摘要: |
In Houston, Texas, the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County (METRO), in cooperation with the Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation (SDHPT), used incentive/disincentive (I/D) provisions to expedite a joint project to construct a transitway in an existing freeway median while the freeway was being rehabilitated. This project, the first of its kind for both agencies, was successfully completed ahead of schedule, but not without some difficulty for both contractor and agency personnel. At METRO's request, the Texas Transportation Institute (TTI) examined both the benefits and difficulties resulting from the effort to speed up the pace of this (and other) projects. The Institute also reviewed current practice with I/D provisions elsewhere to help identify ways to speed up future construction projects while minimiing the adverse effects of the additional effort needed to do so. The findings of the TTI study are presented in this paper in condensed form. |