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Nowadays, there is a growing interest in federal governments to evaluate and measure performance of states transportation systems in order to budget allocation. In this study, 89 measures belonging to five elements of a transportation system (i.e., input, output, utility, market and environment) are investigated. Combining the elements, a transportation performance evaluation is addressed through three aspects (i.e., efficiency, effectiveness and efficacy). The method of Principal Component Analysis/Factor Analysis (PCA/FA), is used to design a conceptual algorithm through which a comprehensive index (composite index of transportation performance, ITP) is developed to evaluate the transportation system performance. Based on the developed methodology, the composite transportation performance index was determined for 50 states and federal district of the U.S. According to the developed index, states were categorized into five groups based on highest to least value of ITP. Therefore, the relative performance of transportation system among the U.S. states is demonstrated. Results showed while Districts of Columbia, Massachusetts, and New York have the best system performance; Mississippi, Alaska, and Wyoming have the worst transportation system performance.

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ABJ20 Standing Committee on Statewide Transportation Data and Information Systems.

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17-06578

English

18P

2017

Transportation Research Board 96th Annual Meeting

Digital/other

Figures; References; Tables

Algorithms; Performance measurement; States; Systems analysis; Transportation system management

Data and Information Technology; Highways; Planning and Forecasting

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2017 Paper #17-06578

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Dec 8 2016 12:41PM