Analytical support for the statewide multimodal long-range transportation plan

Author

Ba-Ali, Mohammed A. ; Barrett, Brister B. ; Cowden, David A. ; Zane, Jared T. ; Pinto, C. Ariel ; Peterson, Kenneth D. ; Lambert, James H. ; Spence, Kimberly P. ; Lantz, Kenneth E. ; Miller, John S. ; Ferguson, Wayne S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Syst. & Inf. Eng., Virginia Univ., Charlottesville, VA, USA

fYear

2003

fDate

24-25 April 2003

Firstpage

183

Lastpage

188

Abstract

The goal of this effort is to develop methodology to aid the VTrans2025 steering committee in selecting and prioritizing multimodal transportation systems. The comparison tool allows decision makers to compare proposed multimodal projects using both quantitative and qualitative measures. Through case studies of each mode of transportation, aviation, port, public transit, and rail, the capabilities of the comparison tool are demonstrated. The comparison tool displays the motivations of the projects along with the cost and performance metrics specific to each mode. Officials in the multimodal steering committee and the various transportation agencies can use the information from the comparison tool when aggregating projects into multimodal systems.

Keywords

decision making; geographic information systems; transportation; VTrans2025 Steering Committee; decision makers; multimodal transportation system; statewide long-range transportation plan; transportation agency; Costs; Councils; Displays; Environmental economics; Legislation; Rails; Road transportation; Safety; Surface fitting; Systems engineering and theory;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2003 IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-9744559-0-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIEDS.2003.158022

Filename

1242417