NOCoE Now Provides PDHs

NOCoE's webinar program has been expanding and evolving the last few years. We've set-up a YouTube channel to make all our webinar recordings available, we've worked with partners to developed webinar series to cover the important details of major TSMO strategies and activities, and we've expanded our delivery this year to average 3-4 webinars a month. All webinars are free to join.

The next evolution of the program is to provide Professional Development Hours (PDHs), something we hope will assist the TSMO professional in maintaining and expanding their professional licenses and certifications.

Each month, NOCoE provides a PDH tracking sheet to assist webinar attendees with keeping track of their professional development activities. The PDH credits are available for those attendees who register and attend the live webinar (Effective September 1, 2020).

To see more on the PDHs please go to: transportationops.org/pdh. All upcoming NOCoE Webinars can be viewed from NOCoE Calendar.

Two new categories have been announced for 2021:

• Work Zones Using TSMO
• Project Selection and Prioritization for TSMO

For more information on the  NOCoE TSMO Awards, please visit: https://transportationops.org/tsmoaward.

National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week is chance for all responder communities to individually and jointly make a difference by teaching each other, and the motoring public, about our common goal and responsibility to one another.

Join the planning calls to hear what agencies are doing to honor responders and increase awareness to the public and to report on your own activities for this important week.

The last planning calls will take place:

• November 5, 2020 | Register

IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:

• How an existing 511 website was brought up to current web design standards in order to continue to meet the growing demand for the real-time traffic and travel information.
• How the updates provide access to New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and the New Jersey (NJ) Turnpike traffic monitoring cameras on Windows and Mac operating systems, as well as Apple and Android devices.
• How the new website has been designed with the capability to adapt and transform as the demand and methodology used by visitors to access traffic and traveler information changes over the next several years.

IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:

• How the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) formalized a coordinated advancement of their Traffic Incident Management (TIM) program through a statewide steering committee including 26 public and private agencies and stakeholders.
• How working groups were used to bring together stakeholders focusing on specific aspects of TIM.
• How NJDOT used the initiative on NJTIM.org to host over 390 classes that resulted in 7,200 trained first responders, and over 410 new trainers ready to educate the new class of first responders.

How to Leverage IT Resources to Improve TSMO (Part 2)

Safety Service Patrol Idea Sharing Network

Adventures in Crowdsourcing:
Business Case for Crowdsourced Data

• Missouri Personalized Traveler Information Improves Responder Safety – Ashley Buechter, Traffic Liaison Engineer, Missouri DOT
• Colorado DOT’s new Operations Dashboard Blends ITS and Crowdsourced Data for Quicker Incident Detection – Jamie Yount, Winter Operations Program Manager, Colorado DOT.
• Delaware DOT’s Crowdsources Data to Improve Road Maintenance – Gene Donaldson, TMC Operations Manager, Delaware DOT.
• Maine’s App Crowdsources Road Weather Conditions and its Crowdsourced Traffic Operations Dashboard Improves System Monitoring – Colby Fortier-Brown, Traffic and ITS Engineer, Maine DOT.
• Dallas-Fort Worth Uses Crowdsourced Data to Improve Roadway Incident Response – Thomas J. Bamonte, Senior Program Manager, Automated Vehicles, North Central Texas Council of Governments
• Lake County Crowdsourced Data Improves Traveler Information and Enables Traffic Signal-Responsive Incident Management – Ryan Legare, TMC Manager, Lake County Division of Transportation
• Indiana Improves Seven Facets of Operations and Investment Decision-Making with Crowdsourced Data – Ed Cox, Engineering Director of Traffic Management. Indiana Department of Transportation.

• Ralph Volpe, FHWA EDC-5 Crowdsourcing for Operations Program Co-Lead and the FHWA Office of Operations.
• Vaishali Shah, Senior Program Director for Transportation Systems at AEM Corporation.

Talking TIM Webinar Series: October 2020

State and local Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs cover a broad range of maturity from emerging programs to those that are advanced. The Talking TIM Webinar Series seeks to provide a forum where TIM champions with any level of experience 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. The agenda for October includes:

• Volunteer Fire, EMS, and Rescue Services Role in TIM – Sarah Lee, Deputy Chief Executive with the National Volunteer Fire Council (NVFC), This is a part of the "Meet the Executive Leadership Group" series.
• Protecting the Queue through Crowdsourcing – Brian Purvis, AECOM and Project Manager with the Georgia DOT.
• North Carolina DOT’s New Training Track, Newsletter, and More –Wayne Taylor, Atkins Global and the North Carolina DOT TIM Coordinator.
• Using RITIS for TIM Performance Measures – Michael Pack, Director of CATT Laboratory, will showcase new TIM templates within RITIS.

CARMA Webinar Series: CARMA Cloud and CARMA Streets

The webinar will introduce two products of the CARMA Ecosystem, CARMA Cloud and CARMA Streets. CARMA Cloud is a cloud-based management of transportation systems. CARMA Streets is a vehicle-to-infrastructure roadside platform. The webinar also presents what is next in the CARMA program. Register today to learn how your organizations can implement CARMA products to enrich your transportation research.

Talking TIM Webinar Series: November 2020

State and local Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs cover a broad range of maturity from emerging programs to those that are advanced. The Talking TIM Webinar Series seeks to provide a forum where TIM champions with any level of experience 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. The webinar agenda will be published shortly.