Administration of Highway and Transportation Agencies. The Art of Decision Making

The objective of this project is to develop guidelines for decision-makers at executive levels of state DOTs and other transportation agencies for selecting and using decision-making strategies that can improve the quality, agility, and durability of decision-making. The guidelines will include concepts and strategies that address the following: (1) Aligning decision-making strategies with goals and priorities; (2) Grappling with complexity and uncertainty; (3) Assessing and accounting for risk; (4) Diagnosing and managing biases that may affect decision-making; (5) Harnessing the expertise and insights from multidisciplinary teams; (6) Balancing data and analytics with insights from staff and stakeholders; (7) Making decisions in emergent conditions; (8) Building trust with the public, regulatory and other partners, and agency staff through effective documentation and communication of the rationale for decisions; and (9) Making use of new information and communication technologies to inform decision-making and communicate the rationale for a decision.

• Record URL:
  http://apps.trb.org/cmsfeed/TRBNetProjectDisplay.asp?ProjectID=5216
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Contract to a Performing Organization has not yet been awarded.

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Proposed
• Funding: $300000
• Contract Numbers:

  Project 20-24(141)

• Sponsor Organizations:

  National Cooperative Highway Research Program

  Transportation Research Board
  500 Fifth Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)

  444 North Capitol Street, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20001

  Federal Highway Administration

  5304 Flanders Drive, Suite A
  Baton Rouge, LA  United States  70808
• Project Managers:

  Hartell, Ann

• Start Date: 20220912
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Decision making; Equity (Justice); Guidelines; State departments of transportation; State of the practice; Surveys
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; Society;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01779286
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
• Contract Numbers: Project 20-24(141)
• Files: TRB, RIP
• Created Date: Aug 23 2021 5:21PM