Using Operations-Oriented Performance Measures to Support Freeway Management Systems

Project Description

Traffic management centers monitor the conditions of the roadways, respond to incidents, improve the flow of traffic, and strive to increase the efficiency of the freeway system. Many operational strategies are employed to meet those challenges. Currently, there is no methodology by which those operational strategies are assessed to determine their benefit and improve the overall decision-making process.

When combined with an assessment mechanism, performance measurement concepts can be used to judge the effectiveness of various strategies. This can be applied to operational- and emissions-based strategies as well as to special situations, such as managed lanes. The goal of this project is to create a framework for TxDOT to utilize performance measures to enhance the decision-making process. Creating this process will help make performance measurement an integral part of TxDOT's traffic management software and be another tool for meeting the travel challenges of congestion, incidents, and changing roadway conditions. This enhances the core capabilities of TxDOT as well as improves the daily travels of millions of people in the state.

Project Publications

Operations-Oriented Performance Measures for Freeway Management Systems: Year 1 Report 0-5292-1

Operations-Oriented Performance Measures for Freeway Management Systems: Final Report 0-5292-2

Using Operations-Oriented Performance Measures to Support Freeway Management Systems 0-5292-S

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