Vol. 16, No. 9, May 17, 2002

General News

  • States Develop Fog-Detection and Warning System Technology
  • FHWA Releases Evaluation of Statewide Long-Range Transportation
  • Economic Impact of U.S. Motor Vehicle Crashes Reaches $230.6 billion
  • New Jersey DOT Recognized for First Concrete Highway Built in U.S.
  • New Toll Road in South Carolina Underutilized

Intelligence

  • FTA Analyzing Urbanized Area Designations From Census 2000
  • FHWA Withdraws Solicitations for National Corridor Planning
  • FHWA To Test Traffic Prediction Software
  • FHWA Seeking Nominations for Environmental Excellence Awards
  • Texas DOT Recommends Rescinding its Recently Revised Frontage Roads Policy
  • Appeals Court Upholds Tougher EPA Standards for Diesel-Fueled Trucks and Buses
  • New Federal Finance Corporation Proposed to Leverage Highway Trust Funds
  • California Legislature Set To Pass Legislation Limiting Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Korea Announces Plan To Curb Congestion During World Cup Games

Survey

  • Urban Transportation Consulting
  • How satisfied with fairness in consultant selection process?
  • For larger non-design type projects, which selections process do you prefer?
  • For smaller non-design type projects, which selections process do you prefer?
  • How many RFPs/RFQs has your organization responded to over the past four weeks?
  • How many professional person days used to produce latest response to RFP? RFQ?
  • How successful were you with the last two proposals submitted in response to RFP? RFQ?
  • How many proposals did the client receive for the latest RFP your organization responded to? latest RFQ?
  • On what percentage of proposals prepared over the past year did you team with other firms/individuals?
  • What do you consider to be the main reasons for the selection of the consultant for the last RFP in which your proposal was not successful?
  • Do you think that either teaming with a well-qualified or better qualified firm/individual could have made your unsuccessful proposals more successful? Why?
  • What type of client do you prefer to work for? Why?
  • What is the most annoying thing a client can do to a consultant?
  • Over the past two years, do you feel consulting opportunities have increased, stayed the same, or decreased?
  • Over the past two years, do you feel competition in consulting has increased, stayed the same, or decreased?
  • Over the past two years, do you feel profitability of the consulting profession has increased, stayed the same, or decreased?

RFPs

  • Transportation Professional Services roster
  • Color Effectiveness of Yellow Pavement Marking Materials
  • Comprehensive Operational Analysis of Transit Routes
  • Customer Survey Fieldwork
  • Concept Development and Feasibility Assessment Services
  • Metropolitan Area Transportation System Plan Update
  • Construction Administration of Automated People Mover
  • Interstate System Plan
  • ITS Telecommunications Training Course
  • ITS Systems and Traffic Operations Training Course
  • Traffic/Planning Consultant

Report Synopses

  • Communicating Highway Safety: What Works
  • Arterial Street High-Occupancy Vehicle Lanes in Texas
  • Our Nation’s Highways: Selected Facts and Figures 2000
  • National Transport Models: Recent Developments and Prospects
  • Strategic Environmental Assessment in Transport and Land Use Planning
  • Characteristics of Urban Travel Demand

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