Evaluating Alternative Operations Strategies to Improve Travel Time ...

SHRP 2 L11: Final Report
Table 6.2 - Key Agency Management, Organization, and Resources Allocation
Strategies - Continued
Strategy Treatments Possible Impact on Reliability
Barriers to
Institutional
Change
Develop program-level budget
estimate
State funding
ineligible for SO&M
1.3.Establish
SO&M as High
Priority Budget Item
Introduce SO&M as a top level
agency budget line item
Develop acceptance of
sustainable resourcing from
state funds
A dedicated budget will ensure that
Agencies have the funds available to
implement the various strategies and
treatments available to improve travel
time reliability.
Competition for
resources from
other program
backlogs
State funding
ineligible for SO&M
Develop methodology for trade
offs
No performance
outcome measures
Agree on operational roles and
procedures with PSAs
Conflicting partner
priorities
1.4.Identify
Opportunities for
public-private
partnerships
Identify opportunities for joint
operations activities with local
government/MPOs
Develop procedures that
accommodate partners’ goals
and maximize mobility
(minimum disruption) MOUs
Bringing together the functional and/or
geographic priorities of various
agencies will allow for cooperated
efforts to effectively apply strategies
and treatments, with key roles played
by several parties.
Conflicting partner
priorities
Conflicting partner
priorities
Rationalize staff versus
outsourcing activities,
responsibilities and oversight
Conflicting partner
priorities
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