NOCoE News: 10 Years of NOCoE

Student contest winners and 10th anniversary celebrations.
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January 10th, 2025

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Featured Resources
NOCoE Resources
Upcoming Webinars
TSMO in the News

Featured Resources

The National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) 10 Year Anniversary

NOCoE was launched in January 2015 at the TRB Annual Meeting and has provided hundreds of resources and services to the transportation industry since then. The resources are used by all 50 states, Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and many local and regional agencies. As NOCoE’s services have expanded, the website has been viewed over a million times and more than 40 states have contributed to its resources.

Throughout the year, NOCoE will highlight its past achievements and share plans for the future.

NOCoE would like to thank its partner agencies AASHTO (American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials), ITE—A Community of Transportation Professionals, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, and Federal Highway Administration.

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NOCoE's 10th Anniversary was celebrated at the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting in Washington D.C. Many gathered to honor our students, reminisce about past collaborations, and talk about what's new for NOCoE going forward.
4 images of people gathered at the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting and two people speaking with NOCoE's 10 Year Anniversary badge displayed on a screen

2025 TRB Student Contest Winner: LiTSMO from Tennessee State University

Congratulations to the LiTSMO team from Tennessee State University, winners of the 2025 TRB Student Contest! Their innovative project showcases a LiDAR solution for TSMO.

NOCoE sent this team to attend the 2025 TRB Annual Meeting and arranged opportunities for them to connect and meet with industry leaders and executives.
2025 Transportation Technology Tournament badge
2024 TTT Winning Team from University of Michigan on stage holding their trophy
2024 TTT Winning Team from University of Michigan

Launch Your Career in Intelligent Transportation Systems

The Transportation Technology Tournament (TTT) is an annual event hosted jointly by the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE), Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO), and the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) that connects student teams with public agencies to solve real-world transportation problems utilizing ITS and Transportation Systems & Operations (TSMO) solutions.

Former projects feature exciting solutions that include video detection, machine vision, Artificial Intelligence (AI), machine learning, digital twins, and more!

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Road Weather Spotlight: Snowplow Performance Metrics webinar. January 15th, 2025 from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. Register and Learn More button.

Road Weather Spotlight Webinar Series

The Road Weather Spotlight Series is a webinar series created by the FHWA RWMP and hosted by the National Operations Center of Excellence. These webinars offer speakers a platform to share with the road weather community their valuable insights into the latest challenges, innovations, and strategies impacting their transportation system and traveling public.

Since 2022, the Road Weather Spotlight Series has covered a wide range of important topics, such as road weather technological innovations, adverse weather, trainings, planned special events, and much more.
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NOCoE Resources

NOCoE Case Study of the Week. Oklahoma Construction App by Oklahoma DOT. Read The Full Report button

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) created Oktraffic.org, a comprehensive traffic information platform that integrates various data sources to reduce incidents and congestion, particularly in construction zones.

They developed the “Oklahoma Construction App” for precise project location data collection and streamlined internal organization. Local news channels and the public rely on Oktraffic.org for traffic updates.

It benefits ODOT employees by enhancing project organization and communication, with around 85% of projects mapped at all times. This initiative improves overall state communication and collaboration, benefiting both the public and ODOT.

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Work Zone Strategies to Improve Safety

PSE Spotlight Series: WC26 in Dallas and Taylor Swift Eras Tour in Indianapolis

Upcoming Webinars

Road Weather Spotlight: Snowplow Performance Metrics webinar. January 15th, 2025 from 1:00pm-2:30pm EST. Register and Learn More button.
Talking TIM January 2025 webinar. January 22nd 2025 1:30pm-3pm EST. Register Now button.
TMS Emerging Topics Series: TMCs Actively Managing the Use of Queue Warning Messages on Freeways webinar. February 19th 2025 11am-12:30pm EST. Register Now button.
Talking TIM: February 2025 webinar. February 26th, 2025 from 1:30pm-3:00pm EST. Register and Learn More button.
PSE Spotlight Series: March 2025 webinar. March 6th 2025 1pm-2:30pm EST. Register Now button.

TSMO in the News

Alaska DOT receives $12.4M grant to enhance safety in remote regions (KYUR-TV)
Six State DOTs Receive FHWA Workforce Training Grants (AASHTO Journal)
Fare-free transit programs boost youth ridership on public transportation statewide (Washington State DOT)

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NOCoE provides services to the transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) community to saves lives, improve travel times, and enhance economic vitality. With an emphasis on workforce development, NOCoE aims to assist in the deployment of technologies and the mainstreaming of TSMO solutions by fostering education, networking, communication, and knowledge transfer.

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