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.
TSMO in Action: Interstate 40 Resurfacing and Operations Improvements in Knoxville
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Cost / Benefit Analysis
- NOCoE
- Roadside Maintenance
- Roadway Striping
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
How a Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) resurfacing project became a maintenance project, paving project, and safety project combined into one.
How new signage emphasized the new conditions, and how installing route shields to further help motor
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Where the Data Meets the Highway: Creating Connections and Making Data-Driven Decisions Through an Enterprise Data Warehouse
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Configuration Management
- ITS standards and specifications
- Integrated ITS Deployment
- NOCoE
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
Some benefits of combining several data sources into one enterprise data source.
How groups can benefit and make cases for change by pulling data from the enterprise system.
Some efforts that need to continue to make sure the enterprise data system remain
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AZTech Regional Archived Data Server
- 2020
- Associate Engineer
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
- Deployment (L3)
- Director / Program Manager
- Engineer
- GIS tools
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- Monitoring (L4)
- NOCoE
- Operator
- Principal Engineer
- Procurement
- Regional environmental data sets and models
- Senior Engineer
- Senior Manager
- System Performance Definition, Monitoring and Reporting
- Technician
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
How a collaborative development led to a Regional Archived Data System (RADS) for traffic management.
How the RADS platform has enabled a secure data feed from multiple public safety agencies to provide a centralized source of freeway and arterial incident
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Bell Road Adaptive Signal Control Technology Pilot Deployment Program
- 2020
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Adaptive Signal Control Technology
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Deployment (L3)
- Director / Program Manager
- Engineer
- Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
- Leadership
- Monitoring (L4)
- NOCoE
- Operator
- Principal Engineer
- Senior Engineer
- Senior Manager
- TSMO Culture
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
How cities, Maricopa County and state governments came together to manage a congested corridor.
Processes for unifying separately owned signal systems into one adaptive signal control system.
How a corridor can be split into areas to meet unique needs, bu
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Data-Driven Prediction of Regional Incidents and Flooding for TSMO
- 2020
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Deployment (L3)
- Detection Systems
- Director / Program Manager
- Engineer
- Hazard Identification
- Integrated ITS Deployment
- Monitoring (L4)
- NOCoE
- Performance Management
- Performance Management
- 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
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Deployment (L3)
- Detection Systems
- 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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Reorganizing to Support TSMO at TDOT
- Assessment (L1)
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Director / Program Manager
- Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
- Leadership/Championship
- Manager / First Line Supervisor
- NOCoE
- Organizational Models
- Principal Engineer
- Senior Manager
- TSMO Culture
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
How the TSMO program developed at the Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) after a weather related incident.
How a successful new Traffic Operations Division was created within the ITS Design Division.
Why coordinating with all TSM
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TDOT Regional Operations Forums
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Development (L2)
- Director / Program Manager
- Engineer
- Leadership/Championship
- NOCoE
- Principal Engineer
- Senior Engineer
- Technical Understanding
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
How regional forums can provide needed collaboration and learning to forward TSMO plans.
How Tennessee Department of Transportation (TDOT) chose effective regional champions and developed successful attendee lists.
How regional forums are used to develop
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Lake 90 Variable Speed Limit Corridor
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Freeway Management
- NOCoE
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
How ODOT initiated TSMO thinking by recognizing the need for Variable Speed Limit Corridors and lobbying for legislation change
How OHGO, Ohio’s traveler information system, helped to communicate the variable speed limit changes during dangerous weather alo
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MAASTO Regional Truck Parking Information System
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Freight Infrastructure
- Freight Management
- Freight Technology and Operations
- NOCoE
IN THIS CASE STUDY YOU WILL LEARN:
Successful collaboration techniques used across the MAASTO Region that led to development of a continuous system for data exchange on truck parking
Effective communication techniques that led to high levels of use of the available truck parking technology
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