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The Impact of Leadership Behaviour on Management Effectiveness in Public Construction Project Organizations Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2024-03-07 Luong Hai Nguyen
This study aims to explore the less explored area of leadership behaviors within public construction project organizations. A correlational research design was adopted, with data collected through a questionnaire-based survey of 169 professionals involved in public construction projects in Vietnam. Structural equation modeling with partial least squares estimation was used to analyze the data. The
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Cost Overruns Arising From Government-Led Risks in Indonesian Toll Roads Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2024-03-06 Andreas Wibowo, Sudiro Roi Santoso
This paper aims to elucidate the phenomenon of cost overruns resulting from government-led risks, with a specific focus on contract changes within the context of 70 Indonesian toll road projects. The dataset demonstrates a broad spectrum of cost overrun rates (COR), from −34.43% to 356.54%, with a median of 0.00% (mean = 14.83%). Empirical evidence demonstrates that contract changes exert a discernible
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How Prior Experience With Automated Technology Impacts Perceptions of Autonomous Vehicles Among Midwestern U.S. Farmers Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2023-05-06 Josephine K. Hazelton-Boyle, Daniel Piatkowski
Autonomous Vehicles (AVs) are widely considered to be the future of surface transportation in the United States, but little is understood about how people will interact with these vehicles, what th...
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Principal Risks Associated with Public-Private Partnership Projects in Uganda Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2023-04-10 Bonny Bagenda, Zwelinzima Ndevu
Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) have been adopted globally to reduce funding gaps amidst an increasing need for public infrastructure. However, they are prone to several risks. Little attention ...
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Transit’s Financial Prognosis: Findings from a Survey of U.S. Transit Systems during the COVID-19 Pandemic Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2023-03-27 Fariba Siddiq, Jacob L. Wasserman, Brian D. Taylor, Samuel Speroni
The COVID-19 pandemic occasioned significant financial distress and uncertainty for many U.S. transit operators. In the face of this crisis, the federal government provided substantial supplemental...
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Italy in Front of the Challenge of Infrastructure Maintenance: Existing Issues and Promising Responses Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2023-03-22 Luisa Maria Mimmi
It is puzzling how the optimal maintenance of infrastructure gets so little attention in the public policy debate and in national strategic infrastructure investment plans. In the case of Italy, an...
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Quality of Stormwater Infrastructure Systems in Vulnerable Communities: Three Case Studies from Texas Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2023-03-17 Nasir G. Gharaibeh, Cheng-Chun (Barry) Lee, Tariq Alhalbouni, Feiyue Wang, Jessica Lee, Galen Newman, Burak Güneralp, Shannon Van Zandt
A properly functioning local stormwater drainage system is essential for mitigating flood risks. This study evaluates the quality of roadside drainage channels in three underserved communities in T...
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Corruption Propensity and Mitigation at Different Phases of Infrastructure Development Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2023-03-15 Seyed Ali Ghahari, Cesar Queiroz, Samuel Labi, Sue McNeil
Corruption is a social evil that resonates far and deep in societies, eroding trust in government, weakening the rule of law, impairing economic development, and exacerbating poverty, social tensio...
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State Government Roles in Water Governance: Time for an Upgrade Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-12-11 Neil S. Grigg
State governments play important parts in water governance, including risk reduction from floods and droughts. A framework for programs should include planning and policy, regulation, and support f...
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Sustainable Infrastructure: A Systematic Literature Review on Finance Arrangements and Governance Modes Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-11-15 Kei Endo, Jurian Edelenbos, Alberto Gianoli
In recent years, the concept of sustainable infrastructure has become a key concern for infrastructure development. However, there has been little comprehensive research on the enabling factors for...
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The Impact of Extremely Low Electric Rates on Energy Conservation, Planning and Resilience: A Case Study of Plattsburgh, New York Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-10-03 Curt D. Gervich
Electric rates in Plattsburgh, New York are among the least expensive in the United States. Plattsburgh’s rates are set by a preference power program that was enacted in 1957 to promote rural econo...
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Inequity Reduction in Road Maintenance Funding for Municipalities Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-27 Minerva Bonilla, William Rasdorf, Min Liu, Majed Al-Ghandour, Chuanni He
State transportation agencies distribute funding to eligible municipalities to maintain local roads in a safe condition based on their permanent population and street mileage. However, some municip...
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Beyond Oil Spill Cleanup, Abandoned Infrastructures Affect the Environment Too – A case study of the Lived Experiences of the Niger Delta People Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-26 Mac-Jane Crayton, Nurun Naher
Spills by multinational petroleum corporations have scarred the Niger Delta and as a result, many residents are relocating, hence, the rise of abandoned idled, and neglected infrastructures. The pu...
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From Grey to Green: Transforming Abandoned, Redundant, or Unwanted Infrastructure Into Parks Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Clement Lau
This article discusses the conversion of abandoned, redundant, or unwanted infrastructure into parks to meet the needs of Los Angeles County residents. The author draws primarily from experience ga...
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Determinants of Effective Information Sharing in Publicly Funded Infrastructure Projects: A Scoping Review Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-24 Rayeh Kashef Al-Ghetaa, James Shaw, Mostafa Alabousi, David Klein, Daniel Imtiaz, Bijan Teja, Adalsteinn Brown
Using qualitative (content) analysis, we provide a framework highlighting the determinants of effective inter-organization information sharing in developing infrastructure projects. We examined the...
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Development and Evaluation of the Dynamic Left Turn Intersection Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-23 Joseph E Hummer, Joseph S Milazzo, Jason Galloway, David Spencer, Andrew Topp, Jeremy R Chapman
Dual left turn lanes are typically operated with protected left turn signals, which means extra delay during non-peak hours compared to permissive operation. To reduce this delay, the authors desig...
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Active Transportation Policies: Do Media Narratives Matter? Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Karabi Bezboruah, Jennifer Sloan, Stephen Mattingly, Saeed Reza Ramezanpour Nargesi
The intersection of media, public opinion, politics, and their relationship with public policy is well documented. Taking the issue of active transportation, we examine if media narratives on bicyc...
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When the Lights Go Out: Public Sector Management of Abandoned Sport Facilities Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Adam R. Cocco, Martin Mayer, Anthony Montanaro
This paper explores how local governments have addressed abandonment of a high-dollar investment: publicly funded sport facilities. The issue of abandoned professional sport facilities is becoming ...
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Commentary for the RAIN Symposium: Dutch Water Infrastructure Challenged by Climate Change Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-22 Stefan M. M. Kuks
The Netherlands has a history of land reclamation from the sea. They deploy a large amount of infrastructure for water management, e.g., dike rings, pumping stations, drainage canals, and almost ev...
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Introduction to the Symposium: Redundant, Abandoned, Idled, and Neglected Infrastructure: Problems and Solutions for the 21st Century Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-09-20 Jonathan M. Fisk, Martin K. Mayer, John C. Morris
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021 (P.L 177-58) authorized some $1.2 trillion to invest in infrastructure in the United States. The largest infrastructure investment in a generation...
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From the Editor Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-13 Richard G. Little
This issue of PWMP opens with two Commentaries on the current state of public-private partnerships (PPP) for infrastructure. In “Do public-private partnerships still have a future?” Veronica Vecchi, Angelo Tanese, and Stephen Osborne address the mixed results achieved by PPP and the deteriorated trust between public and private actors and argue that abandoning PPP could represent a severe mistake in
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Impact of Pandemic SARS COVID-19 on Different Construction Project Management: Problems and Solutions Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-07 Rasha A. Waheeb, Kusay A. Wheib, Bjørn S. Andersen, Rafea Al-Suhiili
This study discusses risk management strategies caused by pandemic-related (Covid-19) suspensions in thirty-six engineering projects of different types and sizes selected from countries in the midd...
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Addressing Adverse Selection in Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Procurement: An Agent-Based Approach Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-06 Veronica Vecchi, Niccolò Cusumano, Carter B. Casady, Stefano Gatti, Emanuele Borgonovo
In risky public-private partnership (PPP) projects, governments and public institutions tend to offer private investors certain guarantees for their participation. However, when public sector capac...
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The Scourge of Orphaned and Abandoned Wells: Leveraging Public-Private-Citizen Collaboration to Solve a Big Problem Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-07-01 Daniel J. Mallinson, Aqsa Ali, Jingyu Guo, Pedro Robles
Orphaned and abandoned wells are emblematic of the challenges of abandoned infrastructure. With over 2.5 million idle wells in the United States, this is a large problem that requires engagement ac...
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Closing Rail Crossings: A Case Study From Louisiana Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-21 Guang Tian
Road-railroad crossings are where different modes of transportation meet, which brings safety concerns and the potential for hampering transportation efficiency and creating other issues. By survey...
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A Method for Verifying the Applicability of Tramway Projects Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-20 Martha Chatziparaskeva, Christos Pyrgidis, Konstantinos Kepaptsoglou
Feasibility studies of transportation projects often require significant technical input, which should normally be the outcome of sub-sequent studies. An early assessment and screening of technically suitable project alternatives in the form of applicability verification could yield significant cost and time savings for planners, decision makers and stakeholders. The objective of this paper is to develop
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Public-Private Partnerships and Value for Money Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-10 Robson de Faria Silva, Alceu Souza, Fabíola Kaczam, Luciano Luiz Dalazen, Wesley Vieira da Silva, Claudimar Pereira da Veiga
The implementation of infrastructure projects is one element that drives economic development. When considering the high costs and complexity of these projects, the importance of analysis is highlighted a little more than traditional value for money when such projects are carried out in a public-private partnership. This article examines the state of the art of research on evaluating public-private
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Fracking and Traffic Crashes in Eagle Ford Shale of Texas Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-09 Sarmistha R. Majumdar, Bumseok Chun
Fracking is used in the extraction of crude oil and natural gas from deep seated sedimentary rocks. The ubiquitous use of heavy trucks in fracking leads to traffic congestion and damages to the existing infrastructure in energy producing corridors. This makes driving hazardous for drivers of both commodity and passenger carriers, leading to traffic crashes near fracking sites. In this exploratory study
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Prevailing Wage Repeal, Highway Construction Costs, and Bid Competition in Kentucky: A Difference-in-Differences and Fixed Effects Analysis Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Kevin C. Duncan, Jill L. Gigstad, Frank P. Manzo, IV
Data for over 2,000 highway pavement projects, constructed between 2014 and 2020, are used to examine the effect of Kentucky’s prevailing wage repeal in 2017 on relative bid costs and bid competition for state and federally funded work. Other than Davis-Bacon and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise policies for federal projects, and prevailing wage requirements on state-funded work prior to 2017, all
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Development of a New Procedure for Assessing Road Signs Maintenance Priorities for the Tuscan Road Network Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-08 Monica Meocci, Valentina Branzi, Andrea Paliotto, Lorenzo Domenichini, Francesca La Torre
Road network safety management is a challenging process for Road Administrations (RAs) in Italy. It requires planning their activities, identifying operational actions, and implementing maintenance activities. For an effective road management system, all these activities should be based on a replicable monitoring procedure which relies on technical criteria to identify critical sites requiring attention
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Groundwater Option in Raw Water Source Selection and Related Policy Changes in Finland Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-06-07 Petri S. Juuti, Riikka P. Juuti, Tapio S. Katko, Annukka M. Lipponen, Antero O. Luonsi
Since the late 1800s, the source selection – surface water or groundwater – for urban water supply has faced several policy changes in Finland. First, groundwater was favored. In 1920, driven by cost and reliability issues, one major city turned to surface water which was a sourcing determination for the country. After WWII, groundwater gradually gained preference motivated by reliability, including
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“Progressive” Public-Private Partnerships: Are They Reformative or Regressive!? Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-27 Carter B. Casady, Michael J. Garvin
In North America, public-private partnerships (P3s) are increasingly using pre-development agreements to enhance collaboration between the public and private sectors. Known colloquially as “progressive P3s”, these agreements allow the private sector to help scope and shape the structure of projects at the front end. However, concerns about their efficacy persist. Our Commentary contextualizes this
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Agenda Setting for the 20% Mandatory Subcontracting Policy in Zambia’s Construction Sector: The Multiple-Streams Framework Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-23 Sydney Tembo, Seunghoo Lim
Agenda setting is critical to public policy due to impacts on subsequent policy processes. On July 25, 2012, the Zambian Government issued a policy pronouncement directing the Road Development Agency to apply a 20% mandatory subcontracting to all road contracts valued above ZMW30 million. The policy directive aimed to improve the capacity of local contractors, create jobs and address concerns of declining
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What Drives States to Raise Gas Tax Rates? An Empirical Analysis Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-19 Can Chen, Min Su, Ping Zhang
Gas taxes represent one of the most important revenue sources for state transportation funding. This study draws upon the theory of policy innovation and diffusion and examines the drivers of legislative decisions to directly increase state gas tax rates among 50 states from 2010 to 2018. Using a discrete event history analysis, this study finds that states raise gas tax rates in response to the growing
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Capital Management Capacity: Conceptual Development and Pilot Testing of a Framework Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-17 Benjamin Seymour, Wie Yusuf, Carol Ebdon, Arwi Kriz
Capital management capacity is an important precursor to government administration of public infrastructure. This research develops a framework to assess capital management capacity by extending an existing framework and demonstrating how the framework can be used in the U.S. to evaluate state and local governments’ capital management practices. The framework is evaluated using the State of Vermont
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From the Editors Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-05-14
This Special Issue of Public Works Management & Policy (PWMP) commemorates the 20th Anniversary of the partnering of the Section on Transportation Policy and Administration (STPA) of the American Society of Public Administration with PWMP. The goal of STPA is to organize a policy focus on transportation while PWMP is a peer-reviewed journal for academics and practitioners that addresses the planning
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Transit Stigma: Transit Administrators’ Views of the Role of Policy Elites in Perpetuating Stigma Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-04-18 Josephine K. Hazelton-Boyle,Gerard C. Wellman
Public transportation use is heavily stigmatized in the United States. As a result, those who depend on public transportation services for mobility are marginalized and subject to unjust social assumptions about their character, work ethic, and overall place in society. Prior research documents that public transit administrators are actively working to combat transit stigma in their service area; however
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Do Public-Private Partnerships Still Have a Future? Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-04-13 Veronica Vecchi,Angelo Tanese,Stephen Osborne
Public Private Partnerships (PPP) are under discussion because of the mixed results achieved and the deteriorated trust between public and private actors. However, abandoning PPP could represent a severe mistake in public policy. Based on the recent Italian experience, the authors argue that a new approach to PPP, based on the ESG/SDGs and Impact Investing agenda, could represent an opportunity, both
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From the Editor Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-03-22 Richard G. Little
In “Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa Post-COVID-19: The Role of Law,” Augustine Arimoro describes the massive infrastructure deficit in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and how, in recent years, countries in the region have attempted to bridge the huge gap in infrastructure investment through partnerships with the private sector. The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in unplanned
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Book Review: Sinews of War and Trade: Shipping and Capitalism in the Arabian Peninsula Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-03-21 Richard G. Little
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Sustainability, Gender Equity, and Air Transport: Planning a Stronger Future Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-02-27 Deniz Zeynep Leuenberger, Rebecca Lutte
In 2015, the United Nations member states unanimously adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals as a part the Agenda for Sustainable Development, with a target completion date of 2030. Of these, (9) Industry Innovation and Infrastructure, (12) Responsible Production and Consumption, and (13) Climate Change have direct links to transportation and to aviation. One goal, (5) Gender Equality has especially
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Structuring Public–Private Partnerships for Public Value: Analysis of Two Transportation Infrastructure Case Studies Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Martin Mayer,Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf
This study examines public–private partnerships (PPPs) in terms of providing public value and analyzes the structuring of PPP contractual agreements to achieve public values of accountability, transparency, responsibility, responsiveness, and quality. We focus on transportation PPP projects utilizing case studies of the I-495 and I-95 PPP projects in northern Virginia. Review of contractual documents
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Converting Existing General-Purpose Lanes to High-Occupancy/Toll Lanes: An Exploratory Evaluation Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Patrick DeCorla-Souza
This paper presents a policy-level financial evaluation of options to mitigate congestion on metropolitan freeways where expanding capacity is difficult due to cost or environmental constraints. The options involve converting general-purpose lanes to priced High-Occupancy/Toll (HOT) lanes in combination with incentivized ridesharing. We estimate the financial impacts on a hypothetical 6-lane freeway
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What Difference Does Time Make? Analysis of Driver Behaviors Before and After Toll Implementation Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2022-01-27 Juita-Elena (Wie) Yusuf, David Chapman, Lenahan O’Connell, Meagan M. Jordan, Khairul A. Anuar
This study examines if and how drivers respond to tolls differently after implementation by analyzing drivers’ intention to pay tolls and toll avoidance behaviors. We apply the Theory of Planned Behavior to connect intention to pay and avoidance behavior to three categories of predictors: attitudes toward tolls, perceptions of toll benefits, and ability to pay. Since the theory does not explicitly
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Private Sector Investment in Infrastructure in Sub-Saharan Africa Post-COVID-19: The Role of Law Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-29 Augustine Edobor Arimoro
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the lowest income region of the world with a considerable number of low-income countries. The region is challenged by a massive infrastructure deficit. In recent years, the governments of the countries in the region have expressed the desire to bridge the huge gap in infrastructure assets through a partnership with the private sector using the public-private partnership
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From the Editor Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-11-17 Richard G. Little
As we prepared the October 2021 issue of PWMP, I noted the difficultly that the U.S. Congress appeared to be having in passing a long-awaited and much needed infrastructure bill that would fund a broad range of projects and activities in the coming years. Happily, in November, the U.S. House of Representatives voted in a bipartisan manner to approve the bill previously approved by the Senate and send
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Don’t Pass Deferred Maintenance Costs to the Next Generation!: The Effects of Politics on State Highway Maintenance Spending Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-18 Jiseul Kim
Routine maintenance spending for public infrastructure is critical for reducing life-cycle costs, and improving asset preservation and quality. Yet, states focus more on building new roads and expansion than maintaining existing assets’ conditions. Deferred maintenance costs are transferred to the future taxpayers, and they will eventually pay the expensive price. So far, there is little academic endeavor
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Reimaging Public-Private Partnership Model as Hybrid: South Africa Viewpoint Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-10-06 Alinaswe Sinkala, Edward Ochieng, Diana Ominde, Tarila Zuofa, Sulafa Badi
As significant increases in the financing of infrastructure and other resources will still be required to bridge the current infrastructure gap experienced globally, alternatives to the standard PPP infrastructure project delivery models are constantly appraised in several nations. This research examined the viability of reframing Public Private Partnership (PPP) frameworks as hybrid PPP alliances
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Risk-Based Multi-Objective Cross-Asset Budget Planning and Allocation Framework for the City of Sugar Land Integrated Asset Management System (IAMS) Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-19 Alence Poudel, Ivan Damnjanovic, Quynh Van Tang, Robert Valenzuela
An Integrated Asset Management System (IAMS) is a strategic asset management system that combines the assets of different categories into a system to prioritize their maintenance. This paper proposes a risk-based reliability-centric IAMS framework which works on the principle that the risk associated with the failure of an asset is a function of its direct and indirect costs. The direct costs are the
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Military Transportation in State Freight and Defense Community Plans Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-18 Chad R. Miller
The US Department of Defense (DoD) makes extensive use of the US multimodal transportation network to move material for operational support, keep facilities supplied, and move personnel. Federal agencies, especially the US Department of Transportation, work closely with the DoD. States and localities also play a critical role in defense infrastructure. This research examines state freight and defense
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Water Infrastructure: Does the US Need a National Policy? Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-08-16 Neil S. Grigg
Although its investment needs lag the dominant transportation category, water infrastructure addresses human needs at a foundational level because it plays public health and economic roles. Much of it is old and not likely to be replaced soon, so federal policy must focus on intergovernmental leadership to sustain vital dams, urban water systems, and natural systems. Fixing the federal responsibility
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Book Review: In the way of the road: The ecological consequences of infrastructure Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-08-02 Kyle Shelton
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From the Editor Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-07-16 Richard G. Little
As this is being written, the nation is still waiting for the legislative package that would address the country’s long-standing infrastructure needs. The fact that such a bill does not yet exist as the U.S. Congress prepares to leave the Capitol for Summer recess underscores the difficulties inherent in such a massive undertaking. In the last issue of PWMP, we addressed the question of whether the
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Book Review: From the mountains to the sea: The historic restoration of the Penobscot River Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-07-16 Richard G. Little
is that countries install and enforce meaningful environmental impact assessments that put biodiversity and the protection of sensitive ecosystems front and center. The volume also presents interesting viewpoints into what it means to invest in sustainable infrastructure by focusing on the impacts of “green” solutions such as renewable energy systems. That is not to say that the authors suggest renewable
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Infrastructure: National Roles Without National Policy Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-05-29 Martin Wachs, (†)
In 1992 Professor Dick Netzer posed the question “Do We Really Need a National Infrastructure Policy?” but a national infrastructure policy really is a fanciful notion. America has never had a national infrastructure policy, there is no consensus as to what constitutes “infrastructure,” and little to agreement on public policy at the national level. Although we may agree that public expenditures to
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Contours of a National Infrastructure Policy for the New Millennium Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-05-25 John C. Morris, Ryan D. Williamson, A. Stanley Meiburg
As calls for renewed efforts to address the state of the nation’s infrastructure grow across both partisan and ideological lines, they raise pointed questions regarding the nature of such efforts. For example, how do we pay for needed infrastructure? How do we set priorities among the many and varied needs across the nation? Most critically, should the national government play the central role in such
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What’s Next for a National Infrastructure Policy: An Encore or a Requiem? Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-05-12 Richard G. Little
In an essay almost 30 years ago, Professor Dick Netzer of NYU asked the question “Do We Really Need a National Infrastructure Policy?” and came to the conclusion that we did not. As the Biden Administration prepares to roll out a multi-trillion dollar infrastructure package, the nation is faced with numerous questions regarding the infrastructure systems necessary to support continued economic growth
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From the Editor Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-05-06 Richard G. Little
As the Biden Administration prepared to roll out its long-awaited infrastructure plan, several members of the PWMP Editorial Board took up the challenge of revisiting a 30-year old paper by Professor Dick Netzer of NYU entitled “Do we really need a national infrastructure policy?” Professor Netzer was not supportive of a national policy because he was of the opinion that the benefits of most infrastructure
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Amtrak Rail Trespasser Analysis using a GIS Space-Time Approach Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-04-02 Michelle R. Oswald Beiler, Evan Filion
This research explores Amtrak trespass incident data from 2011 to 2019 using a GIS spatiotemporal process. The objective is to evaluate incident characteristics based on space, time, incident factors, and statistical significance. Incidents were first analyzed at the megaregional level, revealing Northern and Southern California as the highest trespassing risk in the country, followed by the Northeast
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Mega-Events and Rapid Transit: Evaluating the Canada Line 10 Years After Vancouver 2010 Public Works Management & Policy Pub Date : 2021-03-26 Robert Sroka
This article examines the Canada Line rapid rail transit project in Vancouver, British Columbia, a decade after its completion and the 2010 Winter Olympic Games for which it was accelerated. The case resides at the intersection of two project classes with well-documented patterns of underperformance: transit mega-projects and sporting mega-events. Beyond connecting a number of Vancouver 2010 venues