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Building Blocks
Pages 20-23

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... For example, jurisdictions addressing operations concerns of a portion of the network in isolation from others may be prohibited from benefits of coordinated action, economy of scale, and shared knowledge and resources that occur when multiple entities cooperate to implement globally optimum solutions. The motivating elements to establish effective network performance measures in this scenario are major regional transportation networks (i.e., rail, highway, or transit)
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From page 21...
... Peer-to-peer collaboration at the state level is further complicated by individual state laws governing procurement policy; state-specific regulations must be carefully managed in order for all participants to benefit from multistate agreements, contracts, and pooled procurements. Establish Broad Partnership Agreements Between States Key to the enablement of a multistate initiative is the formation or utilization of an independent organization to pursue common objectives.
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From page 22...
... The I–95 Vehicle Probe Project exemplifies the strategy of maximizing benefit from a multistate pooled procurement. The I–95 Vehicle Probe Project recognized the failure of previous approaches for delivering ubiquitous traffic monitoring and set forth an objective of providing a comprehensive multistate traffic monitoring system based on cuttingedge probe technology.
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From page 23...
... Recognizing the funding challenges of any capital improvement project, the MAROps strategy was to position the program to maximize the potential for funding through emerging federal initiatives, providing further benefit for MAROps' participating members. Strategies used in this case study are transferable to other multistate initiatives, including the following: • A multistate procurement involved procurement specialists from member states early in the project, yielding a methodology that provided the greatest flexibility.
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Key Terms

  • traffic monitoring
  • rail bottlenecks
  • corridor coalition
  • partnership agreements
  • probe project

  • network performance
  • individual state
  • pooled procurement
  • specialized agreements
  • state lines

  • broad partnership
  • performance data
  • participating states
  • automated toll
  • traffic data

  • highway operations
  • provides travel
  • improvement dollars
  • travel times
  • toll tag

  • multistate initiative
  • multistate scenario
  • multistate perspective
  • multistate procurement
  • entire multistate

  • multistate initiatives
  • rail operations
  • multistate forum
  • coordinating state
  • state collaboration


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