A Framework for Improving Travel Time Reliability

TRB’s second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Report S2-L17-RW-1: A Framework for Improving Travel Time Reliability describes the results of a project designed to identify and enhance the dissemination of transportation systems management and operations (TSM&O) information.

A major component of Reliability Project L17 was development of a Knowledge Transfer System (KTS), a web-based tool designed to provide convenient one-stop access to the complete range of TSM&O information. The KTS tool is currently available.

Reliability Project L17 also produced the following six items to fill in gaps in knowledge about transportation systems management and operations:

• Gap-Filling Project 1: CEO Briefing Book on Effective Operations Improvement Strategies
• Gap-Filling Project 2: Deployment Guidance for TSM&O Strategies
• Gap-Filling Project 3: Best Practices for TSM&O Program and Budget Development
• Gap-Filling Project 4: A Guidebook for Standard Reporting and Evaluation Procedures for TSM&O Strategies
• Gap-Filling Project 5: Guidebook: Placing a Value on Time Reliability
• Gap-Filling Project 6: Business Case Primer Communicating the Value of Transportation Systems Management and Operations