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.
Advancing TSMO in California – Improving Caltrans TSMO Capabilities
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
1. Caltrans has been using SHRP2 products to advance their TSMO program.
2. Initial capability maturity model (CMM) workshops determined that given California’s size, a concentrated or tailored TSMO approach would be needed for regional implementati
Agency Improvement: Use of Capability Maturity Model (CMM)
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Leadership/Championship
- NOCoE
- Program Status/Authorities
Alerting Commercial Motor Vehicles
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) operates and maintains over 80,000 miles of roadway, of which 2,500 miles are fully access controlled highways. When there is an incident like a crash or when a work zone causes traffic to slow down or stop, NCDOT alerts traffi
Applying Emerging Technologies to the Arizona DOT Traveler Information Program
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
- Traveler Information
Traffic volumes are increasing as more people move to Arizona. Fatalities and crashes are trending higher. In some situations, speed differentials from non-recurring incidents, congestion, or work zones can cause crashes into the back-of-queue. The Arizona Department of Transportati
Applying TSMO at Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) Southeast Michigan Transportation Operations Center (SEMTOC) is transitioning from solely managing and operating freeways to incorporating state-owned arterial corridors to becoming a network-based operations center.
In 2018
APRAS Modernization
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
Every year, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) Automated Permit Routing and Analysis System (APRAS) issues over 400,000 Special Hauling Oversized/Overweight (OS/OW) permits. As the carriers’ and permit services’ business processes modernized, the original APRAS developed in 1
Arizona DOT Dust Detection and Warning System
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
Arizona, while known for beautiful weather, has a unique section of I-10 where fields of loose dirt and high winds create massive walls of dust. These conditions dramatically reduce visibility for motorists in a matter of minutes, which has caused 83 dust-related crashes i
ATMS Infrastructure Alignment Project
- 2020
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
- Performance Management
- Programming/Budget/Funding
- Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
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
AZTech Smarter Work Zone – Regional Work Zone Innovations
- 2021
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Connected Vehicles
- Data Acquisition, Support and Hosting
- NOCoE
- Work Zone Management
- Work Zone Management