Chapter 17 - Appendix R – Reports & Documentation

Section 1: Traffic Analysis Report

A suggested Traffic Analysis Report outline is as follows:
  1. Title Page
  2. Table of Contents
    1. List of Chapters and Sections
    2. List of Figures
    3. List of Tables
  3. Executive Summary
  4. Introduction
    1. Description of the proposed project
    2. Analysis objective and project scope
    3. Project location map
  5. Data Requirements
    1. Data requirements and data sources
    2. Data collection methodology
    3. Summary of data collection and field observations
  6. Analysis Methodology
    1. Analysis methodology and assumptions
      1. Multimodal considerations if any
    2. Analysis (geographical and time duration) boundary limits
    3. Analysis tool(s)
  7. Performance Measures
    1. Measures of Effectiveness
  8. Evaluation of Alternatives
    1. Existing conditions
    2. No-Build alternatives
      1. Future year traffic projections
      2. No-Build analysis
    3. Preliminary alternatives
      1. Development of project concepts
      2. Screening of concepts
    4. Build alternatives
      1. Alternatives considered
      2. Traffic projections, trip pattern/circulation routes and assumptions
      3. Design considerations
      4. Model development (microsimulation approach only)
      5. Operational analysis
    5. Alternative evaluation matrix and description of success/failure of alternatives
  9. Conclusions and Recommendations
  10. References
  11. Appendices:
    1. Raw Traffic Data (Counts, Travel Times, Historical Data)
    2. Traffic Projections
    3. Calibration Memo (microsimulation approach only)
    4. Traffic Analysis Outputs
    5. Alternatives Analysis