Florida Department of

TRANSPORTATION

Systems Planning Office

Significant Changes from the 2000 HCM to 2010 HCM

Multimodal

• The 2010 HCM encourages users to consider all modes of travel on a facility when performing analyses and making decisions. The new approach will focus on traveler perspective and evaluate the trade-offs between modes

 
• The Urban Streets chapter within the Interrupted Flow portion of the 2010 HCM delivers a multimodal evaluation including how the presence of one mode affects other modes. The service measures for automobile, pedestrian, bicycle, and transit performance are included.

 



Arterial Classes

• In the 2000 version of the HCM there were 4 identified arterial classes. These classes were differentiated largely by signal density and posted speed limits. The 2010 HCM no longer differentiates arterials by class, ultimately categorizing all arterials into one class.

 
• The Department is actively conducting research on arterial classes to determine the best way to evaluate arterials into the future. Conceptually, a suburban arterial with signal density of 2 per mile and a posted speed limit of 50 mph does not have the same attributes as an arterial in a central business district with a posted speed limit of 30 mph and 5 signals per mile.

 

Analysis Technique Differences - 2010 HCM vs. FDOT 2012 LOS

On the State Highway System some analysis techniques described in the Q/LOS Handbook/LOSPLAN were used instead of the techniques in the HCM/HCS or other related methodologies: The following provides a synopsis of the analysis technique differences.

       Synopsis of the analysis technique differences

      Supporting Florida Based Research
             Rural Freeway LOS
             Arterial Facility LOS