Browsing College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin--Madison by Subject "Case studies"
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Bridge integrated analysis and decision support system: case histories phase I
(Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2007-08)This report presents a database of case histories of incidents due to impact, fire and scour for sixteen bridges in Wisconsin. It is intended to expand and use such case history and other relevant data in a future study ... -
Capital preventive maintenance
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2004-02)The purpose of this guidebook is to offer a process for managers to follow that will assist in overcoming various perceived limitations currently preventing initiation or expansion of preventive maintenance efforts at ... -
Evaluation of near-transportation private sector asset management practices
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2002-11)The focus of the transportation industry, both in the public and private sectors, has slowly been changing from construction and expansion to that of preservation because of various factors. The private sector industries ... -
Evaluation of transportation organization outsourcing : decision making criteria for outsourcing opportunities
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2002-10-31)This study has primarily two objectives. First, using a series of case studies and survey research, it provides a comprehensive overview of transportation outsourcing practices in a variety of public and private sector ... -
Guidelines for benefit-cost analysis of bicycle facilities: refining methods for estimating the effect of bicycle infrastructure on use and property values
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2007-06)Following the passage of the Intermodal Surface Transportation Equity Act (ISTEA) in 1991, many communities began building and/or expanding their bicycle networks. With the increase in investment in bicycle facilities comes ... -
An interactive multiobjective decision support framework for transportation investment
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2002-12)This report presents a multiobjective decision framework to support the decision making process in transportation investment analysis. One important capability of the multiobjective decision framework is that it allows ... -
Investigation of vertical members to resist surficial instabilities
(Wisconsin Highway Research Program, 2007-06)This report summarizes the state of the art of using reinforcing structural members to stabilize surficial slope failures. The literature search and review conducted in this study indicated that the use of structural members ... -
A methodology for integrating roadway safety hardware management into the overall highway asset management program
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2008-06)Over the past two decades, state transportation agencies have developed management systems as analytical tools to support investment decision-making in Statewide Transportation Improvement Programs (STIP) and long-range ... -
Synthesis of best practices for the development of an integrated data and information management approach
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2008-09)State transportation agencies deal with numerous technical and organizational challenges in building integrated data and information systems to provide high-quality information for supporting analysis, control and decision ... -
Use of functional silos to optimize agency decision making
(Midwest Regional University Transportation Center, 2008-02)The purpose of the project was to document how agencies make positive use of functional silos and then efficiently allocate resources across them. Functional silos are considered to be any group of expertise within a ...