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.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Final report review / Section 508 compliance

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• 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

  Gartner, Nathan H

  Yuanchang, Xie

  Chen, Danjue

• 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