Case Study
State Rail Planning Best Practices
State Rail Planning Best Practices American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials Objective Develop a State Rail Planning Best Practices guidebook for the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials’ (AASHTO) Standing Committee on Rail Transportation (SCORT) to be used by State Department of Transportation (DOT) Rail Offices when developing rail plans. Our Approach To develop the most current and relevant guidance for the states, Cambridge Systematics: Conducted a detailed review of all existing statewide rail plans, including several developed by our firm (e.g., Virginia, Florida, North Carolina, Minnesota, and Montana). Through this review and through interaction with an advisory council of state rail planners organized by AASHTO, identified bes