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Research Team WSP USA EDR Group, Inc

“Strategic Mobility Research: Enhancing Mobility, Stimulating Economic Activity, Saving Lives” NCHRP Project 8-36 (147):. Research Team WSP USA EDR Group, Inc. Research Objectives. Develop a comprehensive plan and proposed research agenda for a Strategic Mobility Research Program (SMRP)

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Research Team WSP USA EDR Group, Inc

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  1. “Strategic Mobility Research: Enhancing Mobility, Stimulating Economic Activity, Saving Lives”NCHRP Project 8-36 (147): • Research Team • WSP USA • EDR Group, Inc

  2. Research Objectives • Develop a comprehensive plan and proposed research agenda for a Strategic Mobility Research Program (SMRP) • Identify and prioritize research topics that help to further define mobility-related characteristics of the transportation system • Identify opportunities for piloting suggested research and product development from the SMRP

  3. Research Approach Task 1: Project Management and Kickoff Task 2: Mobility Issues Distilled from Past Research and Programs Task 3: Develop Stakeholder Outreach Plan Task 4: Conduct Outreach Task 5: Summarize Outreach Findings Task 6: Develop and Present Research Plan

  4. Literature review • Review of past strategic transportation research and of the programs that supported it • Targeted interviews • State DOTs • Metropolitan planning organization (MPOs) • City transportation officials • Transit agency officials • Transportation authorities • Professional associations • Mobility researchers Methodology

  5. Long-term or system-focused • Decision-framing, defining new goals or values. • New Zealand Transport Ministry…. “difficult issues, tasks, or situations that require concerted effort to be addressed successfully” • Issues relating to the “network” or “connected” nature of the transportation system • Strategies for “getting things done” What is Meant by “Strategic”? (from NCHRP 8-36 (143)

  6. Five Areas for Strategic Mobility Research (from Literature Review) Transportation Technology - Evolving nature of mobility technologies and the impacts they could have. Transportation Demand - Evolving transportation user needs and ways service providers can use new technologies. Transportation Supply - Infrastructure and services that permit the implementation of new technologies.

  7. Five Areas for Strategic Mobility Research (from Literature Review), cont’d Transportation Context Factors - How trends and societal factors could affect the way we travel and move goods (if travel is even necessary); this includes the changing socio-demographic changes likely to affect mobility use. Transportation Impacts and Benefits - How various efficiency, equity, and social effects of new mobility technologies may be captured.

  8. In addition, Three Cross-Cutting Research Themes (from Literature Review and Interviews) • • System Design and Operation • • Institutional Collaboration and Implementation • • Feasibility and Desirability

  9. For example, in the Technology Thematic Area…..

  10. Strategic Mobility Research Program Organized Around Three Themes New Forms of Mobility Changing Society and Mobility Institutional Strategies

  11. Proposed Initial Research Topics and Primary Relationship to Research Focus Areas

  12. Proposed Initial Research Topics and Primary Relationship to Research Focus Areas, cont’d

  13. Research Process

  14. Suggested Steps for Successful Research Key Characteristics of Effective Ideas Generation for Research Pathways Opportunities for collaborative ideas generation, and alliances in doing so Broadly-available “portal” for introducing research ideas into the research process Opportunities for DOT customers/constituencies to provide input Opportunities for research ideas focusing on DOT “contextual” issues Taking advantage of those who are thinking more strategically on future challenges and what that might mean for society, in general, and transportation, specifically

  15. Suggested Steps for Successful Research • Key Characteristics of Effective Translation Processes for Research Pathways • Opportunities for collaborative descriptions of strategic planning research project statements • Partnerships and alliances in supporting strategic planning research project statements, and leadership in so doing • Some elements of broader research impacts in the guidance provided to researchers on developing problem statements • Central portal or guidance document having centralized information on research statement submittals

  16. Suggested Steps for Successful Research • Key Characteristics of Effective Selection Processes for Research Pathways • Opportunities for collaborative selection of strategic planning research project statements • Selection criteria that promote strategic planning research projects • Senior executive leadership buy-in into the value and need for strategic planning research • Planning input and influence in the selection process • Assessing the impact of strategic planning research on positioning the agency for soon-to-occur challenges

  17. Phasing of the Strategic Mobility Research Program (SMRP)

  18. SMRP Research Roadmap

  19. Incremental Implementation Strategy for an SMRP Cooperative Research Program-based Funding Congress-mandated SMRP Joint/Collaborative-based Funding University Transportation Center-based Funding

  20. Recommendations on Implementation TRB--provide leadership in concert with AASHTO, AMPO, NARC, APTA, FHWA, and FTA in developing a joint collaborative research structure Set-aside some CRP funding for SMRP projects Incorporate SMRP topics either into next federal transportation the enabling language (possibly in the UTC language) or in the USDOT guidance implementing the program

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