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Reliability
Posted Date: 4/24/2009
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Reliability

Reliability research in SHRP 2 focuses on reducing congestion through incident reduction, management, response, and mitigation. Achieving this goal will significantly improve travel time reliability for both people and freight. Projects that comprise the SHRP 2 Reliability Research Plan are shown in the Projects database, which is organized by project number. Click the project number for a description of the expected project activity.

New Release Dates Announced for 3 SHRP 2 Reliability Projects
Posted July 8, 2009

L08—Incorporating Nonrecurrent Congestion Factors into the Highway Capacity Manual Methods: Originally scheduled for July 2009, new date: July 2010.

L09—Incorporating Nonrecurrent Congestion Factors into the AASHTO Policy on Geometric Design: Originally scheduled for July 2009, later date will be announced

L15—Reliability Innovations Deserving Exploratory Analysis (IDEA): Will be announced in the January 2010 IDEA program announcement

These and other steps to leverage related research projects are explained in this Announcement.


Reliability Research Plan Revised

Posted: July 6, 2009

The Reliability Research Plan was revised in July 2009 to reflect the changes made to the program by the SHRP 2 Oversight Committee in June 2009. Changes to the plan include the RFP release dates for projects L08, L09, and L15.


Reliability’s Poster Sessions from the TRB Annual Meeting Now Available
Posted: February 26, 2009

If you missed the SHRP 2 Reliability poster session at the TRB Annual Meeting or would simply like another look, you can now find the posters online in PDF format, accompanied by a brief explanation of each poster. Posters were presented by SHRP 2 staff and contractors for active projects.

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