diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatCsv.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatCsv.java
index 37b740810..9f4162d39 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatCsv.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatCsv.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ public String format(OsmTrack t) {
   }
 
   public void writeMessages(BufferedWriter bw, OsmTrack t) throws Exception {
-    dumpLine(bw, MESSAGES_HEADER);
+    dumpLine(bw, MESSAGES_HEADER.replace("\tUserOutput", rc.expctxWay.getUserOutputHeader()));
     for (String m : t.aggregateMessages()) {
       dumpLine(bw, m);
     }
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatJson.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatJson.java
index d84b78f4a..c6289d9c3 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatJson.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/FormatJson.java
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public String format(OsmTrack t) {
     //  ... traditional message list
     {
       sb.append("        \"messages\": [\n");
-      sb.append("          [\"").append(MESSAGES_HEADER.replaceAll("\t", "\", \"")).append("\"],\n");
+      sb.append("          [\"").append(MESSAGES_HEADER.replace("\tUserOutput", rc.userOutputHeader).replaceAll("\t", "\", \"")).append("\"],\n");
       for (String m : t.aggregateMessages()) {
         sb.append("          [\"").append(m.replaceAll("\t", "\", \"")).append("\"],\n");
       }
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/Formatter.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/Formatter.java
index 09bdb1da5..b97c752d5 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/Formatter.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/Formatter.java
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
 public abstract class Formatter {
 
-  static final String MESSAGES_HEADER = "Longitude\tLatitude\tElevation\tDistance\tCostPerKm\tElevCost\tTurnCost\tNodeCost\tInitialCost\tWayTags\tNodeTags\tTime\tEnergy";
+  static final String MESSAGES_HEADER = "Longitude\tLatitude\tElevation\tDistance\tCostPerKm\tElevCost\tTurnCost\tNodeCost\tUserOutput\tInitialCost\tWayTags\tNodeTags\tTime\tEnergy";
 
   RoutingContext rc;
 
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/MessageData.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/MessageData.java
index 0fde0f8db..3ef580681 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/MessageData.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/MessageData.java
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 package btools.router;
 
 
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
 final class MessageData implements Cloneable {
   int linkdist = 0;
   int linkelevationcost = 0;
@@ -35,12 +38,21 @@ final class MessageData implements Cloneable {
   int vnode1 = 999;
   int extraTime = 0;
 
+  // user output variables:
+  int userOutputCount = 0;
+  List<Float> userOutput = new ArrayList<>();
+
   String toMessage() {
     if (wayKeyValues == null) {
       return null;
     }
 
     int iCost = (int) (costfactor * 1000 + 0.5f);
+    String userOutputBlock="";
+    for (int i=0; i<userOutputCount; ++i) {
+      userOutputBlock += "\t" + (int) (userOutput.get(i) + 0.5f);
+    }
+
     return (lon - 180000000) + "\t"
       + (lat - 90000000) + "\t"
       + ele / 4 + "\t"
@@ -49,6 +61,7 @@ String toMessage() {
       + linkelevationcost
       + "\t" + linkturncost
       + "\t" + linknodecost
+      + userOutputBlock
       + "\t" + linkinitcost
       + "\t" + wayKeyValues
       + "\t" + (nodeKeyValues == null ? "" : nodeKeyValues)
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java
index f2851961d..f6da5dba6 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/ProfileCache.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ public final class ProfileCache {
 
   private BExpressionContextWay expctxWay;
   private BExpressionContextNode expctxNode;
+  private String userOutputHeader;
   private File lastProfileFile;
   private long lastProfileTimestamp;
   private boolean profilesBusy;
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ public static synchronized boolean parseProfile(RoutingContext rc) {
           if (rc.profileTimestamp == pc.lastProfileTimestamp) {
             rc.expctxWay = pc.expctxWay;
             rc.expctxNode = pc.expctxNode;
+            rc.userOutputHeader = pc.userOutputHeader;
             rc.readGlobalConfig();
             pc.profilesBusy = true;
             return true;
@@ -93,6 +95,7 @@ public static synchronized boolean parseProfile(RoutingContext rc) {
 
     rc.expctxWay.parseFile(profileFile, "global", rc.keyValues);
     rc.expctxNode.parseFile(profileFile, "global", rc.keyValues);
+    rc.userOutputHeader = rc.expctxWay.getUserOutputHeader();
 
     rc.readGlobalConfig();
 
@@ -118,6 +121,7 @@ public static synchronized boolean parseProfile(RoutingContext rc) {
     lru.lastProfileFile = profileFile;
     lru.expctxWay = rc.expctxWay;
     lru.expctxNode = rc.expctxNode;
+    lru.userOutputHeader = rc.userOutputHeader;
     lru.profilesBusy = true;
     lru.lastUseTime = System.currentTimeMillis();
     return false;
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingContext.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingContext.java
index d1ac1a24d..afcfc5f7d 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingContext.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/RoutingContext.java
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ public String getProfileName() {
   public BExpressionContextWay expctxWay;
   public BExpressionContextNode expctxNode;
 
+  public String userOutputHeader;
+
   public GeometryDecoder geometryDecoder = new GeometryDecoder();
 
   public int memoryclass = 64;
diff --git a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/StdPath.java b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/StdPath.java
index d7164a447..8a7c22b07 100644
--- a/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/StdPath.java
+++ b/brouter-core/src/main/java/btools/router/StdPath.java
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ protected double processWaySection(RoutingContext rc, double distance, double de
 
     if (message != null) {
       message.costfactor = costfactor;
+      message.userOutputCount = rc.expctxWay.getUserOutputCount();
+      for (int i=0; i<message.userOutputCount; ++i) {
+        message.userOutput.add(rc.expctxWay.getUserOutput(i));
+      }
     }
 
     sectionCost += dist * costfactor + 0.5f;
diff --git a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java
index e94677eb0..8af68858e 100644
--- a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java
+++ b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContext.java
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ public abstract class BExpressionContext implements IByteArrayUnifier {
   private int[] buildInVariableIdx;
   private int nBuildInVars;
 
+  private int nUserOutputVars;
+
+  private List<String> userOutputNames=new ArrayList<>();
+
   private float[] currentVars;
   private int currentVarOffset;
 
@@ -82,6 +86,17 @@ public abstract class BExpressionContext implements IByteArrayUnifier {
 
   public int[] noStartWays = new int[0];
 
+  public int getUserOutputCount() {
+    return nUserOutputVars;
+  }
+  public String getUserOutputHeader() {
+    String header="";
+    for (int i=0; i<nUserOutputVars; ++i) {
+      header+="\t"+userOutputNames.get(i);
+    }
+    return header;
+  }
+
   protected void setInverseVars() {
     currentVarOffset = nBuildInVars;
   }
@@ -92,6 +107,11 @@ public final float getBuildInVariable(int idx) {
     return currentVars[idx + currentVarOffset];
   }
 
+  public final float getUserVariable(int idx) {
+    return currentVars[idx];
+  }
+
+
   private int linenr;
 
   public BExpressionMetaData meta;
@@ -800,11 +820,22 @@ public void parseFile(File file, String readOnlyContext, Map<String, String> key
       lastAssignedExpression = null;
 
       // determine the build-in variable indices
-      String[] varNames = getBuildInVariableNames();
-      nBuildInVars = varNames.length;
+      List<String> varNames = new ArrayList<>(Arrays.asList(getBuildInVariableNames()));
+      nBuildInVars = varNames.size();
+      // find all userOutput variables and insert them to buildInVariables:
+      final String userOutputKeyword="userOutput";
+      for (String key : variableNumbers.keySet()) {
+        if (key.startsWith(userOutputKeyword)) {
+          varNames.add(key);
+          nBuildInVars++;
+          userOutputNames.add(key.substring(userOutputKeyword.length()));
+          nUserOutputVars++;
+        }
+      }
+
       buildInVariableIdx = new int[nBuildInVars];
-      for (int vi = 0; vi < varNames.length; vi++) {
-        buildInVariableIdx[vi] = getVariableIdx(varNames[vi], false);
+      for (int vi = 0; vi < varNames.size(); vi++) {
+        buildInVariableIdx[vi] = getVariableIdx(varNames.get(vi), false);
       }
 
       float[] readOnlyData = variableData;
diff --git a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContextWay.java b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContextWay.java
index 9726706d2..80a70fa9a 100644
--- a/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContextWay.java
+++ b/brouter-expressions/src/main/java/btools/expressions/BExpressionContextWay.java
@@ -98,6 +98,12 @@ public float getDownhillmaxslopecost() {
     return getBuildInVariable(19);
   }
 
+  public float getUserOutput(int idx) {
+    return getBuildInVariable(20+idx);
+  }
+
+
+
   public BExpressionContextWay(BExpressionMetaData meta) {
     super("way", meta);
   }
diff --git a/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md b/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md
index b1012c0a9..c5188f74f 100644
--- a/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md
+++ b/docs/developers/profile_developers_guide.md
@@ -420,6 +420,14 @@ calculations per way-section in the *Data*-tab.
 For profile debugging activate `assign processUnusedTags = true` to see all
 present OSM tags on the Data tab, not just those used in the tested profile.
 
+It can be useful to create user variables, beginning with the keyword
+"userOutput", which are shown in the data table of brouter-web, e.g.
+
+assign userOutputTraffic trafficcost
+assign userOutputSurface surfacecost
+
+adds two columns "Traffic" and "Surface" with the respective values
+for each sector between the "node$"- and "initial$"-column.
 
 Lookup-Table evolution and the the *major* and *minor* versions
 ---------------------------------------------------------------