Previous Best TSMO Project Winners:

Previous Agency Improvement Winners:

Previous Emerging Practices and Technologies Winners:

• Advancing TSMO inside their organization(s)
• Advancing TSMO across the country or within the industry at-large
• Demonstrated contributions across areas of TSMO, from road side assistance and TIM to project delivery and organizational management
• Demonstrated workforce development for personnel, including via career planning, training, or organizational culture

Traffic Management Systems (TMS) Emerging Webinar Series

• TMC Operator Performance (Apr 2025)
• Monitoring and Reporting on Performance of TMS (June 2025)
• AI and Machine Learning for Performing TMS Functions (Aug 2025)
• Partnering with Universities for TMC Support (Oct 2025)
• TMS Cybersecurity (Dec 2025)

Traffic Management Systems (TMS) Emerging Topics Webpage

This page provides resources to facilitate the compilation and sharing of information on innovative practices and key topics identified by the Traffic Management Center (TMC) Pooled Fund Study (PFS).

The eTraffic system by Florida DOT (FDOT) improves traffic signal management, saving lives, time, and money. It enhances safety with real-time updates, wrong-way driving countermeasures, and faster emergency response.

The platform streamlines operations with automated reporting, centralized data management, and rapid deployment, cutting down decision-making and administrative delays. By leveraging existing technology and automating financial tracking, eTraffic reduces maintenance costs and ensures efficient resource allocation.

This data-driven approach optimizes safety, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness, revolutionizing Florida’s transportation network.

Nominations are Open for 2025 America’s Transportation Awards (ATA)

The competition started in 2008 to recognize state DOTs and showcase the outstanding projects they deliver to enhance communities, making them better places to live, work, and play. Now in its 18th year, this program highlights the essential work state DOTs do to improve quality of life, drive economic development, implement innovative technologies, programs, and processes, and make communities safer. You can learn more about the competition at https://americastransportationawards.org/

This year, TransComm is charged with collecting stories regarding the success stories of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). As part of this initiative, we are now asking a question about how the IIJA impacted this project (did it move up in the pipeline due to increased federal investment, for example? Did the bump in federal funding enhance the project?). This is a great opportunity to share those stories – and hopefully win an award for your state DOT in the process.  We will be collecting these stories in other ways, but we thought we'd start with this competition.

Each state DOT may nominate up to four projects. Be sure that your nominations tell the story of how these projects improve the lives of community members, avoiding technical information. Additionally, please send AASHTO high quality photos and videos (though videos are not mandatory) when creating the nominations. We use these photos to better promote the projects on social media as well as showcase the winners at the regional awards and AASHTO annual meeting.