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1. Report No. FHWA-HOP-10-027	2. Government Accession No.	3. Recipient's Catalog No.
4. Title and Subtitle Advancing Metropolitan Planning for Operations: The Building Blocks of a Model Transportation Plan Incorporating Operations - A Desk Reference	5. Report Date April 2010
6. Performing Organization Code
7. Author(s) Phillip Worth (KAI), Jocelyn Bauer (SAIC), Michael Grant (ICF), Jessica Josselyn (KAI), Terence Plaskon (ICF), Mario Candia-Martinez (KAI), Brian Chandler (SAIC), Michael C. Smith (SAIC), Beth Wemple (KAI), Elizabeth Wallis (ICF), Anna Chavis (ICF), and Harrison Rue (ICF)	8. Performing Organization Report No.
9. Performing Organization Name and Address Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) 8301 Greensboro Drive, Mailstop E-12-3 McLean, VA 221021 Kittelson & Associates, Inc. 610 SW Alder St, Suite Portland, Oregon 97205 ICF International, Inc. 700 9300 Lee Highway Fairfax, VA 22031	10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)
11. Contract or Grant No. DTFH61-06-D-00005
12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address United States Department of Transportation Federal Highway Administration 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590	13. Type of Report and Period Covered October 2008 – April 2010
14. Sponsoring Agency Code HOP
15. Supplementary Notes Mr. Richard E. Backlund, Federal Highway Administration, COTM
16. Abstract This publication is a resource designed to enable transportation planners and their planning partners to build a transportation plan that includes operations objectives, performance measures, and strategies that are relevant to their region, that reflect the community’s values and constraints, and that move the region in a direction of improved mobility and safety. It offers practitioners a menu of options for incorporating operations into their plans through an organized collection of sample operations objectives and performance measures. It also features excerpts from a model metropolitan transportation plan, illustrating the results of an objectives-driven, performance-based approach to planning for operations.
17. Key Words Metropolitan transportation planning, management and operations, operations objectives, performance measures, model plan, safety, reliability, efficiency, transit, freeway, arterial	18. Distribution Statement No restrictions.
19. Security Classification (of this report) Unclassified	20. Security Classification (of this page) Unclassified	21. No of Pages 162	22. Price N/A

1. Report No.

FHWA-HOP-10-027

2. Government Accession No.

3. Recipient's Catalog No.

4. Title and Subtitle

Advancing Metropolitan Planning for Operations: The Building Blocks of a Model Transportation Plan Incorporating Operations - A Desk Reference

5. Report Date

April 2010

6. Performing Organization Code

7. Author(s)

Phillip Worth (KAI), Jocelyn Bauer (SAIC), Michael Grant (ICF), Jessica Josselyn (KAI), Terence Plaskon (ICF), Mario Candia-Martinez (KAI), Brian Chandler (SAIC), Michael C. Smith (SAIC), Beth Wemple (KAI), Elizabeth Wallis (ICF), Anna Chavis (ICF), and Harrison Rue (ICF)

8. Performing Organization Report No.

9. Performing Organization Name and Address

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)
8301 Greensboro Drive, Mailstop E-12-3
McLean, VA 221021

Kittelson & Associates, Inc.
610 SW Alder St, Suite
Portland, Oregon 97205

ICF International, Inc.
700 9300 Lee Highway
Fairfax, VA 22031

10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS)

11. Contract or Grant No.

DTFH61-06-D-00005

12. Sponsoring Agency Name and Address

United States Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590

13. Type of Report and Period Covered

October 2008 – April 2010

14. Sponsoring Agency Code

HOP

15. Supplementary Notes

Mr. Richard E. Backlund, Federal Highway Administration, COTM

16. Abstract

This publication is a resource designed to enable transportation planners and their planning partners to build a transportation
plan that includes operations objectives, performance measures, and strategies that are relevant to their region, that reflect the
community’s values and constraints, and that move the region in a direction of improved mobility and safety. It offers practitioners a menu of options for incorporating operations into their plans through an organized collection of sample operations objectives and performance measures. It also features excerpts from a model metropolitan transportation plan, illustrating the results of an objectives-driven, performance-based approach to planning for operations.

17. Key Words

Metropolitan transportation planning, management and
operations, operations objectives, performance measures, model plan, safety, reliability, efficiency, transit, freeway, arterial

18. Distribution Statement

No restrictions.

19. Security Classification (of this report)

Unclassified

20. Security Classification (of this page)

Unclassified

21. No of Pages

162

22. Price

N/A

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