NOCoE Case Studies | National Operations Center of Excellence

NOCoE Case Studies capture the strategies and practices currently being deployed to advance the TSMO industry and enable TSMO practitioners to save lives, time, and money.

Case studies are developed in partnership with the authoring organization or individual to succinctly transfer knowledge for the effective use by others in the industry.

Many of the case studies come from TSMO Award Submissions. Please be sure to consider submitting your practices for upcoming awards.

Additional case studies focus on academic and industry collaboration models, the 2017 solar eclipse, and other TSMO practices being deployed throughout the country.

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TSMO Program Planning

Planning, Programming, and Funding for TSMO Tactics

TSMO Performance Management

Systems Engineering, Interoperability and Technology Management

Organization and Workforce

Collaboration and Outreach

Culture and Leadership

TSMO Capability Improvement, Guidance and Tools

Performance-Based Practical Design

Performance Measures for Operational Improvements

Linking TSMO to Capital Projects

Procurement

Project Funding

Fundamental Elements of Situational Awareness, Communication, Decision Support, and Control

Event Management Tactics

Arterial Management

Freeway Management Tactics

Freight Operations

Advanced Integrated Tactics

Active Demand and Parking Management Tactics

Active Transportation Tactics

Transit Tactics

Tolling and Road Pricing

Technology Trends

Industry Trends

NOCoE Best Practices: Road Weather Management

Monday, September 29, 2025

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

NOCoE

Publications

Road Weather Management

The goal of a road weather management (RWM) program is to provide information about weather related impacts on the transportation system and users and, if possible, mitigate the problem.

Strategies

Three basic road weather strategies are cited in the AASHTO Transportation Operations Man

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Innovating Winter Driving Safety with Signal Heat Tape

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

Advanced Traffic Signal Control

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

NOCoE

Road Weather Management

Traffic Signal Program Management

Traffic Signal Timing

Transit Signal Priority

Utah DOT

Utah Department of Transportation’s (UDOT) heat tape solution for LED traffic signals enhances safety by ensuring visibility during snowfall, reducing the risk of crashes and protecting maintenance workers. The heat tape saves time by allowing remote activation to clear snow, preventing traffic d

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Streamlined All-In-One TSMO Solution

Friday, November 8, 2024

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting

Data and Information Gathering

NOCoE

Oklahoma DOT

Real-time TSMO Tactic Management for Improved Performance

Road Weather Management

The Comprehensive TSMO Integration Plan streamlines Oklahoma’s transportation by consolidating apps, websites, and data. This improves safety with real-time traveler updates on road conditions, incidents, and weather, allowing safer decisions. Time is saved through efficient resource management,

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I-26 Integrated Corridor Management for Construction

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

Integrated Corridor Management

NOCoE

Road Weather Management

North Carolina’s I-26 widening project stretches approximately 17 miles and included the demolition of five bridges along I-26 which were initially planned to require median crossovers with barrel separation for opposing traffic lasting two weeks per bridge. This was not an acceptable solut

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I-84 Snow Zone Safety Improvements

Thursday, December 28, 2023

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

NOCoE

Real Time Traveler Information

Road Weather Management

Traveler Information

Interstate 84 between Pendleton and La Grande, Oregon experiences some of the highest crash rates and severity in Eastern Oregon, making it a high priority for improvement. ODOT recognized a number of issues in the corridor related to hazardous weather. Winter weather in this corridor

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Adventures in Crowdsourcing: Emergency Management

Tuesday, August 10, 2021

2021

Emergency Planning

Emergency Transportation Operations

Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters

NOCoE

Presentation

Road Weather Management

Webinar

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This webinar spotlights the use of crowdsourced data to enhance transportation agency operations during Emergency Management situations like evacuations, storms, and post-event recovery phases.

Moderator

James Colyar, FHWA Office of Operations and EDC-6 Crowdsourcing Initiativ

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Data-Driven Prediction of Regional Incidents and Flooding for TSMO

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

2020

Active Management and TSMO

Active Traffic Management (ATM)

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

Deployment (L3)

Detection Systems

Director / Program Manager

Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters

Engineer

Hazard Identification

Integrated ITS Deployment

Monitoring (L4)

NOCoE

Performance Management

Planning Analysis Tools

Road Weather Management

Senior Manager

System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting

IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: How historical data can be used to predict weather and incident management. How artificial intelligence (AI) neural network modeling can help traffic management systems predict when high risk events will occur. How data from AI predictions can help emerge

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Escanaba River Bridge Deck Warning System

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

2020

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

Deployment (L3)

Detection Systems

Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters

Hazard Identification

Monitoring (L4)

NOCoE

Road Weather Management

IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: How the Michigan Department of Transportation (Michigan DOT) used ITS to give drivers warning of possibly icy conditions. Insight on how coordination with the ITS program office to secure funding, coordination with the consultant (AECOM) and MDOT design uni

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Roadway Flood Warning System

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Case Studies

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Case Study

Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters

Hazard Identification

NOCoE

Road Weather Management

IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: How TranStar’s Roadway Flood Warning System helped transform the relaying of vital emergency flooding information Bus controllers can use the system to reroute busses before, during, and after flooding events. The Flood Warning System project enhances tra

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NOCoE 2019 Road Weather Management Peer Exchange

Saturday, June 29, 2019

Active Management and TSMO

Active Traffic Management (ATM)

Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing

Detection Systems

Emergency Transportation Operations

Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters

Equipment Management

Freeway Management

Freeway Operations

Freight Management

Freight Management Operations

Maintenance and Operations

NOCoE

Presentation

Publications

Real Time Traveler Information

Road Weather Management

Sign Maintenance and Replacement

Transportation Management Centers

Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)

Traveler Information

Workshop

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On June 25 - 26, 2019, the National Operations Center of Excellence conducted a peer exchange on road weather management in Salt Lake City, Utah. The agenda and format was developed by the leadership of the AASHTO Committee of Transportation Systems Operations (CTSO) Community of Practice (CoP) o

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