Long Description: Initial Planning Activities Checklist - Step 5
Step 5. Event Operations Planning
Assessment: Performance Goals and Objectives
If Assessment applies:
- Identify Performance Goals and Objectives for:
- User Event Patron
- Non-Attendee road user
- Bus user
Tips/Examples:
- Minimize travel delay to and from event
- Minimize conflict in vehicle flow
- Minimize travel safety hazards
- Increase automation of traffic control
- Maximize parking ingress/egress
- Maximize freeway off-ramp/onramp flow rates
- Disseminate accurate, timely and consistent traveler information
- Maintain required parking and access for local residents and businesses
- Maintain access for emergency vehicles
- Disseminate accurate and timely information on traffic plan and access passes
- Maintain reliable and frequent bus service
- Minimize bus headways
- Disseminate accurate and consistent Park-N-Ride information
Step 6. Selection of Measures of Effectiveness
Assessment: Identify Internal MOEs for stakeholder evaluation
If Assessment applies:
- Determine data requirements, collection methods, and specific measures in event operations planning phase in order to collect data and log activities on the day(s)-of-event
- Select performance measures beneficial to stakeholders in helping them evaluate traffic management team activity
- Consider measures that assess the quality of activity and not just quantity
Tips/Examples:
Example internal MOEs include:
- Time required to deploy and remove strategies
- No. of road/lane closures and time/duration
- Traveler information device day-of-event message log
- No. of traffic signal timing changes
- No. and type of service patrol assists
- No. of messages transmitted between personnel
Assessment: Identify External MOEs identifiable by public
If Assessment applies:
- Determine data requirements, collection methods, and specific measures in event operations planning phase in order to collect data and log activities on the day(s)-of-event
- Select performance measures clearly experienced by most spectators attending a special event and are factors most likely to be noted by the public
- Consider measures that serve as key inputs into planning for the next event occurrence
Tips/Examples:
Example external MOEs include:
- Volume of traffic on facilities serving event
- Travel time and delay on highways and streets
- Average vehicle occupancy and modal split
- Parking occupancy and arrival/departure times
- No. of traffic incidents and clearance times
