NTL Record

Title Methodologies to Measure and Quantify Transportation Management Center Benefits: Final Synthesis Report
Record ID 66087
Personal Name
Creator
Gordon, Robert
Personal Name
Contributor
VanGorder, Randall
Corporate Creator Dunn Engineering Associates
Corporate
Contributor
United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
Publisher United States. Federal Highway Administration. Office of Operations Research and Development
Publication Date 20121201
Language English
Abstract This project provides a useable means to identify and quantify Transportation Management Center (TMC) benefits. It presents direction, guidance, methodologies, and procedures to agencies associated with monitoring, evaluating, and reporting on the values and benefits of TMC operations. The measures and methodologies developed focus on outcomes, although a number of output measures that emphasize key operations are also included. This report highlights measures used for benefit-cost analysis, including those that may be employed for freeway TMCs, traffic signal system TMCs, and corridor TMCs. This document describes the algorithms and processes used to compute many of the measures. In the case of system measures, measures required for benefit-cost analysis, such as system-wide vehicle delay, require measurements of both volume and speed or travel time for each travel link. Other measures, such as motorist travel time and travel time reliability, require measured speed or travel time.
Rosap ID dot:40929
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/40929
TRT Terms Traffic control centers; Benefit cost analysis; Evaluation and assessment
Geographical
Coverage
United States
TRIS Online
Accession No
1470023
Contract Number DTFH61-06-D-00005
Report Number FHWA-HRT-12-054
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/66000/66000/66087/FHWA-HRT-12-054.pdf
Alternative URL https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/operations/12054/
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository