Funding for development of this web site and ongoing hosting of this web site is provided by Caltrans (California Department of Transportation), Office of Transportation Economics, Division of Transportation Planning.
Construction of this web site was accomplished under contract to Caltrans by the California Center for Innovative Transportation, in the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California at Berkeley. The effort was assisted by subcontracts to California Polytechnic State University and Economic Development Research Group.
The concept of this web-based tool for improving benefit-cost practice by transportation planners, and the basic design of this web site, was the product of a multi-year planning effort by the Committee on Urban Transportation Economic and Policy (now the Urban Transportation Division, Committee on Planning & Economics) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE).
Individual Roles
Funding, oversight and review by the Caltrans Office of Planning: Dr. Kazem Attaran (chief), Mahmoud Mahdavi, Brian Weatherford, Sabrina Brown (web site administrator).
Web site development over 2003-2004 by UC Berkeley: Joy Dahlgren (Technical Director), Ashkan Sharafsaleh (Project Manager), Hamed Benouar (Manager), Matthew Malchow (structure/design), Phyllis Orrick (editing) and Jeff Williams (webmaster), plus consultants Roni Terkel (site design) and Melanie Curry (editing).
Text content developed and authored over 2003-2004 by: Joy Dahlgren, Robert Hannay, Andy Katz, Jeff Williams and Matthew Malchow (UC Berkeley), together with Ed Sullivan (Cal Poly) and Glen Weisbrod (Economic Development Research Group).
Initial concept for this web site was developed over 2001-2003 by the ASCE Committee on Urban Transportation Economic and Policy, chaired by Jan Botha (San Jose State University) and later by Joy Dahlgren (UC Berkeley). Active subcommittee members who assisted in the initial site design and provided content (besides Jan Botha and Joy Dahlgren) were: Ed Sullivan (Cal Poly State University), Glen Weisbrod (Economic Development Research Group), Jonathan Gifford (George Mason University), Patrick DeCorla-Souza (Federal Highway Administration), C. Jotin Khisty (Illinois Institute of Technology), David Reinke (Dowling Associates) and James Hunt.