NOCoE News: New Maintenance Work Zones Peer Exchange Report

Plus, join the June 2026 FHWA Virtual Stakeholder Meeting
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May 28, 2026

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Peer Exchange Report
FHWA Stakeholder Meeting
Webinar Recordings
Upcoming Webinars
Industry News
NOCoE News

NOCoE Peer Exchange: Enhancing Work Zone Safety

“Speed kills" is nowhere more true than in work zones, where reduced clearances and shifting roads heighten risks for both motorists and crew. 

In February, NOCoE hosted a peer exchange on work zone safety focused on leveraging TSMO strategies to boost safety and efficiency. Agency peers engaged in collaborative problem-solving, sharing real-world successes, challenges, and lessons learned across key areas, including:
  • Workforce training and development
  • Work zone technologies and data exchanges  
  • Traveler information and messaging
This exchange provided a vital roadmap for agencies to adapt proven practices to help save lives.

 
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2026 Virtual Road Weather Management Stakeholder Meeting

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) is hosting a virtual stakeholder meeting focused on road weather management. Sessions will take place from June 9 to 11, 2026, between 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET each day.
The high-level agenda includes:
  • Daily Download: Pooled fund study updates, winter operation plans, capability maturity framework, Pathfinder, and National Snow and Ice Data Center.
  • Updates and innovations focusing on winter weather, operation and research, social media and crowdsourcing, tornadoes, weather safety and education, hurricane preparedness, and notable storms.
The sessions will follow a high-speed format focusing on important outcomes and a few talking points.

Please reach out with any questions to sarah.whitlock@icf.com.  
 
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Webinar Recordings

Road Weather Spotlight Series: Notable Storms

Upcoming Webinars

SSP Idea Sharing Network: SSP Training
June 16, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT

Description
Join the SafeHighways.org Safety Service Patrol (SSP) Idea Sharing Network for a virtual peer-to-peer discussion focused on SSP Training. This interactive session is designed to encourage open conversation and collaboration among SSP professionals from across the country.

Participants are invited to share training resources, strategies, and lessons learned, including approaches that have been successful, as well as methods that may not have delivered the intended results. The discussion will explore a variety of timely training topics, including VR training tools, SSP training facilities, the economic impact of struck-by incidents, recertifications, and more.

If you’d like to share any resources ahead of the session date, please email SSP@safehighways.org.
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Talking TIM: June 2026
June 24, 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

Description
The Talking TIM webinar series provides a forum where TIM practitioners can exchange information about current practices, programs, and technologies. Each month, Talking TIM will highlight successful programs, identify best practices and showcase technology that advances the profession. 

Jim Austrich, FHWA Office of Operations organizes and moderates this webinar series hosted by NOCoE. To suggest topics or presenters for a future webinar, please reach out to the FHWA TIM Program Team (Jim Austrich). 
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TMS Emerging Topics Series: Cybersecurity
June 25, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

Description
Traffic Management Systems (TMSs) infrastructures have traditionally been designed, operated, or managed as a closed system. They leverage the information sharing from other systems, their agency, systems external to their agency, or other interests. The exchange and utilization of data heightens the vulnerability of the TMS to potential cyber threats and attacks. In addition, the emergence and use of modern technologies or methods to share data (e.g., wireless) magnify the threat landscape for the controlled, safe, and reliable operation of TMSs. This webinar will focus on:
  • Cybersecurity issues to consider in planning, design, development, implementation, testing and acceptance, initiation, management and operation, maintenance, and repair of TMSs or specific assets and resources.
  • Policies, practices, and tools to use in support of addressing, mitigating, or recovering from cyber security threats or actions (e.g., disruption of service, data breaches, cyber-attacks). 
This webinar is part of an ongoing series focused on emerging TMS topics. It is hosted by the Traffic Management Center Pooled Fund Study and co-sponsored by the NOCoE and FHWA.
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 Professional Development Hours Available

NOCoE provides Professional Development Hours (PDHs) for all live webinar attendees. PDHs are provided in collaboration with AASHTO, based on guidance provided by National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying (NCEES). 

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Industry News

Is Boston’s use of concurrent signals putting pedestrians at risk? (WGBH)
Protecting People and Infrastructure: A 2026 World Cup Security Preview (Government Technology)
V2X: How the West was one (ITS International)
How public transit connects rural communities in Southern Oregon (KSOR Radio’s The Jefferson Exchange)
Annual AGC survey says highway work zone crash risks are the same or higher compared to one year ago (AGC news release)
North Carolina DOT’s Traveler Information Website Getting Major Overhaul (North Carolina DOT)
VDOT Installs I-64 Congestion Warning System on Afton Mountain (VDOT news release)
Video: Collaborating with the Private Sector to Address Truck Parking Needs (Transportation TV video)
Dallas Drone as First Responder Program Takes to the Skies (Dallas Morning News)
Ohio DOT Adding Wrong-Way Cameras To Central Ohio Highways (WOSU Radio)
Iranian hackers responsible for Los Angeles transit system breach, Israeli researchers say (Reuters)

NOCoE News

NOCoE Appoints Lisa Wilson to Strategic Advisory Council
Tracy Larkin Thomason, chair of the NOCoE Strategic Advisory Committee and Nevada DOT Director, has appointed Lisa Wilson to the committee. 

A nearly 30-year Utah DOT veteran and current project development and operations director, Wilson brings extensive regional leadership and engineering expertise. She also serves as chair of both the AASHTO Committee on Transportation System Operations (CTSO) and the AASHTO Innovation Management (AIM) program, helping NOCoE further advance TSMO strategies nationwide.

Wilson is a licensed professional engineer who holds a degree in civil engineering from Utah State University. 
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National Operations Center of Excellence (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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