MINNESOTA
URBAN PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
NATIONAL EVALUATION:
CONTENT ANALYSIS TEST PLAN

U.S. Department of Transportation
Research and Innovative Technology Administration
Federal Highway Administration
Federal Transit Administration

FINAL
November 17, 2009
Publication No. FHWA-JPO-10-006

By
Battelle Memorial Institute
505 King Avenue
Columbus, OH 43201

Prepared for
United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
Office of Operations
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Contract No. DTFH61-06-D-00007/ORDER 07-T-08002/WO BA07-041

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1. Report No FHWA-JPO-10-006	2. Government Accession No.		3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement National Evaluation: Content Analysis Test Plan			5. Report Date November 17, 2009
			6. Performing Organization Code
7. Authors Katie Turnbull, Texas Transportation Institute			8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Battelle 505 King Avenue Columbus, OH 43201			10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
			11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-06-D-00007/ORDER 07-T-08002/WO BA07-041
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address U.S. Department of Transportation Research and Innovative Technology Administration Federal Highway Administration Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20590			13. Type of Report and Period Covered
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15. Supplementary Notes
16. Abstract This report presents the content analysis test plan for the Minnesota Urban Partnership Agreement (UPA) under the United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT ) UPA Program. The Minnesota UPA projects focus on reducing congestion by employing strategies consisting of combinations of tolling, transit, telecommuting/TDM, and technology, also known as the 4 Ts. As outlined in the Minnesota UPA National Evaluation Plan, the content analysis test plan focuses on collecting and analyzing information on outreach activities, media coverage, and reactions of the public, policy makers, and other groups to the UPA projects. The information from the content analysis test plan is used primarily in the non-technical success factors analysis of the Minnesota UPA National Evaluation Plan. This report presents the data sources for obtaining information on the reactions of the various groups to the UPA projects, as well as the outreach activities conducted by the partnership agencies and media coverage of the projects. The availability of needed data, possible risks associated with data collection, data analysis techniques, and the schedule and resources are described.
17. Key Word Urban Partnership Agreement, congestion pricing, tolling, HOT, congestion reduction, transit, bus rapid transit, telecommuting, evaluation		18. Distribution Statement
19. Security Classif. (of this report)	20. Security Classif. (of this page)		21. No. of Pages 28	22. Price

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A number of representatives from the Minnesota partnership agencies provided information critical to the development of the Minnesota UPA national evaluation test plans. The assistance of Gina Bass, Center for Transportation Studies, in developing the Content Analysis Test Plan is both recognized and appreciated.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

• 1.1 The Minnesota UPA
• 1.2 Minnesota UPA National Evaluation Plan and Use of Data from the Content Analysis

• 2.1 Data Sources
• 2.2 Data Availability
• 2.3 Potential Risks

3.0 DATA ANALYSIS

4.0 SCHEDULE AND RESOURCES

List of Appendices

List of Tables

• Table 1-1. Relationship Among Test Plans and Evaluation Analyses
• Table 1-2. Content Analysis Test Plan Data Elements Use in Testing Evaluation Hypotheses/Questions
• Table 2-1. Available Pre- and Post-Deployment Information
• Table 3-1. Content Analysis Tracking Log
• Table 4-1. Content Analysis Pre- and Post-Deployment Schedule

List of Figures

• Figure 1-1. General Location of Minnesota UPA Projects

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