Analysis of Interrelated Network Improvement Alternatives

This proposed project will develop simulation and optimization methods for analyzing, selecting, and scheduling interrelated improvement alternatives for transportation networks. The interrelations may arise from changes in network flows and resulting user benefits, from constraints affecting multiple projects, and from various possible synergies. The methods will jointly analyze different types of alternatives, including new construction, post-disruption restoration, maintenance, operations, and pricing. The methods will analyze and seek to coordinate alternatives implemented by different agencies and jurisdictions, from different funding pools. They will consider funding mechanisms and constraints, equity factors, agency priorities, and uncertainties regarding demand growth, costs, budgets and implementation times. These methods are expected to improve the ability of various transportation agencies to efficiently allocate their limited resources, coordinate their development plans, deal with disruptions, and improve the capacity, service quality and overall performance of transportation systems.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Active
• Funding: $120000
• Contract Numbers:

  69A43551747123

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology

  University Transportation Centers Program
  Department of Transportation
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Managing Organizations:

  Urban Mobility & Equity Center

  Morgan State University
  Baltimore, MD  United States  21251
• Performing Organizations:

  University of Maryland, College Park

  3112 Lee Building
  College Park, MD  United States  20742

  Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg

  Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
  3500 Transportation Research Plaza
  Blacksburg, VA  United States  24061
• Principal Investigators:

  Rakha, Hesham

  Schonfeld, Paul

• Start Date: 20211001
• Expected Completion Date: 20230228
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• USDOT Program: University Transportation Centers Program

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Improvements; Maintenance management; Networks; Optimization; Simulation
• Subject Areas: Maintenance and Preservation; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01776747
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Urban Mobility & Equity Center
• Contract Numbers: 69A43551747123
• Files: UTC, RIP
• Created Date: Jul 20 2021 8:40PM