scholarly journals Opportunities for Transportation Departments to Leverage Construction UAS Data

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hubbard Bryan ◽  
Hubbard Sarah
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Departments

scholarly journals Carried by Migrants– Frictions of Migration and Mobility Patterns in the Conflicting Assemblage of the Russian Private Transport Sector

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 304-326
Author(s):  
Tonio Weicker
Keyword(s):  
Urban Transport ◽  
Direct Result ◽  
Transport Sector ◽  
Mobility Patterns ◽  
Labor Migrants ◽  
Labor Conditions ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Regulation Policy ◽  
Transportation Departments ◽  
The One

It is well known that labor migrants from different countries all over the Eurasian Union are the backbone of crucial economy sectors in the Russian Federation as, inter alia, construction, agriculture or trade. This article deals with another less mentioned but similarly significant labor market, which substantially changed its assemblage during the last couple of years, namely commercial urban transport services. In the last two decades, the marshrutka sector underwent major reforms and formalization processes that, on the one hand, brought operators back into the tax net and ensured a certain extension of control to the local transportation departments but, on the other hand, worsened the labor conditions of the transportation workers. Drawing from the empirical evidence of my fieldwork in southern Russia, I describe currently problematized mobility assemblages and embed the actor’s articulations in broader conflicts within the marshrutka business and transportation regulation policy. I further analyze how labor migrants have been forced to accept unfavorable working conditions in the enterprises as a direct result of politically triggered reforms in the marshrutka business. The paper provides insights into the social arena of the marshrutka, which serves as a societal encounter of urban conflicts and transformation mirroring (un-)intended effects of the local transportation reformation attempts.

Large-Scale Customer Feedback on a State Highway Maintenance Program

1998 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 294-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore H. Poister ◽  
Richard H. Harris ◽  
Joseph Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Customer Service ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Sampling Strategy ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Highway Maintenance ◽  
State Highway ◽  
Maintenance Program ◽  
Improved Performance ◽  
Transportation Departments ◽  
Traditional Performance

Public works agencies are focusing increasingly on the concepts of quality and customer service in response to growing demands for accountability and improved performance. In an effort to gauge customers' satisfaction with the services they provide, state transportation departments are beginning to solicit feedback from their customers to complement more traditional performance measures. This article reports the findings of a large-scale survey of the principal customers of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation's highway maintenance program. The sample size and the disproportionally stratified sampling strategy were aimed at providing reliable data for 67 individual county-level maintenance units. The results indicate widespread variation in motorists' ratings of road quality, which correlate moderately with more traditional engineering-oriented measures of road quality, but it is clear that they offer a different perspective on service quality, which transportation departments will have to learn more about if they are serious about improving customer satisfaction.

Outsourcing Expert Services by State Transportation Departments

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (4) ◽  
pp. 477-492 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf ◽  
Lenahan O’Connell
Keyword(s):  
Transportation Departments

Ash Recycling: Partnering for Progress

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan M. Barnes
Keyword(s):  
Municipal Waste ◽  
Regulatory Agencies ◽  
The Us ◽  
Transportation Departments ◽  
Environmentally Sound ◽  
Municipal Waste Combustor

Abstract For several US communities municipal waste combustor (MWC) ash recycling has been a commercial reality for almost a decade with over 1 million tons processed and beneficially used to date. Yet, despite the successes to date a recent report by the Integrated Waste Services Association shows less than 5% of the 7.5 million tons of ash generated in the US is recycled and beneficially used [1]. The technological, scientific and myriad of commercial successes categorically demonstrate the feasibility of ash recycling. The next step is for communities, regulatory agencies, transportation departments, and customers to partner with businesses to recycle their ash stream in an economically and environmentally sound manner. An example of this “partnering for progress” is the focus of this paper. The ash recycling partnership described in this paper was presented the Pennsylvania Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence in 1999. Proving that Partnering is a win-win situation for businesses, communities and the environment.

Seasonal weight limits on prairie region highways: opportunities for rationalization and harmonization

2002 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeannette Montufar ◽  
Alan Clayton
Keyword(s):  
North Dakota ◽  
Seasonal Variations ◽  
Public Works ◽  
Weight Restrictions ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Weight Restriction ◽  
Advanced Technologies ◽  
Truck Size And Weight ◽  
Transportation Departments ◽  
Seasonal Aspects

There are a myriad of laws, regulations, and policies governing the operating weights and dimensions of trucks. In Canada and many northern states, these regulations form a continuum of basic limits, seasonal variations, and overweight/overdimension limits that are legally permitted. This paper deals with the seasonal aspects of weight limits (winter weight premiums and spring weight restrictions) governing trucking within and to and from the prairie region. This region encompasses Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, and the northern tier states of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Montana. The paper presents results of research conducted for the transportation departments of the three prairie provinces and Public Works and Government Services Canada. It discusses existing winter weight premium and spring weight restriction regulations, as well as basic weight regulations in the region, and their technical rationale. It examines possibilities for using advanced technologies to help harmonize and rationalize seasonal truck size and weight regulations and enforcement practices, and identifies immediate opportunities for rationalization and harmonization of spring weight restrictions and winter weight premiums.Key words: trucking, weight regulations, spring restrictions, winter premiums, prairie region, harmonization, rationalization.

Strategic Management Innovations in State Transportation Departments

2002 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
pp. 58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Theodore H. Poister ◽  
David M. Van Slyke
Keyword(s):  
Strategic Management ◽  
Transportation Departments

scholarly journals United Health Services: Transportation Optimization

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 38-43
Author(s):  
Megan Drake ◽  
Haoming Li ◽  
Enzo Sacchetti ◽  
Inigo Saez ◽  
Christopher Shutler
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Customer Service ◽  
New York State ◽  
Turnaround Time ◽  
Weekly Schedule ◽  
Materials Handling ◽  
Product Flow ◽  
Daily Schedule ◽  
Transportation Departments

This project is based off the desire to improve the efficiency and customer service of the United Health Services transportation departments to minimize fuel costs, turnaround time, mileage, and duplicate deliveries by May 2019. United Health Services, a medical care provider in southern New York State, has two delivery and transportation departments that service 60 facilities. Materials Handling has two drivers and a weekly schedule and oversees the delivery of various medical supplies such as bandages, syringes, and crutches. External Transportation is staffed by 12 drivers and delivers time sensitive, patient-oriented supplies such as clean and used linen, specimens, and mail, utilizing a daily schedule. The goal of the project is to merge the two departments, focusing on route schedules and the loading and unloading processes, to improve the information flow and product flow of both operations.

Design Speed, Operating Speed, and Posted Speed Survey

1996 ◽  
Vol 1523 (1) ◽  
pp. 55-60 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kay Fitzpatrick ◽  
Brian Shamburger ◽  
Dan Fambro
Keyword(s):  
Functional Class ◽  
Warning Signs ◽  
Speed Limit ◽  
Operating Speed ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Highway Design ◽  
Horizontal Curves ◽  
Design Speed ◽  
Transportation Departments ◽  
The City

At some locations, the posted speed limit, based on 85th percentile operating speed, exceeds the roadway's design speed. This situation is a result of the fact that criteria used in highway design incorporate a significant factor of safety, that is, roadways are designed for near worst-case conditions. When this situation occurs, however, liability concerns can arise although drivers can safely exceed the design speed. A mail-out survey for state, city, and county transportation departments was conducted to document concerns and difficulties the engineering profession is experiencing with the relationships among design speed, operating speed, and posted speed. The factors most frequently considered when selecting design speed are anticipated operating speed and/or posted speed; however, these were not the most common factors selected by respondents. Urban versus rural and functional class were selected more often by the state respondents, whereas cross section was selected more often by the city/county respondents. Most respondents indicated that a ball bank indicator is used to set advisory speeds on horizontal curves. Many respondents expressed the desire to have a new procedure for selecting advisory speeds. Several agencies acknowledged that they have or have had sites with an operating speed greater than the design speed. The most frequent action taken was to install advance warning signs. Few respondents stated that they reduce the posted speed limit to match the design speed. Although few lawsuits involving the posted speed/design speed issue have occurred, liability concerns still exist. Several respondents provided comments that indicated their concern with current definitions and procedures.

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