Figure 8. Diagram. Approach to planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors.

Flow-chart of the process of planning for transportation systems management and operations within corridors. The process steps are:

• Step 1: Getting Started: Scoping the Effort and Building a Team
• Step 2: Gathering Information on Current and Future Context and Conditions
• Step 3: Developing an Outcome-Oriented Operational Concept
  
  • Corridor Goals
  • Corridor Operations Objectives
  • Performance Measures
• Step 4: Identifying Operations Performance Needs, Gaps, and Opportunities
• Step 5: Developing an Integrated TSMO Approach
  • Identifying TSMO Strategies Based on Operations Objectives and Performance Needs
  • Evaluating TSMO Strategies
  • Selecting TSMO Strategies
• Step 6: Programming for TSMO on Corridors
• Step 7: Implementing

The process then loops back to Step 2 via monitoring and maintaining the level of operations over time.