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National Traffic Incident Response Awareness Week is November 11 - 17, 2018
Traffic Incident Management is an effective way to introduce the value of TSMO to both your agency as well as the traveling public. State DOTs and local agencies around the country have transformed their operations, strengthened regional and interagency partnerships, and increased safety and reliability for the traveling public, all through Traffic Incident Management programs. Also, the national effort from U.S. DOT to deliver TIM trainings to responders around the country is one of our industry's best examples of knowledge transfer and the value of comprehensive training programs. Read More
Transportation Communicators Discuss Emerging Technologies and Serving the Traveling Public
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Transportation Technology Tournament: 2018 Participant Solutions and Presentations are Now Available
The 2018 Transportation Technology Tournament featured nine student teams working to develop technology and operations solutions to solve real-world transportation challenges. After undergoing trainings and working with local and state agencies, teams developed an initial solution document providing an overview of their ITS or TSMO solution. After judges evaluated these documents, four teams were chosen to attend ITE 2018 to present on their solutions in person.
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The National Operations Center of Excellence Announces First Annual TSMO Awards
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University of Texas Team Wins the Transportation Technology Tournament
On Tuesday, August 21, at the ITE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN, the four finalists of the inaugural Transportation Technology Tournament presented on their technology and operations solutions to solve real-world transportation challenges.
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NOCoE Releases Three Case Studies Focused on Emergency Management and Response
On August 27, 2018, the National Operations Center of Excellence announced the release of three case studies around emergency management and response: Read More
Making the Connection Between Planning and Technology
The innovative format used in yesterday’s session, Connecting the Way We Plan and Deliver Transportation with Emerging Technologies, allowed students and future transportation leaders to engage directly with a few of our most important industry leaders around the very topics that will define how our transportation system evolves. Merging the advantages of technology with sophisticated management strategies will be critical to the future of transportation but Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) hasn’t always been the easiest concept to explain or understand. Read More
ITS America Detroit 2018
We are excited to be in Detroit this week for ITS America 2018 where we’ve noticed an abundance of conversations around TSMO, including quite a few sessions specifically focused on improving the transportation system with operations. A few sessions we are excited about include: Read More
The Research Operations Database
The Research in Operations (ROPS) database is a centralized, on-line repository for sharing and rating new transportation operations research ideas. The National Operations Center of Excellence maintains and supports ROPS with support from AASHTO. Read More
Optimizing the Transportation System
Let’s get one thing straight: TSMO isn’t looking to achieve a balanced transportation system, TSMO is looking to achieve an Optimized transportation system. The process required to optimize the transportation system is where all of you exist after starting TSMO. I am not saying balance is a bad thing, but there are situations where balancing across modes, within a cycle length, or a street cross section is not the optimal solution. Read More