Freeway Management & Traffic Operations Program Goals, Measures & Thresholds TMC PFS Meeting Jon Obenberger June 4, 2003
Freeway Management & Traffic Operations
Program Goals, Measures & Thresholds
TMC PFS Meeting
Jon Obenberger
June 4, 2003
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Freeway Management & Traffic Operations:
Primary Program Products:• Freeway Management & Operations Handbook (Update
as needed ~ 5 years)
• State-of-Practice Paper (Update as needed ~ 2 years)
• Program Performance Measures White Paper (Update as needed ~ 2 years)
• ITS Deployment Tracking Survey Results & Trends in Practice (Update as needed ~ 2 years)
• Traffic Management Toolbox Cd-rom (Updated annually)
• Roadmap of Program & Proposed Initiatives (Annually)
• Legislation, Regulations & Policies• Technology Outreach & Awareness (e.g., web sites)
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Freeway Management Handbook:
Intended Audience:• Professionals involved with or responsible for any
phase in life cycle of freeway network
Purpose:
• Provide understanding of potential strategies, tools & technologies that may be used to support the management & operation of freeway network
Current Draft: http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/Travel/traffic/
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Freeway Management Handbook:Chapters:• Freeway Management & Operation of Surface
Transportation Network• Performance Monitoring & Evaluation • Freeway & Traffic Operations Programs• Roadway Improvement Projects• Roadway Operational Improvements• Ramp Management & Control• Managed Lanes• HOV Systems
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Freeway Management Handbook: (Cont.)
Chapters:• Traffic Incident Management (Handbook)
• Planned Special Event Management (Handbook)
• Emergency & Evacuation Management• Information Dissemination• Transportation Management Systems• Detection & Surveillance (Handbook plus)• Regional Information Sharing & Integration• Communications
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Inventory Current Practices & Trends :
ITS Deployment: Top-78 metro areas, statewide, 30 mid-sized areas & sampling– Web access to survey results & information – White paper report summarizing results & trends– Basis for reporting progress on achieving program
performance measures & thresholds
Planning & Outreach for Specific Initiatives:– Managed lanes– Corridor Traffic Management– Planned Special Events– Feedback From Specific Projects
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Current State-of-Practice, Trends & Needs:
Highway Traffic Operations & Freeway Management: State-of-practice “White Paper”:
Purpose: Summarizes the state-of-the-practice and state-of-the-art nationally associated with the operation and proactive management of traffic on freeway facilities
Input: Planning for future federal activities
Focus: managing & operating freeways, expressways, & toll roads. Its primary intended audiences are:
Intended Audience: traffic operations managers & people who directly support them
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State-of-practice White Paper: (Cont.) Relationship to Program:• Inter-related to & companion document w/ Freeway
Management & Operations Handbook• Planning for future federal activitiesIntended Use by Public Agencies:
– Assess current traffic operations program, management systems & how they manage & operate freeway facilities
– Compare current practices to state-of-practice & state-of-art nationally
– Develop ideas, initiatives, & plan to improve upon current practices & move toward recommended national practices
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State-of-practice White Paper: (Cont.)
Report Overview:
• Background:– Institutional Arrangement
– Organizational Aspects
– System Functions
– Benefits
• State-of-Practice (Institut., Organizational, Technical)• State-of-Art• Gaps Between SOP & SOA• Recommended Actions: Research, Technical Guidance,
Best Practices, Training, & Outreach
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FHWA: Freeway Management & Traffic Operations
Program Area Initiatives:• TMCs• Freeway Management & Operations• Managed Lanes• Planned Special Events• Corridor Traffic Management & Control• HOV Systems• Technology Transfer
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets:
Current Status & Next Steps:• Develop goals & performance measures
• Verify & revise data from surveys
• Trends w/ performance measures & draft targets for measures
• Draft white paper
• Outreach, review & feedback on white paper draft(s)
• Final white paper submitted – end of July
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets:
Goal 1: TMCs actively monitoring traffic & roadway conditions within top XXX metropolitan areas & statewide in XXX States
• Measure 1: TMCs deployed, monitoring roadway & traffic conditions & proactively managing traffic
on freeway facilities w/in top XXX metropolitan areas
• Measure 2: TMCs deployed, monitoring roadway &
coordinating in response to traffic conditions & proactively managing traffic on freeway facilities statewide in XXX states
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 1: (Cont.) • Measure 3: XXX Freeway miles where traffic data is
being collected & monitored in real-time – % of freeway miles in metro areas?– % of freeway miles in state?
• Measures 4: XXX TMCs archiving & reporting on
freeway traffic conditions & performance – # of TMCs? – # of statewide TMCs
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 2: XXX TMCs proactively managing & controlling traffic on freeway facilities
• Measure 1: Freeway miles with real-time surveillance to manage and control traffic
– # of TMCs? # of Metro Areas?
• Measure 2: Freeway miles operating under various lane management operational strategies
– # of TMCs? # of Metro Areas?
• Measure 3: Freeway miles operating under access control or ramp metering control strategies – # of TMCs? # of Metro Areas?
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 3: XXX TMCs coordinating & sharing information in real-time between public safety interests & traffic signal control systems
• Measure 1: TMCs coordinating, sharing information & control in real-time w/ traffic signal control systems in response to changing roadway & traffic conditions – # of TMCs? # of Metro Areas?– 1, 2 or 3 capabilities?
• Measure 2: TMCs coordinating & sharing information in real-time between public safety interests in response to changing roadway & traffic conditions – # of TMCs? # of Metro Areas?– Coordinating? Coordinating & Sharing?
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 3: (Cont.)• Measure 3: XXX TMCs w/ responsibility to coordinate
& share information w/ other TMCs in real-time based on changing roadway & traffic conditions within state – # of TMCs? # of States?
– Coordinate & Share Information Only?
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 4: Agencies proactively managing & controlling traffic within urban freeway corridors
• Measure 1: XXX freeways w/ established agreements & operational procedures documented to manage & control traffic in real-time w/in urban corridors – # of freeway miles? % of freeway miles w/in metro area? %
of urban corridors w/in urban areas?– Need for rural corridors? Statewide measure needed?
Measure 2: XXX freeways w/ interfaces developed between TMCs & traffic signal control systems to manage & control traffic in real-time w/ urban corridors – # or % of freeway miles w/in metro area? – % of urban corridors?
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 4: (Cont.)• Measure 3: XXX freeway where operational strategies
& control plans developed, documented & proactively being used in real-time to control traffic on & between freeways & surface streets w/in urban corridors – # or % of freeway miles w/in metro area?
– % of urban corridors?
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 5: Proactively managing & coordinating traffic control activities for planned special events
• Measure 1: XXX metropolitan areas with a multi-agency traffic management plan, team, procedures, & control plans being applied for at least 1 specific planned special event – # of events? # of new?
– # of characteristics?
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Possible Goals, Measures & Targets: (Cont.)
Goal 5: (Cont.)• Measure 2: XXX metropolitan areas w/ multi-agency
initiative focusing on continuously improving the management & control of traffic for all planned special events that may occur w/in region
– # of events? # of new?
– # of characteristics?
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Goals & Perf. Measures: White Paper• Purpose:
– Context & justification for established perf. measures & targets – Facilitate review, comments & buy-in from stakeholders
• Key issues to address:– FM & O overview, background, objectives & measures – FM & O program goals, performance measures, & indicators– Relationship & synergy w/: congestion vital few objectives,
ITS Deployment & Integration Programs, & FHWA strategic plan (e.g., goals, objectives, measures, etc.)
– Measuring & tracking data & performance measures – Survey & sampling – Baseline & trends – Proposed PM & target values
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EXAMPLE:
Goal 1: Deployment & Operation of TMCs• Measure 1: TMCs managing & controlling traffic
Indicator 2000 2002
Project
2008 Target 2008
Top 78 Metro Areas w/ TMCs 56 59 73 78 ***
# TMCs in Top
78 Metro Areas 84 86 101 N.A.
# of Metro Areas
w/ TMCs
- 71 89 100
Total # of TMC
in US - 125 149 170
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ITS Integration Program: FM IndicatorsRegional Multimodal Traveler Information
Incident Management
ArterialManagement
HIghway RailIntersections
EmergencyManagement
FreewayManagement
TransitManagement
ElectronicToll
Collection
ElectronicFare Payment
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Traffic Management Integration Links
Traveler Informaiton Integration Links
Transit Management Integration Links
Emergency Response Integration Links