Fall 2008

TransTech continues its long-standing service to its clients with additional new assignments!

Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County
TransTech Management has been awarded a contract to perform a major management review of the fleet operations of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County. This is a comprehensive review, consisting of 4 major tasks and 23 specific areas targeted for examination.The Nashville Davidson fleet consisting of over 3,800 units of all types and provides service to the following departments:

  • General Services Motor Pool
  • Fire Department Garage
  • Public Works Equipment Division
  • Parks and Recreation Garage
  • Water Services Garage

Maryland Transit Administration
TransTech is leading the "Management and Organizational Development" consulting services component for the Maryland Transit Administration procurement entitled, "Policy, Business and Transit Management Services." This task order type contract is potentially multi-millions in fees and multi-years in duration. We will examine the agency's administration and operations with respect to cost efficiencies, goal attainment, and effectiveness. Considerations may include management layers, resource allocation, organizational goals and objectives, redundancy of functions, unit effectiveness, uniformity of approach or methodology, interrelationships of functions, skill matrix analysis and review of labor contract provisions.
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Arizona Department of Transportation
In association with another firm, TransTech has been awarded a new project to develop customer-based performance indicators for the Arizona Department of Transportation. We will examine the following areas:

  • Best practices for measuring customer-focused public agency performance.
  • Measures that can be reported for continuous customer feedback.
  • Customers' perception of the DOT's performance.
  • Communications process for improving customer communications.
  • Recommendations for next steps in developing and adopting performance measures.

Delaware River Port Authority
TransTech was competitively selected to perform a comprehensive management review of the Delaware River Port Authority of Pennsylvania and New Jersey ("DRPA"). The purpose of the project is to provide an independent, objective and comprehensive review of the Authority (including PATCO rail functions) and to help the Authority create a more effective and efficient organization. This initiative will cover every division, department, office, unit and function of the Authority, whose components include the maintenance and operations of the Benjamin Franklin and Walt Whitman toll bridges between Philadelphia and Camden, two outlying bridges, the Port Authority Transit Corporation (PATCO), the Ports of Philadelphia and Camden (PPC), and various activities of the Authority that are linked to local and regional economic development.

North Carolina Statewide Freight Logistics Plan
TransTech is leading two of three primary assessment areas in a project mandated by the General Assembly to develop North Carolina's first Statewide Freight Logistics Plan. This fast-track project will provide the State with a policy blueprint for advancing freight logistics through transportation infrastructure project prioritization over the next quarter century. The team is led by North Carolina State University, including the Institute for Transportation Research & Education, and it involves an extensive outreach effort and the participation of over 30 consultants and academicians from several states.

American Association of State Highway & Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
TransTech has been selected on a sole source basis to assist AASHTO in evaluating all aspects of its meeting structure via analyzing attendance records, conducting research into how peers are adjusting to the economy, surveying various AASHTO audiences regarding participation requirements, and interpreting and reporting results. This project will involve extensive interaction with AASHTO staff, interviews of member state DOT officials, and discussions with transportation industry vendors and contractors.

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