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Emergency Contracting: Flexibilities in Contracting Procedures During an Emergency

  • 2005-2009
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Planning
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Engineer
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • NCHRP
  • Procurement Approaches
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Recovery
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Tools for Small Agencies
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
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This paper addresses issues surrounding post-disaster contracting procedures including limitations imposed by grant agreements. It discusses federal procurement flexibility in a recovery context.
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Guidance for Transportation Agencies on Managing Sensitive Information

  • 2005-2009
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Training and Profesional Development
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Planner
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Provides basic information about the two primary elements that should be the foundation for any transportation agency's sensitive information policy: how to identify sensitive information that must be protected and how to control access to that information responsibly.
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Disruption Impact Estimating Tool - Transportation (DIETT): A Tool for Prioritizing High-Value Transportation Choke Points

  • 2005-2009
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Emergency Planning
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Freeway Operations
  • NCHRP
  • Planning for Operations
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
Assistance for planners to identify and prioritize potential high-value transportation choke points (TCPs) such as bridges, tunnels and passes. It provides an electronic analytical/predictive tool that calculates direct and economic impacts(costs) of an event that precludes the use of a TCP.
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Guide for Emergency Transportation Operations

  • 2005-2009
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Planning
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Engineer
  • Freeway Operations
  • Freight Management Operations
  • Leadership
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • NCHRP
  • Planning for Operations
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Recovery
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Road Weather Management
  • Road Weather Management
  • Tools for Small Agencies
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
  • Transportation Planner
  • Traveler Information
  • Traveler Information
    • |PDF
Guidance for state DOTs to coordinate activities with law enforcement, fire service, and emergency management.
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Sharing Information Between Public Safety and Transportation Agencies for Traffic Incident Management

  • 2000-2004
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Planning
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • NCHRP
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
    • |PDF
Presents lessons learned about how public safety and transportation agencies share traffic incident information.
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Incorporating Security into the Transportation Planning Process

  • 2000-2004
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • NCHRP
  • Planning for Operations
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Strategic Planning
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
This report prvides a point-in-time discussion on how security considerations have been reflected in long-range planning programs within DOTs and MPOs. The report documents strategies, processes, and practices in use circa 2004.
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A Self-Study Course on Terrorism-Related Risk Management of Highway Infrastructure

  • 2005-2009
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Engineer
  • Infrastructure Protection
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • NCHRP
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Management
  • Training and Profesional Development
This CD-based course provides the fundamentals of risk management suitable to a variety of state and Federal infrastructure risk managers. The course provides material specific to bridges and tunnels and contains sample exercises for the student.
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Information Sharing and Analysis Centers: Overview and Supporting Software Features

  • 2000-2004
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • CEO / GM / Commissioner
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Planning
  • Leadership
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • NCHRP
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Risk Management
  • Risk Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
Provides necessary background information for making decisions on how to organize and share security threat information across transportation organizations.
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Recommendations for Bridge and Tunnel Security

  • 2000-2004
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Engineer
  • FHWA
  • Infrastructure Protection
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
    • |PDF
Presents the results of a series of expert group meetings and makes recommendations regarding establishing technical guidelines for bridge and tunnel security.
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A Guide to Updating Highway Emergency Response Plans for Terrorist Attacks

  • 2000-2004
  • AASHTO
  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Director / Program Manager
  • Emergency Planning
  • Emergency Transportation Operations
  • Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
  • Engineer
  • Leadership
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • Manager / First Line Supervisor
  • Media / PIO
  • Planning for Operations
  • Public Safety Officer
  • Public safety agency collaboration
  • Recovery
  • Research
  • Research
  • Research
  • Researcher/Academic
  • Resilience
  • Tools for Small Agencies
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Traffic Incident Management
  • Transit Professional
  • Transportation Management Centers
  • Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
  • Transportation Planner
    • |PDF
Planning guidance for state departments of transportation that want to incorporate the Incident Command System. This report has been replaced by Report 525 Vol 16 "A Guide to Emergency Response Planning at State Transportation Agencies."
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