Arizona TMC O&M Cost Per Year
Arizona, United States
The Transportation Management Center Staffing and Scheduling for Day-to-Day Operations technical document provides guidance, useful strategies, suggested approaches and techniques, and recommended practices to assure transportation management centers (TMCs) are adequately staffed to meet service demands.
The study indicated that personnel payroll costs are most often the predominant cost factor in O&M budgets for service operations. To be cost-effective, TMCs must generate efficient schedules and optimize staffing levels. The data below extracted from Figure A.2 (2005) of the source report identifies O&M cost items in the Arizona TMC budget.
Budget Item
|
Annual Cost
|
---|---|
Personnel |
$920,000
|
Equipment and Supplies |
$320,000
|
Operations Support |
$300,000
|
Utilities |
$200,000
|
Building Maintenance |
$120,000
|
Software Licenses |
$100,000
|
Training |
$40,000
|
TOTAL |
$2 million
|
The Arizona TMC operates 24/7 and performs three primary functions: Incident Management, Traffic Management, and Traveler Information. The TMC includes an administrative unit, a project development unit, and a unit that maintains day-to-day operations at the TMC. Each day includes three shifts: morning (6:00 AM to 2:00 PM), evening (2:00 PM to 10:00 PM) and night (10:00 PM to 6:00 AM).
Staffing levels for day-to-day operations were reported as follows:
- Full-time state employees (1 Operations supervisor; 3 Operations shift supervisors; 9 Operators)
- Part-time students and interns (3 Operators per shift)
Transportation Management Center Staffing and Scheduling for Day-to-Day Operations
TMC Service Operations: $2 million per year.