Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination: A Primer for Working Together to Improve Transportation Safety, Reliability, and Security

Overview

This primer on Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination is based on the premise that to improve the reliability, safety, and security of transportation systems operating across jurisdictional and organizational boundaries, continuous collaboration and coordination is essential. The primer’s intended audience includes transportation professionals and public safety officials from cities, counties, and states who are responsible for the day-to-day management and operations within a metropolitan region. Agreement must be reached on a shared operations vision, a concept for how regional activities should be operated over time, what measures to use to assess effectiveness nd how to make improvements to achieve expectations in operating performance.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    TSMO Culture
    Planning for Operations
    Traffic Incident Management
    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Cyber security
    Infrastructure Protection
    Resilience

Organizational Capability Element

    Emergency Transportation Operations
    Program Status/Authorities
    Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
    Public safety agency collaboration

Content Type

Informational Product

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Engineer
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

FHWA

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TOM Chapters
20.1
20.2
29.2
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Issue Date
Publication Number
OP-03-008