Transportation Operations Management Plan
The
Transportation Operations Management Plan (TOMP) is Delaware's comprehensive,
consistent statewide approach that uses integrated transportation management system
(ITMS) data to understand traffic mobility across the state. This understanding is
essential for the Delaware Department of Transportation (DelDOT) to ensure the state's
transportation system supports safe, reliable, and multimodal travel to make Delaware a
better place to live and conduct business.
The ITMS Program collects data from multiple robust sources using modern technology that enables DelDOT to monitor and manage mobility better than ever before. The real-time data collected for monitoring and dynamically managing the transportation system is also made available more widely as historical data to improve planning, design, and operations, such as is done for the TOMP. TOMP reports feed into DelDOT's project prioritization process, which uses not only operations data but also inputs such as safety data, environmental justice challenges, and multimodal mobility to select high-impact corridors for improvement. Identified projects are then submitted into the Capital Transportation Program, a document that identifies anticipated capital investments, to turn the recommendations
into reality.Current TOMP Reports
As part of the TOMP process, DelDOT collaborates with local stakeholders including the state's metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in Newark and Dover. DelDOT maintains a TOMP summary report for each county.
Methodology
Millions of traffic data points collected over several years have enabled unparalleled understanding of travelers' experiences with traffic in Delaware. TOMP reports are developed based in part on ITMS data collected automatically from various traffic monitoring devices and supplemented with data collected manually at select locations. This information is used to identify "hotspots" where congestion keeps travelers from reaching their destinations on time. Then, it is used to develop recommendations for each hotspot, which are presented in the TOMP report. Some solutions are already underway, some new ideas can be accomplished quickly in the short term, and other new ideas involve longer-term projects.
