The Connection Between Planning & TSMO
NOCoE recently attended the Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah to discuss the connection between planning and transportation systems management and operations (TSMO).
While there, NOCoE talked with transportation leaders striving to connect TSMO with planning, including: Carlos Braceras, Executive Director of Utah DOT, Matt Hardy, Deputy Executive Director of ITE, and Shailen Bhatt, Senior Vice President and COO for AtkinsRéalis, who was also a founding board member of NOCoE in 2015.
They emphasize the importance of planning for all aspects of infrastructure, including devices and facilities used to better operate the transportation system. Shailen Bhatt highlighted how planning for non-recurring congestion can even enable road side responders working to quickly clear incidents. Carlos Braceras discussed the role planners can play in building the resiliency of the system and the ability to respond to natural disasters and systemwide disruptions.
Braceras emphasized: "if we're not thinking about operations in the planning stage, we're missing a big opportunity."
More insights can be found in the video above.
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