TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Renewal Project R16A has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Communicating Railroad-DOT Mitigation Strategies. This project established a collaborative forum between transportation agencies and railroads and initiated dissemination of the research best practices developed by an earlier SHRP 2 project, Strategies for Improving the Project Agreement Process Between Agencies and Railroads.

TRB's second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP 2) Renewal Project R16B has released a prepublication, non-edited version of a report titled Tools for Communicating Railroad-DOT Mitigation Strategies. This report summarizes the background, approach, and activities conducted in the R16 Report, along with the tools developed during the final phase of an earlier SHRP 2 project, Strategies for Improving the Project Agreement Process Between Agencies and Railroads.

Examines five broad areas of performance including transportation, environment, economics, community, and cost.

"Presents guidance for communicating the value of highway system maintenance and preservation. The report includes numerous examples and models that transportation agency staff members can use to present to agency leadership, elected officials, and the public to make the case for allocating budgetary and other resources to preserve and maintain the public's investment in highway infrastructure."--Publisher's description.

At head of title: National Cooperative Highway Research Program.