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.
I-75 Northwest Corridor Express Lanes "Go-Live" Taskforce
- 2020
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- GIS tools
- HOV Lanes / HOT Lanes
- Integrated ITS Deployment
- NOCoE
- Regional Traffic Signal Operations & Program Management
I-75 Project – Bay Drive County, Michigan
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
- Decision Criteria for ITS Device Type and Location
- Freeway Management
- NOCoE
- Performance Management
I-75 Project – Trunkline Program Operations Template
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- ITS System architecture
- ITS standards and specifications
- Integrated ITS Deployment
- NOCoE
- Planning
- Programming/Budget/Funding
I-84 Snow Zone Safety Improvements
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
- Real Time Traveler Information
- Road Weather Management
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
I-85 Bridge Collapse and Rebuild
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Communicating Reliability Information
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Freeway Management
- Justification
- Leadership/Championship
- Learning
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- NOCoE
- Outsourcing/PPP
- Programming/Budget/Funding
- TSMO Culture
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traveler Information
- Work Zone Management
On March 30, 2017, a massive fire caused a section of Interstate 85 (I-85) in Atlanta to collapse. After the fire was extinguished, it was determined that 700 feet of both the northbound and southbound lanes required demolition and reconstruction, resulting in the closure of a
Implementing Integrated Corridor Management By Meshing Freeway Operations With Arterial Operations
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
- Integrated Corridor Management
- NOCoE
- Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
Improved Roadway Operations with Operations Task Manager (OTM)
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
- Performance Management
- Project Development
Improved System Traffic Interchanges Congestion Relief with Restriping - Phoenix Region
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
The South Mountain Freeway portion of State Route 202 (State Route 202 SMF) opened in the Phoenix, Arizona metro area in December of 2019, completing a long-awaited by-pass for the downtown Phoenix portion of Interstate 10. Almost immediately the additional traffic from State Ro
Improving NDOT's Organizational Capabilities Through CMM
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
Figure 1 demonstrates Nevada Department of Transportation’s (NDOT) journey with Capability Maturity Model (CMM) self-assessment for past years and future planning. NDOT first used the CMM self-assessment in 2011. Since then, the agency has been undertaking recurring assessments to i
Incident Management Assistance Patrol (IMAP) Certification
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- NOCoE
- Roadway Safety Services / Roadway Safety Patrol
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management