Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority’s (WMATA) Rail Operations Control Center (ROCC) created a program team, internally known as the Transformation Team, to implement changes on a two-year schedule to increase safety and efficiency in operations. Benefits included new approaches f
The San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC)’s partners with the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) and the California Highway Patrol (CHP) to lead the Bay Area Incident Management Task Force (IMTF). MTC has been working with the IMTF to build a data-dri
To help overcome the operational obstacles posed by a growing tourism industry, the North Region of the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) designed and deployed adaptive signal control technologies (ASCT), CCTV cameras, and WiFi/Bluetooth readers aimed not only at reducing congestion, i
Every year, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Automated Permit Routing and Analysis System (APRAS) issues over 400,000 Special Hauling Oversized/Overweight (OS/OW) permits. As the carriers’ and permit services’ business processes modernized, the original APRAS developed in 1
In 2020, the Office of Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART) and ITS Development was renamed the Office of Transportation Mobility and Operations (OTMO). In collaboration with the Office of Traffic and Safety (OOTS), the integration of signal operations into the State Operations Cente
When the Statewide Operations Center (SOC) of the Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) opened in 1995, it was the nation’s first statewide traffic management center. As SHA’s TSMO obligations have grown, the SOC’s capabilities and responsibilities have exp
In this case study you will learn:
How Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration (MDOT SHA) uses TSMO strategies and technology deployments to facilitate parallel freeway-arterial traffic management, continued incident management, safety, m
Texas has ten urban areas ranked in the top 20% congested areas in the US. It is forecasted to grow from 30 million to 45 million people by 2040, further increasing vehicle-miles travelled and congestion. Meanwhile, Texas experiences more than 4,000 roadway fatalities annually. In r
I-270 is a critical 30-mile interstate from I-70 in Frederick, MD to I-495 in Washington, DC, carrying over 200,000 vehicles per day in some segments. I-270 has been plagued by recurring and non-recurring congestion and delays for many years. In 2016, Maryland Department of Transpor
Traffic volumes are increasing as more people move to Arizona. Fatalities and crashes are trending higher. In some situations, speed differentials from non-recurring incidents, congestion, or work zones can cause crashes into the back-of-queue. The Arizona Department of Transportati
