As you may be aware, the SHRP2 Reliability Program has been developing a set of products to support the ability of practitioners to improve various aspects of their current Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O) activities. These include technical tools as well as guidance in processes and institutional arrangements. Eighteen are available now, with the remainder becoming available over the next two years.
To provide practitioners with easy access to this material, the SHRP2 program has developed a "knowledge transfer system" website. On the website, the SHRP2 products are presented in a searchable database that provides a synthesis of each and links to the actual documents.
In addition, there is other related material intended to be of use to practitioners, including:
- Links to certain non-SHRP2 documents representing a selection of the state of the practice in several key areas
- "Making the business case" materials designed to be used or adapted for promoting and understanding Systems Operations & Management among various stakeholders
- Calendar of news and events
- FAQs about Systems Operations & Management
- Latest version of a glossary prepared by the TRB RTSMO committee
The website is currently in beta testing. We are anxious to get feedback from knowledgeable professionals with the intent of incorporating improvements for the final version of website over the next two months.
We are hoping that ITE members will help us by accessing the website and looking through it, trying the search mechanism, etc. and provide us with your reaction in terms of look, feel, ease of use, relevance, etc.
The website preview location is: http://demo5.pbid.com
We would really appreciate your comments through the ITE Community or by return e-mail.