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| Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-15-071 Date: January 2016 |
Publication Number: FHWA-HRT-15-071 Date: January 2016 |
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Planning for operations provides the foundation for proactively operating the transportation system. It is a joint effort between planners and operators to improve transportation system performance, with a focus on the integration of management and operations strategies into planning activities. The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) promotes the use of a performance-based approach for the integration of operations into the transportation planning and investment decision making processes at metropolitan and State levels. Access to comprehensive, high-quality data on the operation of the transportation system is vital to fully applying this approach.
This report reviews the state-of-the-practice among metropolitan planning organizations in using data to support planning for operations activities. Planners and operators can use this report to generate ideas to advance their efforts to use data to plan for operations. This review was conducted at the outset of an FHWA project to develop a prototype framework for sharing planning and operations data between State and local transportation agencies from multiple sources within a region. The results of the review were used to inform the development of the framework.
Paul Pisano
Acting Director,
Office of Operations Research and Development
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| 1. Report No.
FHWA-HRT-15-071 |
2. Government Accession No. | 3 Recipient's Catalog No. | ||
| 4. Title and Subtitle
The Use of Data in Planning for Operations: State-of-the-Practice Review |
5. Report Date January 2016 |
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| 6. Performing Organization Code | ||||
| 7. Author(s)
Jocelyn Bauer, Julie Evans, Krista Jeannotte, and Anita Vandervalk |
8. Performing Organization Report No.
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9. Performing Organization Name and Address Leidos
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. |
10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) |
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| 11. Contract or Grant No.
DTFH61-12-D-00020 |
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| 12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address
U.S. Department of Transportation |
13. Type of Report and Period Covered
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14. Sponsoring Agency Code HOP |
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| 15. Supplementary Notes
Mr. Gene McHale, Mr. Govindarajan Vadakpat, Mr. John Halkias, Federal Highway Administration |
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| 16. Abstract
The purpose of this state-of-the-practice review is to identify the current use of data by metropolitan planning organizations to perform planning for operations activities. This information will be used to develop the virtual data access framework and to help establish requirements for the data that should be accessible by planning agencies via the framework. In addition to data availability and use, this review also looks at the barriers to the use of data so that the project team can design the framework to help address some of these barriers to increase use of the resulting framework. This report was developed in conjunction with another state-of-the-practice review on data access, sharing, and integration. |
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| 17. Key Words
Data, planning for operations, management and operations, metropolitan planning organization |
18. Distribution Statement
No restrictions. This document is available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA 22161. |
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19. Security Classification Unclassified |
20. Security Classification Unclassified |
21. No. of Pages 62 |
22. Price
N/A |
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| Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) | Reproduction of completed page authorized |
SI* (Modern Metric) Conversion Factors
Chapter 3. Evaluating M&O Strategies in Planning
Chapter 4. Barriers to Use of Data in Planning for Operations
