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Applying a Regional ITS Architecture to Support Planning for Operations: A Primer

This primer contains information and opportunities for incorporating the regional ITS architecture to enhance planning for operations. It focuses on the use of an objectives-driven, performance-based approach to planning for operations. The primer guides planners and operators through ways to inc

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination: A Primer for Working Together to Improve Transportation Safety, Reliability, and Security

The goal of this document is to aid managers and officials in constant collaboration with each other. It helps those professionals understand what regional collaboration entails, why it is important, and how to begin. It will also help previously established relationships improve their coordination
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Getting More By Working Together-Opportunities for Linking Planning and Operations: A Reference Manual

This resource guide's purpose is to help planning and operations managers understand why working together is valuable, and further understand the benefits of pursuing management and operations strategies at the regional scale. The guide explains how existing relationships can be strengthened, and

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The Collaborative Advantage: Realizing the Tangible Benefits of Regional Operations Collaboration

There are a multitude of benefits from participating in multi-agency collaborative efforts for regional transportation operations, including additional funding and resource accessibility, improvements in agency operations and productivity, and increased ability to meet mobility and safety goals.

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Statewide Opportunities for Linking Planning and Operations: A Primer

This primer's goal is to raise awareness of the benefits and opportunities for coordinating planning and operations activities within State DOT's. To achieve this goal, the primer provides a plethora of information, including describing how planning and operations are relevant to each other, how

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD): Part 6. Temporary Traffic Control

Part 6 of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices focuses on temporary traffic control (TTC) and how TTC devices are applied in a variety of situations. Part 6 also highlights that all road users, including pedestrians, motorists, and bicyclists, are considered an essential part of highway con
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State-of-the Practice

Every Day Counts - Smarter Work Zones: Technology Applications

ITS technology makes travel through and around work zones safer and more efficient by collecting information, analyzing it, and adapting to it in the best way possible. This webpage includes a variety of resources on many different ITS applications specifically present in work zones. This include

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Every Day Counts - Smarter Work Zones: Project Coordination

This webpage holds various examples of how cities and regions have coordinated road projects and their associated benefits. Also included is a webinar recording on Work Zone Project Coordination, which was held in September of 2012.

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FHWA R&T Now - May/June 2015

The U.S. Federal Highway Administration has released the latest issue of its Research and Technology (R&T) Now news update. The update reports on research, technology, and development activities taking place within the U.S. Department of Transportation.

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