In the following, we are trying to gather information from you in order to conduct the technical analysis of the feasibility of installing ramp metering at a specific on-ramp. The analysis consists of specific analyses on congestion crashes, and geometrics. Please answer ALL the questions. For questions that you are not exactly sure, please provide the best estimates. The expert system will provide a separate score for each of the congestion, crash, and geometrics analyses. The overall score for this technical analisis will be a weighted average of the three individual analyses.

Right-most lane volume (vph, must be in the range 0-2200) :
Ramp volume (vph, must be in the range 0-2200) :
On-ramp truck volume percentage (%, must be in the range 0-100) :
Does a bottleneck exist downstream of the on-ramp?		Yes   No
If yes, is the bottleneck mainly due to the on-ramp merge?		Yes   No
Average vehicle length (ft, default = 15 ft, must be in the range 5-100) :
Total # of Crashes (per million VMT, must be in the range 0.0-10000.0) :
# of fatality ONLY crashes (per million VMT, must be in the range 0.0-10000.0) :
# of injury ONLY crashes (per million VMT, must be in the range 0.0-10000.0) :
# of property damage ONLY crashes (per million VMT, must be in the range 0.0 -10000.0) :
Mainline acceleration lane length (ft, must be in the range 10.0-20000.0) :
Length of on-ramp storage (primary queue) lane (ft, must be in the range 10-20000) :
# of onramp lanes (must be in the range 1-4) :
Ramp grade (%, must be in the range 0-100) :
Does HOV lane need to be built?		Yes   No
Does enforcement area need to be built?		Yes   No
If yes, can the enforcement area be built?		Yes   No
Is mainline detector available?		Yes   No
Is communication with TMC available?		Yes   No
Can mainline acceleration lane be extended?		Yes   No
Can the on-ramp storage (primamry queue) lane be extended?		Yes   No
Is the meter to be installed in Los Angeles of California (District 7) ?		Yes   No

In the following, we are trying to gather information from you in order to conduct the institutional analysis of the feasibility of installing ramp metering at a specific on-ramp. For each of the questions, please provide a score with 1 for absolutely no or unsure and 5 for absolutely yes or sure. You may skip certain questions by clicking the "Skip" button; however, this will reduce the relevance of the results the expert system produces for the institutional analysis.

Public Relations Questions :
- Have you conducted PR required for marketing, outreach, education, and feedback?	1 2 3 4 5
Performance Monitoring Questions :
- Have you determined performance measures to be used?	1 2 3 4 5
- Have you identified data required for performance monitoring?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you collect data required for PeMs?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you run analysis to measure performance?	1 2 3 4 5
Operating Procedure Question :
- Have you determined adequate operating procedures?	1 2 3 4 5
Inter-Jurisdiction Questions :
- Have you determined which jurisdictions are impacted and how?	1 2 3 4 5
- Have you determined the type and level of inter-agency coordination required for O&M?	1 2 3 4 5
- Have you determined the type and level of inter-agency coordination required for enforcement (CHP, etc.)?	1 2 3 4 5
Staffing Questions :
- Have you determined the specific staff functions and required skills?	1 2 3 4 5
- Have you determined the adequate # of staffers needed?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you hire and train staff?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you retain sufficient # of staff with adequate skills?	1 2 3 4 5
Agency Commitment Questions :
- Can you secure required technical means, tools, & resources from your agency for initial planning?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you secure required technical means, tools, & resources from your agency for engineering design?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you secure required technical means, tools, & resources from your agency for field construction ?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you secure required technical means, tools, & resources from your agency for O&M (project life time or at least 5 years)?	1 2 3 4 5
Funding Question :
- Can you secure sufficient funding for the project for initial planning?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you secure sufficient funding for the project for engineering design?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you secure sufficient funding for the project for field construction ?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you secure sufficient funding for the project for O&M (project life time or at least 5 years)?	1 2 3 4 5
Legal and Tort Liability (LTL) Questions :
- Have you identified potential legal and tort liability issues for Environmental impacts?	1 2 3 4 5
- Have you identified potential legal and tort liability issues for Highway safety?	1 2 3 4 5
- Have you identified potential legal and tort liability issues for Impacts on local businesses?	1 2 3 4 5
- Can you obtain clearance from your legal division to proceed?	1 2 3 4 5
Ramp Metering Development Plan (RMDP) Questions :
- Is the subject ramp contained in the RMDP?	1 2 3 4 5
Upstream and Downstream Questions :
- Is the upstream ramp metered?	1 2 3 4 5
- Is the downstream ramp metered?	1 2 3 4 5
Adjacent Jurisdiction Question :
- Are adjacent jurisdictions using ramp metering?	1 2 3 4 5

Benefit Cost (BC) Analysis :
This analysis is to perform the benefit/costs analysis to assess if building the meter is cost effective. Note that the analysis here is rather high level and rough, just to give some general ideas to users of the potential benefits and costs of installing a meter. Detailed benefits and costs analysis can be performed later once users decide that ramp meter is going to be installed.
- By receiving potential benefits and costs related to ramp metering, how beneficial do you think it will be to install a meter at the given on-ramp?			1 2 3 4 5