QUANTITATIVE CRITERION FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE FUNCTIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLIC ROADS

The Florida Department of Transportation is required by law to periodically evaluate the functional classification of public roads. The evaluations are to utilize formally adopted quantitative criteria. A quantification criterion, called the System Attribute Score (SAS), has been developed by the department. The procedure provides score values that indicate the probable functional classification of public roads. Its output is the product of two concurrent assessments. The first measures the satisfaction of threshold levels of certain road attributes such as traffic count, number of trucks, and length of road. The second evaluates the elemental role of a road in a transportation network that connects service end points (e.g., two urbanized areas, rural communities, and collector roads). Separate processes are included in the procedure to address the geosocial transportation differences among rural, urban, and urbanized areas. The SAS procedure provides the department with a quantitative criterion to utilize in the functional classification of public roads. However, functional classification will also consider other factors, including input from public hearings, as required by Florida statutes.

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• Authors:
  • Fregger, Stephan
  • Stanley, Dale K
  • Shriner, John H
  • Shiffer, Robert G
• Publication Date: 1985

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Tables;
• Pagination: pp 7-11
• Monograph Title: Planning, programming, and systems evaluation in the United States and developing countries
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1028
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Classification; Evaluation; Functions (Mathematics); Highways; Length; Quantitative analysis; Rural areas; Traffic counts; Trucks; Urban areas
• Uncontrolled Terms: Criteria; Highway classification; Quantifying
• Old TRIS Terms: Functions
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Motor Carriers; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00455807
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309039193
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: May 31 1986 12:00AM