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Research Reports |
| Title: | A Framework for Assessing Transportation Sustainability Rating Systems for Implementation in U.S. State Departments of Transportation |
| Authors: | Sherona P. Simpson, Mehmet E. Ozbek, Caroline M. Clevenger, and Rebecca A. Atadero |
| University: | Colorado State University |
| Publication Date: | May 2014 |
| Report #: | MPC-14-268 |
| Project #: | MPC-377 |
| TRID #: | 01529296 |
| Keywords: | implementation, measuring methods, ratings, state departments of transportation, sustainable transportation, transportation planning |
| Type: | Research Report – MPC Publications |
This thesis presents a four-step framework that identifies the most important capabilities in a TSRS as preferred by a state DOT and then facilitates weighting of those capabilities via a well-established methodology, the Analytical Hierarchy Process. The thesis also presents the implementation of this framework for Colorado DOT (CDOT), South Dakota DOT (SDDOT), Utah DOT (UDOT) and Wyoming DOT (WYDOT). The framework resulted in the identification of INVEST to be the most suitable TSRS for CDOT and WYDOT, GreenLITES as the most suitable TSRS for SDDOT, and the results for UDOT were inconclusive. The framework developed for assessing TSRSs was proven to be a viable means for determining rank and suitability of TSRS for DOTs.
Simpson, Sherona P., Mehmet E. Ozbek, Caroline M. Clevenger, and Rebecca A. Atadero. A Framework for Assessing Transportation Sustainability Rating Systems for Implementation in U.S. State Departments of Transportation, MPC-14-268. North Dakota State University - Upper Great Plains Transportation Institute, Fargo: Mountain-Plains Consortium, 2014.
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