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171 Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 1. Organizational Structure and Staffing for TSM&O Planners with limited TSM&O background Needed staff capabilities for planning identified and specified Key relationships and needed capacities established Formalized TSM&O organizational structure and position descriptions accommodated L 1 to L 2 Identify needed core technical capabilities for all dimensions within individual agencies.
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172 INCORPORATING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESSES: TECHNICAL REFERENCE Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 2. Planning Cooperation/ Collaboration for TSM&O No formal planning or programming for TSM&O TSM&O consideration at individual unit/ agency level Coordination/ sharing of multiagency TSM&O planning via existing technical committees TSM&O integrated into regional interagency multimodal planning (single process)
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173 INCORPORATING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESSES: TECHNICAL REFERENCE Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 3. TSM&O Goals and Objectives None related specifically to dealing with improving TSM&O TSM&O and related objectives understood/ incorporated as agency policy objective Overall agency policy/ objectives/ strategies adjusted to accommodate TSM&O TSM&O given appropriate agency priority in plan/ program L 1 to L 2 Identify current/ potential uses of policy in planning and resource allocation for TSM&O.
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174 INCORPORATING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESSES: TECHNICAL REFERENCE Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 4. TSM&O Performance Measurement None used for TSM&O planning and programming Output data reported from monitoring and utilized in TSM&O strategy improvement Objectives-based outcome measures developed/ reported and utilized Outcome measures incorporated into policy, strategy, and project-level planning L 1 to L 2 Establish agency policy regarding use of performance measures in policy/ programming (including FHWA requirements)
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175 INCORPORATING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESSES: TECHNICAL REFERENCE Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 5. TSM&O Needs/Deficiency Analysis and Forecasting No analysis of current or anticipated TSM&O shortfalls Rules of thumb used to identify remediable TSM&O-related deficiencies TSM&O-related forecasting used to identify future deficiencies and related strategies Integration of TSM&O within overall forecasting and deficiency analysis L 1 to L 2 Establish agency/ partner commitments to use of needs/ deficiency thresholds to identify improvements.
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176 INCORPORATING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESSES: TECHNICAL REFERENCE Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 6. TSM&O Plan Development TSM&O improvements committed on opportunistic basis Budget-constrained evaluation of strategies on jurisdictional basis Routine life-cycle comparison of TSM&O with capacity strategies TSM&O integrated into overall agency priority setting, planning, and programming L 1 to L 2 Review focus function of planning activities (statewide vs.
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177 INCORPORATING RELIABILITY PERFORMANCE MEASURES INTO THE TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AND PROGRAMMING PROCESSES: TECHNICAL REFERENCE Levels of Capability and Strategies to Improve to Next Level Dimension Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 7. TSM&O Implementation and Feedback Some TSM&O implemented Performance reviewed on regular basis and applications adjusted Performance outcomes used to "tune" and expand TSM&O strategies and improve procedures Real-time operational adjustments to optimize TSM&O synergies L 1 to L 2 Identify key procedure and protocol features that impact individual TSM&O application effectiveness.
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RELATED RESEARCH FOR L05 Institutional Architectures to Improve Systems Operations and Management (L06) Identification and Evaluation of the Cost-Effectiveness of Highway Design Features to Reduce Nonrecurrent Congestion (L07)
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