert Panels in Analyzing Transportation and Land Use Alternatives
08-36/Task 005 Incorporating Market Research Techniques into the Transportation Planning Process
08-36/Task 006 Product Delivery of New and Improved Travel Forecasting Procedures
08-36/Task 007 Development of a Multimodal Tradeoffs Methodology for Use in Statewide Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 007(02) Development of a Multimodal Tradeoffs Methodology for Use in Statewide Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 008 Workshop on Transportation Performance Measures
08-36/Task 009 Defining and Identifying Probable Non-Attainment Areas for PM2.5
08-36/Task 010 Global Climate Change and Transportation: Coming to Terms
08-36/Task 011 Technical Methods to Support Analysis of Environmental-Justice Issues
08-36/Task 013 National Conference on Transportation and Economic Development
08-36/Task 014 Consultation Between State DOTs and Local Elected Officials in Non-Metropolitan Areas
08-36/Task 015 Conference on Transportation and the Environment for the 21st Century
08-36/Task 016 Assessment of Proposed Planning and National Environmental Policy Act Regulations
08-36/Task 017 Two-Way Education Process with a New CEO on Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 018 Incorporating Safety into the Transportation Planning Process
08-36/Task 019 Transportation Environmental Research Needs Conference
08-36/Task 020 Conformity Problems Caused by the Mismatch in SIP / Transportation Plan Timeframe
08-36/Task 021 Expediting the Transportation Planning Process to Meet Fast Paced Customer Requirements
08-36/Task 022 Demonstrating the Positive Impacts of Transportation Investments on Economic, Social, Environmental, Community, and Quality of Life Issues
08-36/Task 023 Review of the Potential Feasibility of Using Alternative Revenue Sources to Fund Future State Transportation Needs
08-36/Task 024 Investment Requirements Scenarios Development
08-36/Task 025 Improved Geographic Clarity in Reporting of Road System Extent
08-36/Task 026 Surface Transportation Safety and Investment
08-36/Task 027 Interstate Interchange Review
08-36/Task 028 Rural Conformity: A Survey of Practice
08-36/Task 029 Development of a Multimodal Tradeoffs Methodology for Use in Statewide Transportation Planning: Application of the Framework
08-36/Task 030 Workshop on Issues in Intermodal Connectors
08-36/Task 031 Elderly Issues in the Transportation Planning Process
08-36/Task 032 Tools, Techniques, and Methods in Rural Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 033 Best Practices in Statewide Freight Planning
08-36/Task 034 Incorporating Security into the Transportation Planning Process
08-36/Task 035 Evaluating State DOT's Planning Practices in Rural Planning
08-36/Task 036 Continuation of NCHRP 8-36(6) TMIP Support
08-36/Task 037 A Retrospective on the Conditions and Performance Report
08-36/Task 038 Supplemental Evaluation in Support of NCHRP 25-17
08-36/Task 039 Forecasting Travel Time, Delay, and Reliability
08-36/Task 040 National Site Visits on Transportation and Growth
08-36/Task 041 Non-Response to Personal Travel Surveys (support for NCHRP 8-37)
08-36/Task 042 MPO Redefinition and Evolving Roles
08-36/Task 043 Return on Investment on Freight Rail Capacity Improvement
08-36/Task 044 Multi-State MPOs: Approaches, Cases, and Institutional Arrangements
08-36/Task 045 Multi-State Corridor Planning
08-36/Task 046 Synthesis of Where Data Groups are Organizationally Located in State DOTs
08-36/Task 047 Effective Organization of Performance Measurement
08-36/Task 048 Guidance for Better Linking Systems Planning and the NEPA Process
08-36/Task 049 Synthesis of Metropilitan-Level Transportation Funding Sources
08-36/Task 050 What is the Impact of an Aging Population on System Planning and Investment Policies?
08-36/Task 051 Information Design for Effective Decision Making and Communication
08-36/Task 052 Changes in Travel Behavior/Demand Due to Managed Lanes (HOV, HOT) Facility System Expansion
08-36/Task 053 Peer Review Capacity Building Partnership: Best Practices in Non-Traditional Performance Measures, Multimodal Goods Movement Tradeoffs, Safety, Reliability, and State Funding
08-36/Task 054 Census Data For Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 055 The Role of Collaboration in Freight Transportation Management
08-36/Task 056 Highway Construction Project Coordination to Minimize Traffic Impacts
08-36/Task 057 Institutional Needs in Safety Planning
08-36/Task 058 Best Practices for State and MPO NHS and STP Programming
08-36/Task 059 Transportation and Health
08-36/Task 060 State DOT Consideration of Infrastructure Development Potential Planning
08-36/Task 061 Monetary Valuation Per Dollar of Investment in Different Performance Measures
08-36/Task 062 Best Practice Methodology for Calculating Return on Investment (ROI) for Transportation Programs and Projects
08-36/Task 063 Making NAICS (North American Industrial Classification System) Work for Transportation
08-36/Task 064 Right of Way Methods and Tools to Control Project Cost Escalation
08-36/Task 065 Best Practices for Incorporating Commodity Flow Survey and Related Data into the MPO and Statewide Planning Processes
08-36/Task 066 Improved Methods for Assessing Social, Cultural, and economic Effects of Transportation Projects
08-36/Task 067 Best Practices in Using Programmatic Investment Strategies in Statewide Transportation Plans
08-36/Task 068 Implications of New 8-Hour Control Strategy Development on Transportation Programs, Policies, and Projects
08-36/Task 069 Peer Review Sessions to be amended into NCHRP 8-36(53)
08-36/Task 070 Scoping Study for Statewide Travel Forecasting National Model
08-36/Task 071 Disclosure Avoidance Techniques to Improve ACS Data Availability
08-36/Task 072 Implementing Project Cost Estimation and Management Process Improvements
08-36/Task 073 Adding Resilience to the Freight System in Statewide and Metropolitan Transportation Plans: Developing a Conceptual Approach
08-36/Task 074 Customer Research Practices and Applications in Transportation
08-36/Task 075 Research Finders
08-36/Task 076 Conference on Best Practices in Meeting SAFETEA-LU Requirements in the Statewide Transportation Planning Process
08-36/Task 078 Small Community Research and Peer Exchange
08-36/Task 079 Scoping Study for a Freight Data Exchange Network
08-36/Task 080 Synthesis of State Practices in Developing Linear Referencing Systems
08-36/Task 081 Enhancing the American Community Survey Data as a Source for Home-to-Work Flows
08-36/Task 083 Transportation Planning Partnerships to Enhance National Parks and Gateway Communities
08-36/Task 084 Asset Management of Environmental Mitigation Features
08-36/Task 085 Congestion Pricing and Investment Requirements
08-36/Task 086 Corridor Approaches to Integrating Land Transportation and Land Use
08-36/Task 087 SCOP Strategic Planning
08-36/Task 088 Transportation Research Programs to Address Energy and Climate Change
08-36/Task 089 Evaluating and Communicating Model Results: Guidebook for Planners
08-36/Task 090 Best Practices in the Use of Microsimulation Models
08-36/Task 091 Validation and Sensitivity Considerations for Statewide Models
08-36/Task 093 Road Pricing Communication Practices
08-36/Task 094 Integrated State and Local Government Policy Approaches to Transportation and Climate Change
08-36/Task 095 Virtual Conference on Transportation Planning Research Needs
08-36/Task 096 Selecting and Using Advanced Travel Demand Modeling Tools - A Peer Exchange
08-36/Task 097A Towards Quantitative Safety Planning: Implementation of PLANSAFE
08-36/Task 097B Towards Quantitative Safety Planning: Implementation Support
08-36/Task 098 Improving Home-to-Work and Employment Data for Transportation Planning
08-36/Task 099 How We Travel: A Sustainable National Program for Travel Data
08-36/Task 100 Transportation Data Program Self Assessment Guide
08-36/Task 101 Understanding How to Develop and Apply Economic Analyses: Guidance for Transportation Planners
08-36/Task 102 Assessing Alternative Methods for Measuring Regional Mobility
08-36/Task 103 Mining American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Jobs Data for Opportunities to Improve Economic Impact and Performance Analysis of Transportation Investments
08-36/Task 104 Integrating Performance Measures into a Performance-Based Planning and Programming (PBPP) Process
08-36/Task 105 Strategic Plan for the AASHTO Standing Committee on Planning: 2011 Update
08-36/Task 106 Synthesis of Practices for Prioritizing Enhancement and Nonmotorized Transportation Projects
08-36/Task 107 Synthesis of State DOT and MPO Planning and Analyses on Strategies to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
08-36/Task 108 Improving Travel Behavior Data for Alternative Fuel Vehicles: A Scoping Study
08-36/Task 109 Non-Rail Infrastructure Upgrade and/or New Construction Due to Passenger Rail Implementation
08-36/Task 111 U.S. Commuting and Travel Patterns: Data Development and Analysis
08-36/Task 112 Cross Mode Project Prioritization -- An Assessment of Current Practice
08-36/Task 113 The Future of Transportation Planning in State DOTs
08-36/Task 114 Transportation Asset Management for Ancillary Structures
08-36/Task 115 Application of Fair Division, Data Envelopment Analysis, and Conjoint Analysis Techniques to Funding Decisions at the Program and Project/Activity Level
08-36/Task 116 Development of Transportation Asset Management Plan Templates
08-36/Task 117 Sketch Planning Tools for Regional Sustainability
08-36/Task 118 Performance Measures for State Infrastructure Preservation
08-36/Task 119 Transportation Users Guide to the Economic Census
08-36/Task 120 Snapshots of Planning Practices
08-36/Task 121 Successful Implementation of Enterprise Risk Management in State Transportation Agencies
08-36/Task 125 Transportation Asset Management Knowledge Portal
08-36/Task 126 Development of a Risk Register Spreadsheet Tool
08-36/Task 127 Employment Data for Planning: A Resource Guide
08-36/Task 128 Data Visualization Methods for Transportation Agencies
08-36/Task 129 Scoping Study to Establish Standards and Guidance for Data for Transportation Planning and Traffic Operations Purposes
08-36/Task 12A Analysis of the Factors Affecting Future Transportation Environment and their Implications for State DOTs
08-36/Task 12B Analysis of the Factors Affecting Future Transportation Environment and their Implications for State DOTs
08-36/Task 130 Inventory and Assessment of Methods for Making Collected Transportation Data Anonymous
08-36/Task 131 Transportation Data Integration to Develop Planning Performance Measures
08-36/Task 132 Understanding Changes in Youth Mobility
08-36/Task 134 Transportation Asset Management Research Roadmap
08-36/Task 135 Addressing Margins of Error in Small Areas of Data Delivered through the American Fact Finder or the Census Transportation Planning Products Program
08-36/Task 136 License Plate Reader Technology: Privacy Risk Analysis and Case Studies
08-36/Task 137 Assessing the Utility and Costs of Statewide Travel Demand Models
08-36/Task 138 Support and Update of the Strategic Plan for SCOP/Subcommittees on TAM
08-36/Task 139 Planning Research Digest
08-36/Task 140 Assessing Actual Transportation Impacts of the 2005 BRAC Decisions
08-36/Task 141 Evaluation of Walk and Bicycle Demand Modeling Practice
08-36/Task 142 Advancing Sustainability through Multi-Agency Collaborations
08-36/Task 145 Scenario Planning Lite
08-36/Task 146 Economic Resilience and Long-Term Highway/Transportation Infrastructure Investment
08-36/Task 147 Strategic Mobility Research: Enhancing Mobility, Stimulating Economic Activity, Saving Lives