Cost Strategy 5: State/Caltrans-HQ Level, with Research

Used state-wide, including research—Considering funding of the Connected Corridors Program as a holistic approach to TSM&O over the last 10 years.

Include

All items in preceding strategies, plus:

Research

Caltrans has invested in basic research related to traffic management. The three most relevant investments are in the areas of Decision Support, new Data Sources, and Data Fusion. These are referred to as the TOPL tools, the Data Task Orders, and the ICM task orders.

Exclude

Nothing

Used for

“How much have we spent on the overall vision of traffic management?”
Demonstrating the significant level of commitment that Caltrans has to Corridor Management and to TSM&O