Person hours of delay was estimated by multiplying the average vehicle occupancy by the vehicle hours of delay. Average vehicle occupancies were developed for each individual county using the newly developed FTO methodology with data from the Crash Analysis Reporting System.

• Area Type
  • Urbanized Area: An area with a population of at least 50,000 people.
  • Non-Urbanized Area: An area with a population less than 50,000 people.
• Average Vehicle Occupancy: The average number of persons in a vehicle. Average vehicle occupancies were developed by Systems Forecasting & Trends Office (SFT) for each individual county using data from the Crash Analysis Reporting System. Details can be found in the full methodology report.
• Context Classification: A classification assigned to a roadway that broadly identifies the various built environments in Florida, based on existing or future land use characteristics, development patterns, and the roadway connectivity of an area. For more information about context class, please reference methodology document.
• Facility Type
  • Arterials: Signalized roadways that primarily serve through traffic with average signalized intersection spacing of two miles or less.
  • Highways: High speed roadways with signal spacing greater than two miles per signal.
  • Freeway: A multilane, divided highway with at least two lanes for exclusive use of traffic in each direction and full control of ingress and egress.
• Highway System: An integrated network of roads and highways for motor and non-motor transport. Each highway system has roadways that are exclusive to their respective system.
  • National Highway System (NHS): Roads designated by Congress as nationally important for inter-regional travel, including roads designated as connectors to NHS intermodal facilities.
  • State Highway System (SHS): Roads under the jurisdiction of the State of Florida, and maintained by the Florida Department of Transportation or a regional transportation commission; includes roads with Interstate, US, and SR numbers.
  • Strategic Intermodal System (SIS): Transportation system created by the Florida Legislature in 2003 to include statewide and regionally significant facilities and services, containing all forms of transportation for moving both people and goods, including linkages that provide for smooth and efficient transfers between modes and major facilities.
• Person Hours of Delay: Additional travel time experienced by all occupants of a vehicle beyond what would be experienced under uncongested conditions.
• Reporting Periods
  • Peak Hour: 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. on a weekday. This hour is chosen to allow consistent comparisons among transportation modes. It may not be the hour of greatest travel for any given roadway, mode or area. The majority of travel typically occurs during the PM peak hour resulting in more congestion in the PM peak than observed in the AM peak.
  • Daily: For the average 24-hour day.
  • Yearly: Includes all the calendar days in a year, excluding State of Florida holidays and weekends
• Segment: A portion of roadway defined by two boundary points.
• Vehicular Traffic Volume: The number of vehicles crossing a section of road during a specified time period.