The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is hosting the “Utah Connected Webinar Series” to foster collaboration and promote information sharing among its partners. The webinar series will highlight six successful deployments across Utah, including significant deployments with connected vehicles that have helped to improve mobility, safety, and quality of life. 

UDOT is a national leader in pioneering innovative technologies. The Utah Connected program has established a statewide transportation system equipped with real-time situational awareness. Funded by a United States Department of Transportation Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) program, the program is bringing full-time situational awareness to Utah’s transportation system. Built on an extensive fiber-optic network, the system includes a robust data ecosystem, transit signal prioritization with connected vehicle technology, automated weather and speed warnings for drivers, and automated vehicles.

Following the webinar timeline, the third webinar is scheduled for Tuesday, August 22, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. MST. It will highlight the deployment process and lessons learned from deploying V2X systems along roadways and in vehicles. In this webinar, speakers will discuss planning, installation, and testing of the roadside and on-board systems and the approach to system maintenance. In addition, speakers will discuss the generation of intersection MAP messages and the use of security certificates on the devices to protect the transmission of data over the V2X system. All webinars are free and open to the public, but advanced registration is required.

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Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Workforce Pipeline - Expanding Opportunities

In this white paper you will learn:

1. About existing programs that could be leveraged to bring different sources of workers to support TSMO activities.
2. About a range of potential opportunities to establish workforce pipelines beyond traditional sources.
3. About ideas for tapping into non-traditional workers.

• Filling Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) professional and para-professional position will continue to challenge state DOTs and other transportation agencies.
• Building on a previous Technical Memorandum by NOCoE related to establishing a pipeline of workers from the military, this white paper takes the initial step in describing additional, future workforce pipelines for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HSBCs, technical colleges, jobs corps, retiring emergency responders, and non-traditional workers.
• Technical staff need to work closely with human resources staff to shift recruiting and hiring methods and practices to realize the benefits associated with potential pipeline communities.

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