NOCoE Case Studies

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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2022 Workforce Peer Exchange

  • Learning
  • NOCoE
  • State-of-the Practice
  • Technology Tracker
  • Webinar
  • Workshop
  • Workshop
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On May 24 and 26, NOCoE held a virtual Peer Exchange on Workforce Development. The Peer Exchange followed the Center’s second Workforce Development Summit that took place in September 2021.  The Summit engaged TSMO thought leaders to identify the workforce challenges and needs of the fu

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Using Operations Data to Support Mainstreaming TSMO

  • Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
  • FHWA
  • NOCoE
  • Performance Management
  • Planning Analysis Tools
  • Programming/Budget/Funding
  • Webinar
  • Webinar
  • Webinar
    • |PDF

This webinar is part of an FHWA Office of Operations project to support mainstreaming Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) in transportation agencies. The webinar explores how the use of operations data for decision making in an agency can advance and integrate TSMO, leadi

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Assessing Pipeline Trends for Target Groups - Military

  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • Leadership/Championship
  • NOCoE
  • Tools
    • |PDF
Highlights With nearly 200,000 military personnel transitioning to civilian lives each year through either separations or retirements, and more than eight million veterans currently part of the civilian workforce, this is a significant talent pool for consideration for transportation systems m
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Attracting Non-Traditional Workers Into the TSMO Workforce

  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • NOCoE
  • Publications
    • |PDF
White Paper Highlights There are many categories of non-traditional workers that could be attracted to the transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) industry. Transportation organizations could benefit from hiring non-traditional workers through higher retention rates. There
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Developing the TSMO Paraprofessional Workforce

  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • NOCoE
  • Tools
    • |PDF
Case Study Highlights A consensus definition of a TSMO Paraprofessional was developed in a 2019 National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) White Paper building on previous work by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). There are many workforce activities underway across nation
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Workforce Trends and Practices Applicable to TSMO

  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • NOCoE
  • Tools
    • |PDF
Technical Memorandum Highlights The pandemic has had a tremendous impact on the ways we work. The value of schedule flexibility, remote/hybrid work, technology use, social purpose, work-life balance, pay, and benefits have shifted especially with many industries facing worker shortages. This
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FDOT Central Office TSM&O Implementation Plans

  • Case Studies
  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • Leadership/Championship
  • NOCoE
  • Programming/Budget/Funding
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: How combining FDOT’s ITS and TSMO strategic programs resulted in better data based decision making How strategically implementing TSMO thinking with ITS resulted in 11% decrease in hours of traffic delay How integration of TSM&O strategies within the
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FDOT’s Motor Carrier Size and Weight Freight Operations Exchange (FOX) Leverages

  • Case Studies
  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • Freight Management Operations
  • NOCoE
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: How FDOT developed a centralized, secure Freight Operations eXchange (FOX) platform to organize and analyze data to produce knowledge and insights How by leveraging data gathered through routine daily operations, Transportation Data and Analytics (TDA) and
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Manatee County’s Expansion of TSMO Capabilities to Enhance Multimodal

  • Active Management and TSMO
  • Active Traffic Management (ATM)
  • Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
  • Case Studies
  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • NOCoE
  • Performance Management
  • Planning Analysis Tools
  • System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: How Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures (ATSPMs) improve operations, safety and reduce costs About how including Rectangular Rapid Flashing Beacons (RRFBs) and Leading Pedestrian Interval (LPI) as part of standard design increases safety for pedes
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Oregon Metro’s Strategy for Incorporating Racial Equity Focus into TSMO

  • Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
  • Case Studies
  • Case Studies & Lessons Learned
  • Case Study
  • Complete Streets / Context Sensitive Solutions
  • Economic Sustainability
  • Leadership/Championship
  • Livability / Environmental Sustainability
  • Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
  • NOCoE
  • Planning
  • Planning for Operations
  • Programming/Budget/Funding
  • Project Development
  • Project Development Overview
  • TSMO Culture
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN: Why Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policies should be part of TSMO thinking How an Equity Tree process can be applied to TSMO Strategy How Oregon Metro used an Equity Tree process to ask a broad set of questions that span historical context, wo
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