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Assessment of Insourcing/Outsourcing Practices for Traffic Monitoring Data Collection
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2016-04-01
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Abstract:The State Departments of Transportation (DOTs), Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs) and local transportation agencies have been conducting traffic monitoring activities in conjunction with the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Traffic Monitoring Guide for over 30 years. Part of their role includes collecting quality data for a vast array of uses for their own internal programs, Federal uses and the general public. State DOT highway travel monitoring program personnel is continually challenged to maintain or expand their programs as well as implement advanced traffic monitoring technologies such as highway traffic monitoring data collection hardware and traffic statistics data management software. Over the years, numerous changes have occurred in the technologies available, improvement in quality of the traffic counting methods, the need for more efficient traffic counting programs and expanded scope of traffic data collection. Changes in how these traffic counting functions are performed have led some agencies to considering or moving toward contracting out various parts of their counting program (outsourcing) while others have continued to perform their activities using their own internal staff insourcing). This report presents the findings of the assessment of state DOTs, MPOs, and local transportation agencies’ resourcing practices for all aspects associated with traffic data collection activities under three categories: 1) equipment installation, 2) permanent and portable counts, and 3) other/non-traditional contracting practices. The report shares the insight that was gained into the rationale behind agencies’ decision-making processes by collecting data from approximately 80 agencies and conducting interviews with approximately 30 agencies throughout the U.S. The report summarizes the findings regarding agency practices for resourcing in several categories such as staffing, equipment, quality assurance/quality control, funding, and technology, along with some of the rationale behind the agencies’ resourcing decisions, challenges the agencies have been facing, and methods they employed to overcome them. The report is intended to serve as a resource document to initiate dialogue between the state DOTs, MPOs, and local agencies to learn from each other’s experiences. The report also provides a conceptual framework about the key considerations for developing decision-support mechanisms for the agencies to evaluate their current resourcing profiles.
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