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Chapter Two - Literature Review
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... . Three points help define the difficulty of perfectly timing congestion relief projects: First, stakeholder support of a project is not always measurable owing to the current economic conditions, more popular or newer projects being considered, and changes in technology.
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... On the three projects in this study, traffic data supported the importance of planning public communication campaigns. The study reported that advertising alternate routes or modes to motorists significantly lowered traffic demand in the work zone (10)
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... . In a survey conducted for NCHRP Synthesis 405: Utility Location and Highway Design, only 20% of the states reported involving utility personnel in the planning stage of a project.
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... What does exist in the literature are descriptions of methodologies for selection-specific project elements such as pavement type. The Gransberg and Molenaar report, "Life-Cycle Cost Award Algorithms for Design/Build Highway Pavement Projects," focused on using life-cycle cost analysis in the use of a best value selection process in a DB environment (8)
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... Some advances in technology and "tagging" of utilities offer promise, but widespread deployment is well into the future. Encouraging the use of subsurface utility engineering is seen as a strategy that can be combined with greater coordination and the use of emerging and existing technologies to avoid the impacts currently experienced with utility conflicts.
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