Grant: Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral
University of Manitoba
$50,000.00
Strategic performance measurement for road investments in Canada's Northern Prairie Region: Innovations for transportation engineering and planning.
EF 2012-13
Résumé
Transportation agencies are increasingly interested in the field of performance measurement based on an expectation that when performance is measured, system management will improve. Strategic performance measures for road investments help link engineering, planning, and investment decisions to organizational vision. Performance measures prevalent in the literature usually do not address the unique transportation needs and constraints in the North. This research will develop system demand based performance measurement tools for engineers - that is, tools that are adaptable to the demands of the unique geographical, social, and economic environment of communities in the Northern Prairie region. Strategic performance measures for Northern road investments will be selected and defined based on extensive stakeholder consultaion and review of technical literature. The data acquisition and integration systems to support the selected measures will be designed and implemented. Processes will be developed to incorporate the new tools into transportation engineering and planning, resulting in better road investment decisions for the Northern Prairie Region of Canada.
Programme
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral
Bénéficiaire
Emplacement
Manitoba, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
405704-2011
Name nom
Milligan, Craig
Department département
Civil Engineering
Organization id
19
Institution établissement
University of Manitoba
Province en
Manitoba
Province fr
Manitoba
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2012
Competition year année de concours
2011
Award amount
50000
Program id
VCGS
Program name en
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships - Doctoral
Program name fr
Bourses d'études supérieures du Canada Vanier - Doctorat
Group en
Training programs
Group fr
Programmes de bourse
Committee code
1082
Committee name en
Vanier Selection Committee
Committee name fr
Comité de sélection Vanier
Area of application code
9999
Area of application group en
Not available
Area of application group fr
Non disponible
Area of application en
Not available
Area of application fr
Non disponible
Research subject code
1000
Research subject group en
Civil engineering
Research subject group fr
Génie civil
Research subject en
Civil engineering
Research subject fr
Génie civil
Partie
0
Application title
Strategic performance measurement for road investments in Canada's Northern Prairie Region: Innovations for transportation engineering and planning.
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
Transportation agencies are increasingly interested in the field of performance measurement based on an expectation that when performance is measured, system management will improve. Strategic performance measures for road investments help link engineering, planning, and investment decisions to organizational vision. Performance measures prevalent in the literature usually do not address the unique transportation needs and constraints in the North. This research will develop system demand based performance measurement tools for engineers - that is, tools that are adaptable to the demands of the unique geographical, social, and economic environment of communities in the Northern Prairie region. Strategic performance measures for Northern road investments will be selected and defined based on extensive stakeholder consultaion and review of technical literature. The data acquisition and integration systems to support the selected measures will be designed and implemented. Processes will be developed to incorporate the new tools into transportation engineering and planning, resulting in better road investment decisions for the Northern Prairie Region of Canada.
