Guide to Incorporating Reliability Performance Measures into the Transportation Planning and Programming Processes

Overview

This Guide is intended to be a high-level reference document for transportation planners, operators, and system managers. The reliability of the transportation system refers to the uncertainty or variability that system users experience in the time it takes to travel from one place to another—from home to work, from producer to consumer, and from any location to another. This guide will help planning, programming, and operations managers to apply the concept of travel time reliability to balance investment in programs and projects.

The overall project was to develop the technical procedures for state DOTs and MPOs to fully integrate mobility and reliability performance measures and strategies into the transportation planning and programming processes. The project developed the following additional supporting materials:

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Pricing / Toll Roads
    Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
    Active Traffic Management (ATM)
    Travel Demand Management
    Freeway Management
    Real Time Traveler Information
    Performance Management
    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    Communicating Reliability Information
    Organizational Models
    System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
    Economic and Investment Analysis Tools
    Cost / Benefit Analysis
    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Freight Management

Organizational Capability Element

    Performance Management
    Planning
    Programming/Budget/Funding
    Integrated Corridor Management
    Freeway Operations
    Freight Management Operations
    Traveler Information
    Traffic Incident Management
    Work Zone Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
    Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
    Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation

Content Type

Research

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Engineer
Senior Manager
Associate Engineer

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Prime Contractor
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.
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Issue Date
Publication Number
SHPR2-S2-L05-RR-2
ISBN Number
978-0-309-27318-3