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.
Corridor Wide Planning Ahead of the Amtrak Cascades Derailment
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
- Leadership
- Leadership/Championship
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- NOCoE
- Public safety agency collaboration
- Traffic Incident Management
On the morning of December 18, 2017, Amtrak train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, causing railcars and one locomotive to fall onto Interstate 5 (I-5), hitting several passenger cars and shutting down the freeway. I-5 southbound was ultimately blocked for 57 hours, an impressive accomp
COVID-19 Response Plan
- 2021
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Leadership/Championship
- NOCoE
- TSMO Culture
- Traveler Information
Data to Drive Decisions
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is constantly evolving its practices with the advances of technology and availability of data to be able to make well-informed decisions to improve transportation. Existing and emerging data sources, such as probe speed, crowds
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
Deployment of Smart Corridor Infrastructure to Monitor and Improve Performance
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
- Programming/Budget/Funding
- Strategic Planning
- Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)
Development and Maintenance of TSMO Implementation and Strategic Plan
- Assessment (L1)
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Deployment (L3)
- Development (L2)
- Leadership/Championship
- Monitoring (L4)
- NOCoE
- Programming/Budget/Funding
1. How maintaining a TSMO Strategic Plan supports agency direction.
2. How to develop TSMO business case studies that address different audiences
3. How to promote TSMO among different constituencies
BACKGROUNDAlthough maint
Development of Engineering Dashboard and Camera System allows for Real-Time Incident Management
- 2020
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- NOCoE
- Traffic Incident Management
Drone Use During the Amtrak Cascades Derailment and Response
- Available Tools
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Justification
- Leadership/Championship
- Learning
- NOCoE
- Outsourcing/PPP
- TSMO Culture
On the morning of December 18, 2017, Amtrak train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, causing railcars and one locomotive to fall onto Interstate 5 (I-5), hitting several passenger cars and shutting down the freeway. I-5 southbound was ultimately blocked for 57 hours, an impressive accomp
Emergency Shoulder Use During Hurricane Irma
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- NOCoE
- Traveler Information
1. The difference between emergency shoulder use and hard shoulder running.
2. How simulation models helped determine the most suitable routes of evacuation using emergency shoulder use.
3. How public communications on the road and via 511
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