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FHWAPlanning for Operations
A Pre-Release Overview of the Model Plans Desk Reference
Presentation byJessica Josselyn and Phill Worth
February 4, 2010
Presentation Overview
• FHWA Planning for Operations• Model Plans Desk Reference
FHWA Planning for Operations
Background
• Provides national leadership for the management and operation of the surface transportation system
• Responsible for FHWA's efforts in the areas of – Congestion Management – Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Deployment – Traffic Operations – Emergency Management– Freight Management and Operations
Program Areas
• Arterial Management• Congestion Mitigation• Corridor Traffic Management• Emergency Transportation
Operations• Facilitating Integrated ITS
Deployment• Freeway Management• Freight Analysis• Freight Operations and
Technology• Freight Professional
Development• Freight Vehicle Size and Weight• Localized Bottleneck Reduction
• Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD)
• Operations Asset Management
• Performance Measurement• Planned Special Events
Traffic Management• Planning for Operations
(Formerly Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination (RTOCC))
• Real Time Traveler Information
• Road Weather Management• Tolling and Pricing Program • Traffic Analysis Tools• Traffic Incident Management• Travel Demand Management• Work Zone Management
Program Areas
• The programs initiate policies and programs, training and technology transfer to advance the operational practices and capabilities of State and local transportation agencies.
• The programs also provide State and local transportation agencies with relevant products and services, as well as technical support and assistance.
Publications
• A Primer - Statewide Opportunities For Linking Planning and Operations
• An Interim Guidebook on the Congestion Management Process in Metropolitan Transportation Planning
• Management & Operations in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan: A Guidebook for Creating an Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach
And many more! Visit http://ops.fhwa.dot.gov
Model Plans Desk Reference
Background
• Title– Advancing Planning For Operations: A Model Plan Desk
Reference for an Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach to Integrating Operations in Metropolitan Transportation Planning
• Purpose– A resource designed to enable transportation planners
and their planning partners to build a transportation plan that includes operations objectives, performance measures, and strategies
• Offers a menu of options • Features a model MTP
Background
• Companion to the FHWA and FTA resource, – Advancing Planning for Operations: A Guidebook for
Integrating Operations in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan.
• The guidebook introduces the objectives-driven, performance-based approach to planning for operations and how to use this approach
• The desk reference supplies the reader with examples of operations objectives and associated performance measures
Core Project Team
– Phill Worth, Principal InvestigatorJessica Josselyn, Task Planner
– Jocelyn Bauer, Task Manager
– Harrison Rue and Michael Grant, Task Leaders
Technical Approach
Task 7: Final Desk Reference
Task 5: Draft Desk Reference
Task 6: 2nd Peer Exchange Workshop
Task 8: Executive Seminar
Task 1: Work Plan
Task 3: Informational Scan
Task 2: TAG
Task 4: 1st Peer Exchange Workshop
Task 3 – Informational Scan, Overview
• Informational scan designed to identify the current state of the practice– Small, medium, and large MPOs
• Studied approximately 50 MTPs,– Reviewed for connections between goals, objectives,
performance measures, project selection, and system performance evaluation
• Narrowed selection down to 26 MTPs – Best exhibited at least one component of the objectives-
driven, performance-based approach
Task 3 – Informational Scan, Documents Reviewed
Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
Rogue Valley Council of Governments
Rochester-Olmsted Council of Governments
Anchorage Metropolitan Area Transportation Solutions
Brevard Metropolitan Planning Organization
Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho
Roanoke Valley Area MPO
Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe County
Syracuse Metropolitan Transportation Council
Atlanta Regional Commission
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Denver Regional Council of Governments
Maricopa Association of Governments
Metro Regional Government
METROPLAN Orlando
Metropolitan Transportation Commission
Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional COG
Puget Sound Regional Council
Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada
San Diego Association of Governments
Southeast Michigan Council of Governments
Southern California Association of Governments
Wasatch Front Regional Council
Task 3 – Informational Scan, Findings
• MPO’s working towards the approach1. Metro Regional Government, Portland, Oregon2. Metropolitan Transportation Commission, San
Francisco Bay Area3. Puget Sound Regional Council4. Regional Transportation Commission of Washoe
County5. Southern California Association of Governments6. Wasatch Front Regional Council 7. MetroPlan, Orlando
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Task 3 – Informational Scan, Findings
– Among the plans that do address safety and operations together, a variety of strategies are outlined that promote safety as a part of the process for increasing operational efficiency
• Heavy vehicles• ITS• Incident detection and response
– Several MPOs are in the process of conducting safety-related performance initiatives, or
– identifying operations improvement projects where safety-related performance monitoring is planned.
Tasks 4 and 6: Peer Exchange Workshops
• Goal– Develop robust menu of operations and safety
objectives and corresponding performance measures– Insights on how the approach is used in planning and
programming MPO activities– Review of draft desk reference
• Menu of objectives• Model Plan
Tasks 4 and 6: Peer Exchange Workshop
• Participants– Anchorage Metropolitan
Area Transportation Solutions
– Champaign County Regional Planning Commission
– Community Planning Association of Southwest Idaho
– Dallas Area Rapid Transit– Delaware Valley Regional
Planning Commission– Genesee Transportation
Council– METROPLAN Orlando– Michigan Department of
Transportation
– Oregon Metro– Rochester Olmsted Council of
Governments– Rogue Valley Council of
Governments– San Diego Association of
Governments Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority
– Virginia Department of Transportation
– Wasatch Front Regional Council
Tasks 4 and 6: Peer Exchange Workshop
• Participants Inputs
– Organization– Content
• Fact Sheets– Fact sheet categories
– Fact sheet objectives and supporting information• Model Plan
– Functionality
– Practicality
– Applicability
Tasks 5 and 7: Draft and Final Desk Reference
• Table of Contents– Section 1, Introduction
– Section 2, Developing Operations Objectives
– Section 3, Menu of Operations Objectives
– Section 4, Model Metropolitan Transportation Plan
– Section 5, References and Resources
Tasks 5 and 7: Draft and Final Desk Reference
• Section 1, Introduction:
– Provides a quick overview of the objectives-driven, performance-based approach to planning for operations.
• Planning for Operations in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan• An Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach• Getting Started With the Approach• Purpose of the Desk Reference
Tasks 5 and 7: Draft and Final Desk Reference
• Section 2, Developing Operations Objectives:
– Gives the fundamentals of developing operations objectives, a cornerstone of the objectives-driven, performance-based approach.
• Outcome-Based and Activity-Based Operations Objectives• Characteristics of Operations Objectives• Scope of Operations Objectives• Connecting Operations Objectives• Using Objectives to Identify and Select M&O Strategies
Tasks 5 and 7: Draft and Final Desk Reference
• Section 3, Menu of Operations Objectives:
– Menu Structure and Definitions– Cross Reference Tables– Fact Sheets
• System Efficiency• System Reliability• System Options• Arterial Management• Emergency/Incident Management• Freeway Management• Freight Management
• Special Event Management• Transit Operations and
Management• Travel Demand Management• Travel Weather Management• Traveler Information• Work Zone Management
Tasks 5 and 7: Draft and Final Desk Reference
• Section 4, Model Plan:
– Model Metropolitan Transportation Plan– One Size Does Not Fit All– Model Plan Overview– Model Plan Excerpts
• Goals chapter example• Operations chapter example
Summary
• Purpose of going to the Desk Reference
– To answer the question “What is an objectives-driven, performance-based approach?”
– To get ideas for operations objectives to be included in the MTP (or supporting operations planning documents).
– To find an operations objective for a specific operations area such as traveler information.
Summary
– To find operations objectives for a specific mode such as transit.
– To learn what performance measures and data would be needed to track an operations objective.
– To find potential M&O strategies to help improve transportation system efficiency, reliability, or options.
– To see an example of how to shape the operations-related portions of the MTP to incorporate selected operations objectives and performance measures.
Webinar Information
• Talking Operations Webinar: Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Planning for Operations - A New Resource
– Date/Time: Tuesday, February 23rd from 1 – 2:30 PM EST
– Registration Link: http://www.ntoctalks.com/web_casts.php
– Speakers are • Richard Backlund, FHWA Office of Operations • Deena Platman, Metro Portland• Lance Wilber, Anchorage/Alaska
