4.0 Resources
This primer is designed to raise awareness of the benefits and opportunities for coordinating planning and operations activities within State DOTs, and to be a reference for further resources available on this topic. To facilitate this effort a “quick reference” of recent and current research publications was developed (Figure1.2) cross referencing available information to five linkage categories. Also case studies synopses are presented throughout the material. This section presents further resource material that the reader may pursue to learn more about linking planning and operations.
For the quick reference graphic presented as Figure1.2 the reference material is divided into “primary” resources, those resources directly targeted to the category, and “secondary” resources, resources that are associated with the category. The below information steps through each linkage category and presents the status of the material along with a weblink of the full text, where available.
Performance Measures, Data, Analysis Tools
Primary
- Guidebook to Effective Freeway Performance Measurements NCHRP 03-68, 2007. http://gulliver.nationalacademies.org/news/blurb_detail.asp?ID=7477
- Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume II: Decision Support Methodology for Selecting Traffic Analysis Tools. https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficanalysistools/tat_vol2/index.htm
- Use of existing Analysis tools to Advance Operations in Planning, ongoing
- Operations Data for Planning Applications: Identifying Needs, Opportunities, and Best Practices http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec095.pdf
Secondary
- Getting More by Working Together. ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/lpo_ref_guide/index.htm
- ITE Traffic Engineer’s handbook Planning for Operations– Ch. 6. http://www.ite.org/bookstore/TEH/
- Integrated Corridor Management Initiative. www.its.dot.gov/icms/index.htm
Operations in Transportation Plans/Corridor Studies
Primary
- ITE Traffic Engineer’s handbook Planning for Operations– Ch. 6. www.ite.org/bookstore/TEH/
Secondary
- FHWA Management & Operations in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan: A Guidebook for Creating an Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach, https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/moguidebook/moguidebook.pdf
- Getting More by Working Togetherops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/lpo_ref_guide/index.htm
- Operations Data for Planning Applications: Identifying Needs, Opportunities, and Best Practices, http://onlinepubs.trb.org/onlinepubs/circulars/ec095.pdf
- Peer Exchange, June 2007, Ongoing
- Integrated Corridor Management Initiative, www.its.dot.gov/icms/index.htm
- Use of existing Analysis tools to Advance Operations in Planning, Ongoing
- Multi State Operations Guide, NCHRP 03-84, To be published soon
Institutional
Primary
- Coordinating Planning and Operations Peer Exchange, Volpe, Ongoing
- Integrated Corridor Management Initiative, www.its.dot.gov/icms/index.htm
- Multi State Operations Guide, NCHRP 03-84, To be published soon
- NCHRP 20-7– Business Plan: Mainstreaming Systems Operations in State DOTs, www.transportation.org/sites/ssom/docs/mainstreaming.pdf
- Transportation Operations Training Framework (AASHTO) NCHRP 20-77, Newly started
Secondary
- Getting More by Working Together, ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/lpo_ref_guide/index.htm
- Use of existing Analysis tools to Advance Operations in Planning, ongoing
- ITE Traffic Engineer’s handbook Planning for Operations– Ch. 6, www.ite.org/bookstore/TEH/
- FHWA Regional Concept for Transportation Operations: A Primer (RCTO), ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/rctoprimer/rcto_primer.pdf
Regional Considerations
Primary
- Getting More by Working Together, ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/lpo_ref_guide/index.htm
- FHWA Regional Concept for Transportation Operations: A Primer (RCTO), ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/rctoprimer/rcto_primer.pdf
Secondary
- FHWA Management & Operations in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan: A Guidebook for Creating an Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach, ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/moguidebook/moguidebook.pdf
- ITE Traffic Engineer’s handbook Planning for Operations– Ch. 6, www.ite.org/bookstore/TEH/
- Integrated Corridor Management Initiative, www.its.dot.gov/icms/index.htm
- Multi State Operations Guide, NCHRP 03-84, To be published soon
Regulation and Policy:
Primary
- An Interim Guidebook on the Congestion Management Process in Metropolitan Transportation Planning (FHWA-HOP-08-008), www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/cmpguidebook/cmpguidebook.pdf
- FHWA Management & Operations in the Metropolitan Transportation Plan: A Guidebook for Creating an Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach, ops.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/moguidebook/moguidebook.pdf
- NCHRP 20-7– Business Plan: Mainstreaming Systems Operations in State DOTs, www.transportation.org/sites/ssom/docs/mainstreaming.pdf
- FHWA Developing and Implementing Transportation Management Plans for Work Zones, ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/resources/publications/trans_mgmt_plans/index.htm
Secondary
- Mainstreaming Management and Operations into Transportation Program Development: Guidance for Institutional Change, www.transportation.org/sites/planning/docs/nchrp2.doc
Case Studies
Case study text boxes are located throughout this document to showcase specific examples of linking planning and operations. More detail with regard to each case study can be found at the weblink presented below.
Caltrans Traffic Analysis Tools:
Cost/Benefit Databases:
- www.itscosts.its.dot.gov
- www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov
- www.itsdeployment.its.dot.gov
- www.itslessons.its.dot.gov
Minnesota DOT:
WSDOT Gray Notebook:
Caltrans I‑880 Corridor System Management Plan:
Oregon Transportation Plan:
Minnesota DOT Highway Systems Operation Plan:
PennDOT Transportation Systems Operations Plan:
Maryland CHART Non-Constrained Deployment Plan:
Kansas DOT ITS Unit:
University of Maryland Operations Academy:
The Doug MacDonald Challenge:
Kansas City Scout:
511.org:
Hampton Roads ITS Strategic Plan:
Oregon Transportation System Plan Guidelines:
E‑ZPass Toll Collection:
FHWA Workzone Policies:
Caltrans Corridor Mobility Improvement Account:
Integrated Corridor Management:
