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This paper describes how the new management philosophy in the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation has been linked with existing technical expertise within the Department to create a major new program aimed specifically at saving lives and reducing congestion. Despite an inauspicious beginning, the ECONS program is now finally understood and embraced by local officials. With local officials more involved in project selection and evaluation, differences of opinion that previously led to the best projects (from a technical perspective) being rejected are now resolved jointly by the Department and local officials. Although the result is a more modest program than originally conceived, the long run will no doubt demonstrate an overall greater cost effectiveness in conserving energy, reducing congestion, and improving safety. As efforts to restore existing highways and bridges take hold and the Interstate and Appalachian construction programs wind down, it may well be that this evolving program to conserve energy, reduce congestion, and improve safety becomes the state's highway program of the future. (Authors)

This paper appeared in Transportation Research Record No. 867, Transportation Programming Process. Distribution, posting, or copying of this PDF is strictly prohibited without written permission of the Transportation Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences. Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this PDF are copyrighted by the National Academy of Sciences. Copyright © National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved

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1982

Transportation Research Record

61st Annual Meeting of the Transportation Research Board

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Administration; Bridges; Energy conservation; Highway maintenance; Highway safety; Highways; Improvements; Integrated systems; Traffic congestion

Programs; Systems integration

Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Energy; Environment; Highways; I10: Economics and Administration

HSL, TRIS, TRB

Feb 28 1983 12:00AM

• CALIFORNIA'S ENGINEERED SYSTEMS APPROACH TO PROJECT DELIVERY AND CAPITAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
• DEVELOPMENT OF PRIORITY PROGRAM FOR ROADSIDE HAZARD ABATEMENT
• HIGHWAY PROGRAM PERFORMANCE MONITORING AT PENNDOT: AN OVERVIEW (ABRIDGMENT)
• IMPROVED HIGHWAY PROGRAM MANAGEMENT THROUGH USE OF INTEGRATED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
• METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING TRANSPORTATION ALTERNATIVES (ABRIDGMENT)
• OPTIMIZATION APPROACH IN HIGHWAY SYSTEM ANALYSIS AND PROGRAMMING
• PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT: PENNSYLVANIA'S INTEGRATED, ORGANIZATIONAL APPROACH (ABRIDGMENT)