Make Everyday a Special Event: National Dialogue on Operations

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Make Everyday a Special EventNational Dialogue
on Operations
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Traffic flow is a concern
Data not collected in 1995
Percentage of responses satisfied and very
satisfied shown
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VMT Versus Lane Mileage
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Where should we spend our dollars?
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Preferred Improvements
Percentage of Great Help responses shown
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How Realistic is this?

• Wanting congestion relief
• Without
• The pain of construction

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Full time, integrated Operations can
At least I called ahead and delayed the meeting

• Reduce Delay
• Improve Reliability
• Reduce fatalities and Injuries
• Restore a sense of control

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Operations Tool Box

• Weather Response
• Signal timing, synchronization
• Ramp meters, HOVs, HOTs
• Incident Management
• Work Zone Management
• Demand Management
• Access Parking
• Management
• More

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ITS allows the tools to be used dynamically
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Los Angelos
Atlanta
Sydney
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Whats the difference?

• A do-whatever-it-takes Operations Mission
• A group that is empowered
• with access to every available tool
• that is accountable

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Why cant we operate like this every day?
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Not My Mission..
Agency Primary Focus
State DOT Design, Construct Projects
Police Law enforcement
Emergency Response Saving lives, protecting
Parking ROI
Media Ratings, advertising, ROI
Special Event Task Force Make it work 24/7
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What would it take to
Make Everyday a Special Event
Legislation ?
Money?
Models ?
Practice Guidelines?
New institutions?
Research
Measures?
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National Steering Committee on Transportation
Operations

• Frank Francois (Chair)
• Stephen Lockwood (Vice Chair)

• Lillian Borrone
• Anne Canby
• Dennis Christiansen
• John Collins
• Lawrence Dahms
• Jack Goldstein
• David Hensing
• Dennis Keck
• Walter Kraft
• Thomas Larson

• William Millar
• Michael Meyer
• Wayne Shackelford
• Robert Skinner
• Peter Ruane
• Philip Tarnoff
• Joseph Sussman
• Douglas Wiersig
• James Wright

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The Vision A Transportation Systems Performance
Initiative

• Operations Definition
• Managing and operating the existing
  transportation system so that its performance
  exceeds customer expectations.

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From Dialogue to Action

• Research
• Draft Operations Research Agenda for TRB
• SHRP Theme
• Tools
• Operations Self Assessment Tool
• Measures
• Collecting data in 10 cities to test new
  reliability measure
• Developing a performance measure tool box

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Travel Time Reliability

• 1-week snapshot example
• Day-to-day comparison Same trip/same time

Reliable 3 of 5 days or 60
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From Dialogue to ActionOutreach
Association Dialogues
Agendas
Regional Meetings
Operations Summit
Agendas
Agenda
Public Safety Initiative
Agenda
Operations in Planning
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What would it take to Make Everyday a Special
Event?