Evaluation and Enhancement of MassDOT Traveler Information Programs

Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT’s) current traveler information program is provided through multiple outlets and platforms targeted to specific customer service groups who rely on different media for acquiring traveler information. These services are not consolidated or integrated and have been developed over time in different units to support public expectations, special projects, or requests for new approaches. A gap analysis of what is not being provided by MassDOT and the third-party community should be conducted to further inform how those gaps can be filled and how a comprehensive set of multi-modal transportation information services might be provided to meet needs and demands. MassDOT’s future traveler information program should leverage what it already does well within different business units for the communities serviced, and should also take advantage of services provided by third parties and the private sector to complement current service delivery. The strategic goals of the project are to: assess gaps in the provision of service; make recommendations on how those gaps in service can be met through specific program enhancements that consider information integration and dissemination through a single platform; identify how this integration may or may not facilitate mode choice changes; and how it might augment changes in the way transportation organizations and potential business partners operate and provide service from different locations and through different means to a complex and diverse customer base.

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Language

English

Project

Status: Completed
Funding: $100000
Contract Numbers:
103821
Sponsor Organizations:
Federal Highway Administration

Massachusetts Division
55 Broadway, 10th Floor
Cambridge, Massachusetts United States 02142
Managing Organizations:
Massachusetts Department of Transportation

10 Park Plaza
Boston, MA United States 02116
Project Managers:
Sperling, Elliot
Performing Organizations:
University of Massachusetts Lowell

One University Drive
Lowell, MA United States 01854
Principal Investigators:
Stamatiadis, Chronis

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Gartner, Nathan H

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell

Yuanchang, Xie

Chen, Danjue

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell
Start Date: 20180501
Expected Completion Date: 20190228
Actual Completion Date: 0
USDOT Program: Research and Development

Subject/Index Terms

TRT Terms: Evaluation and assessment; Information dissemination; Mode choice; Multimodal transportation; Recommendations; Traveler information and communication systems
Identifier Terms: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Subject Areas: Data and Information Technology; Operations and Traffic Management; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

Accession Number: 01689015
Record Type: Research project
Source Agency: Massachusetts Department of Transportation
Contract Numbers: 103821
Files: RIP, STATEDOT
Created Date: Dec 18 2018 10:25AM