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TIM / Emergency Operations / Planned Special Events

Presentation on traffic incident management, emergency operations, and planned special events prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

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Traveler Information for Operations

Presentation on traveler information for operations prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about le

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Work Zones

Presentation on work zones prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leadership and management issues

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Communicating the Value of Operations

Presentation on communicating the value of operations prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leade

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Facilitating Goods Movement Through Operations

Presentation on facilitating good movement through operations prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn abo

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Managing A Corridor

Presentation on managing a corridor prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leadership and manageme

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Performance Measurement

Presentation on performance measurement prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leadership and mana

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Planning and Programming for Operations

Presentation on planning and programming for operations prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about lea

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Standards & Recommended Practices

Final Rule on Work Zone Safety and Mobility

The Work Zone Safety and Mobility Rule (Rule) was published on September 9, 2004 in the Federal Register. All state and local governments that receive federal-aid funding were required to comply with the provisions of the rule no later than October 12, 2007. The Rule updates and broadens the form

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Road Weather

Presentation on road weather management prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leadership and mana

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Safety and Operations

Presentation on safety and operations prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leadership and manage

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Systems Engineering

Presentation on systems engineering prepared for the SHRP2 Project L36 Regional Operations Forums pilots.

The Regional Operations Forums are a new total-immersion week-long training activity that offers transportation agency leaders the opportunity to learn about leadership a

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Informational Product

Optimizing the System: Saving Time, Saving Lives

Optimizing the System is a basic informational report discussing how TSM&O strategies can reduce the impacts of non-recurring congestion and “optimize the system.” Topics discussed include traffic incident management, work zone management, road weather management, strategies employed in rural

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FAQs / Benefits Brochure

Travel Time Reliability: Making It There On Time, All The Time

This is a brochure designed to provide a high-level understanding of travel time reliability and its impact on the transportation system. It includes a description of travel time reliability with explanatory figures, an explanation of why travel time reliability is important and how it impacts tr

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State-of-the Practice

Real-time Traveler Information Services Business Models: State of the Practice Review

This report documents a range of business models for real-time traveler information services, and provides ‘real world’ examples of how States and regions are developing partnerships and business plans within the business model frameworks. Although there are numerous variations on these models, t

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State-of-the Practice

Traffic Incident Management Handbook

The 2010 version of the TIM Handbook includes the latest advances in Traffic Incident Management (TIM) programs and practices across the country and offers insight into the latest innovations in TIM tools and technologies. A major focus of this document is to provide guidance for regions establis

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Informational Product

National Special Security Events: Transportation Planning for Planned Special Events

Unique among planned special event activities are those events that carry the National Special Security Event (NSSE) designation. NSSEs occur with some frequency, with 35 of these events held between September 1998 and February 2010. These events include, but are not limited to, presidential inau

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Informational Product

Private Sector Data for Performance Management

This report examines and analyzes technical and institutional issues associated with the use of private sector travel time and speed data for public sector performance management. The primary data needs for congestion performance measures are outlined, and core data elements and various metadata

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Informational Product

Recurring Traffic Bottlenecks: A Primer

This Primer is the signature product of the Localized Bottleneck Reduction (LBR) Program, which is administered out of the Office of Operations, Office of Transportation Management, at FHWA HQ in Washington, D.C. This is the updated 3rd version of this document. The LBR program is focused on reli

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State-of-the Practice

Priced Managed Lane Guide

This Guide is intended to be a comprehensive source of collective experience gained from priced managed lanes implemented in the United States through 2012. The Guide presents a wide range of information on priced managed lanes. The purpose of this guide is to assist transportation professionals

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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

The Active Transportation and Demand Management Program (ATDM): Lessons Learned

Active transportation and demand management (ATDM) is the proactive and dynamic management, control, and influence of travel demand, traffic demand, and traffic flow of transportation facilities. Using available tools and assets, traffic flow is managed and traveler behavior is influenced in real

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Background Material

Traffic Analysis Toolbox Volume I: Traffic Analysis Tools Primer

This primer provides an overview of traffic analysis tools in the transportation analysis process. Different categories of traffic analysis tools are defined, and the challenges and limitations of using traffic analysis tools is presented. A specific comparison between Highway Capacity Manual (HC

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Newsletter

Integrated Corridor Management

The Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) initiative leverages the investments of agencies to improve the movement of people and goods along metropolitan corridors through a multimodal, integrated, transportation management approach. The integration of operations such as traffic incident managemen

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FAQs / Benefits Brochure

Seasons of Achievement – Accomplishments of the Road Weather Management Program

The Road Weather Management Program (RWMP), which is part of the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Office of Operations, works in conjunction with the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office (JPO) of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The pro

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Informational Product

Real-Time Traveler Information Market Assessment White Paper

This report takes a broad, multimodal look at the real-time traveler information market in the U.S. One of the study’s key objectives was to identify gaps in current approaches, systems, partnering strategies, and technologies relative to the real-time traveler information marketplace across the

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