Abstract
Prospective evaluations (evaluations prior to system installation) and retrospective evaluations (evaluations after system operation commences) are necessary to ensure that implemented systems satisfy the stakeholders’ requirements upon which they are based. To be effective, these evaluations require methods for performing annualized benefit and cost analyses. Selection of parameters for assessing benefits, and identification of key parameters associated with for benefits estimation are important for these evaluations. These topics along with planning requirements for project evaluations after operation commences are covered. The impact of evaluation requirements on system design are discussed. Methodologies that may be used to implement retrospective evaluations with emphasis on the use of traffic management systems may be used to automatically collect data and compute the measures are included.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Notes
- 1.
To qualify for federal aid funding, the project must be included in the Transportation Improvement Plan prepared by the metropolitan planning organization.
References
Maccubin RP et al (2003) Intelligent transportation systems benefits and costs: 2003 update. Report FHWA-0P-03-075. Mitretek Systems, Inc., Washington, DC
Taylor GA (1975) Managerial and engineering economy, 2nd edn. D. Van Nostrand Company, New York
ITS Benefits Database. www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov Online 23 Oct 2014
Highway mobility operations manual (2005) Oregon Department of Transportation
Development of a project evaluation methodology framework for Canadian Intelligent Transportation Systems (2007) Delcan
Houston TranStar 2012 Annual Report. houstontranstar.org. Accessed 4 Dec 2013
ITS data archiving: five-year program description (2000) U.S. DOT
Turner S (201) Guidelines for developing ITS data archiving systems. Report 2127-3. Texas Department of Transportation, Texas Transportation Institute, U.S. DOT
Bertini RL et al (2005) Experience implementing a user service for archived intelligent transportation systems data. Transport Res Rec 1817:90–99
Gordon R (2012) Methodologies to measure and quantify transportation management center benefits. FHWA Report FHWA-HRT-12-054, Washington, DC
Park B (2005) Transportation management system performance monitoring, evaluation and reporting—a technical handbook. FHWA Report FHWA-HOP-07-142. University of Virginia
Shaw T (2003) Performance measurements of operational effectiveness for highway segments and systems. NCHRP Synthesis 311, Transportation Research Board
Schrank D, Eisele B, Lomax T (2012) TTI’s 2012 urban mobility report. Texas A&M Transportation Institute, Dec 2012
Moore JE, Giuliano G, Cho S (2004) Secondary accident rates on Los Angeles freeways. J Transp Eng 130(3):280–285
Poister TH, Berryman AF, Roberts A, Xu J (2006) Motorist survey pilot statewide results. Georgia State University, 2007, Online 31 Oct 2014
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Gordon, R. (2016). Evaluation of System Design and Operation. In: Intelligent Transportation Systems. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14768-0_9
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14768-0_9
Publisher Name: Springer, Cham
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-14767-3
Online ISBN: 978-3-319-14768-0
eBook Packages: EnergyEnergy (R0)