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Appendix A - FTIS Instructions
Appendix A - FTIS Instructions
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One can obtain an initial peer grouping with FTIS with just a few clicks of a mouse, although more work is usually necessary to conduct a secondary screening that will narrow the list of potential peers to one appropriate for the particular peercomparison application being conducted. Once a final peer group is set, FTIS can be used to quickly find and export a variety of NTD-based performance measures as well create tables and graphs of the data.
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Identify performance measures 4b. Analyze performance Steps within FTISBenchmarking Process 1.
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If the comparison is to focus only on data for a single mode (e.g., light 1 Figure A3. INTDAS front page.
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Select Potential Peers The selected ("target") agency is listed in the top row of the table shown in Figure A5 ➊, with other agencies shown sorted by their "total likeness score" ➋ indicating their level of similarity with the target agency.
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Step 3c: Performing Secondary Screening Overview Some performance questions may require looking at a narrower set of potential peers than the TCRP Project G-11 methodology produces. For example, one case study described in this report involved an agency that did not have a dedicated local funding source and was interested in comparing itself to peers that did have that source of funding.
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. • F-30, Operating Expense: (One form per mode and service type.)
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Step 4a: Identify Performance Measures Specify Analysis Years, Modes, and Service Types Once the final peer group has been loaded, the remaining options in the "Select Groups" window filter the data that will be retrieved during the next step. 2 3 Figure A9.
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If there is no need to distinguish by service type, and all performance measures to be used in the analysis are included in the Florida Standard Variables, then simply check DP. If there is a need to distinguish by service type, then check the DO and/or PT boxes, depending on the analysis needs.
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Look here for pre-calculated performance ratios. • If a desired performance ratio is not part of the Florida Standard Variables, select the components of the ratio using one of the other boxes and manually calculate the ratio later on in a spreadsheet.
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This button opens a new window that can produce quick-summary reports, by mode and service type, for a default set of performance measures for the peer group. Organize Data in the Spreadsheet The ultimate goal of this sub-step is to create a twodimensional table for each performance measure, with (for 1 Figure A12.
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FTIS can be used as part of the process to call up descriptive data about a particular agency that might explain particular performance. The Step 4b description includes an example of using FTIS data to explain why a particular peer agency appears to perform well in comparison to its peers in a number of areas, but not for one particular measure.
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Vehicle miles QUALITY OF SERVICE Revenue miles Average speed OPERATING RATIOS Vehicle hours Average headway Farebox recovery Revenue hours Average age of fleet Local revenue per operating expense Route miles Number of incidents Operating revenue per op. expense N umber of vehicle system failures EXPENSES Revenue miles between failures VEHICLE UTILIZATION Total operating expense Vehicle miles per peak vehicle Total maintenance expense AVAILABILITY Vehicle hours per peak vehicle Total capital expense Revenue miles per route miles Revenue miles per vehicle mile W eekday span of service Revenue miles per vehicle REVENUE Route miles per square mile Revenue hours per vehicle Federal revenue State revenue LABOR PRODUCTIVITY Local revenue Revenue hours per employee Passenger trips per employee EMPLOYEES Total employees ENERGY UTILIZATION Transportation operating employees Vehicle miles per gallon Administrative employees Vehicle miles per kilowatt-hour VEHICLES FARE Vehicles available for max.
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