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1. Report No.: FHWA-HOP-09-006

2. Government Accession No.: --

3. Recipient's Catalog No.: --

4. Title and Subtitle: Traffic Signal Operations and Maintenance Staffing Guidelines

5. Report Date: March 2009

6. Performing Organization Code: --

7. Authors: Robert Gordon (Dunn Engineering), Cade Braud (Kittelson and Associates)

8. Performing Organization Report No.: --

9. Performing Organization Name and Address: Dunn Engineering Associates, 66 Main St., Westhampton Beach, NY 11978, and Kittelson and Associates, 225 East Robinson Street, Suite 450, Orlando, Florida 32801

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS): --

11. Contract or Grant No.: Contract No. DTFH61-06-D-00005

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address: United States Department of Transportation, Federal Highway Administration, Office of Operations, 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE, Washington, D.C. 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered: Jan 2008–March 2009

14. Sponsoring Agency Code: HOP

15. Supplementary Notes: Eddie Curtis, Contracting Officer's Task Manager, FHWA. The project team acknowledges, Paul Olson, FHWA Resource Center, the Puget Sound Regional Operations Committee, and the numerous practitioners that provided key information to develop this report.

16. Abstract: This report provides a guideline to estimate the staffing and resource needs required to effectively operate and maintain traffic signal systems. The results of a survey performed under this project, as well as a review of the literature and other surveys indicated that agencies achieving a high level of signal system performance do so under a wide variety of conditions such as agency size, geography, system complexity and traffic conditions that do not adhere to the typical level of documented resource requirements. Accordingly, a set of performance-based criteria were developed to define requirements. The performance-based criteria are focused on establishing realistic and concise operations objectives and performance measures.

17. Key Words: Signalized Intersections, Traffic Signal Timing, Staffing, Traffic Signal Operations, Maintenance, Management, Objectives, Performance Measures

18. Distribution Statement: No restrictions.

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21. No of Pages: 84

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