Abstract:At present, it is urgently to establish a new way of traffic management conforming the characteristics and laws of megacities in Shanghai so as to further enhance the radiation capacity of traffic. Relying on the urban functional orientation of Shanghai, starting from the promotion of the traffic facility efficiency and the improvement of the traffic service quality, the necessity of constructing a traffic operation evaluation index system for Shanghai is analyzed. From the multiple dimensions of serving Shanghai, serving the citizens and improving the wisdom management, the multi-level displayable, traceable and analyzable comprehensive indicator system and application scenarios are introduced. The establishment and application of the evaluation index system has played an important role in assisting the planning decisions of traffic infrastructure and improving the urban transportation management level in Shanghai, which has the reference value for improving the traffic qualities of urban traffic planning, traffic management, traffic governance and other aspects.