With increased congestion across the Nation’s roadways, transportation agencies, universities, and research institutions are testing new approaches and implementing programs to cause travelers to shift their behavior to alleviate congestion and proactively and dynamically manag
The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) 2018 Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Strategic Plan was developed under the leadership of the State Traffic Engineering and Operations Office (STEOO), Incident Management/Commercial Vehicle Operations (CVO) Program Division. Dis
On September 27th - 28th, 2018 the National Operations Center of Excellence hosted the Freight & TSMO peer exchange in Memphis, Tennessee. The following resources are provided to complement the information sharing captured during the peer exchange. For a full report and presentation slides se
Variable speed limit (VSL) systems utilize information on traffic speed, occupancy, and volume detection, weather, and road surface conditions to determine the appropriate speeds at which drivers should be traveling, given current roadway and traffic conditions. The use of VSL
The Targeted Work Zone Engagement Framework (“Framework”) was developed in 2016 to serve as a resource for FHWA personnel to easily and efficiently provide targeted assistance to State transportation agencies. It is designed to support work zone program personnel in enhancing t
The 2018 NOCoE Annual Report briefly outlines the key accomplishments made by NOCoE and the the Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) during 2018. The report features:
NOCoE's engagement with TSMO practitioners How NOCoE is improving how we transfer knowledge The aOn March 27-28, 2019 the National Operations Center of Excellence hosted the Smart Work Zones peer exchange in Baltimore, Maryland. In this peer exchange, the State DOTs discussed Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) can support more efficient work zone operation. The following
During the period of May 2017 to October 2018, the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) visited the Maryland, Iowa, Washington State, Colorado, and Arizona Departments of Transportation (DOT) to interview senior Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) officials and the
Maryland SafeZone works
In the work zones where SafeZones Automated Speed Enforcement (ASE) systems are deployed, drivers are slowing down, as evidenced by the drop in the percentage of citations issued at these work zones. Since 2010, SafeZones has been deployed at 8On June 25 - 26, 2019, the National Operations Center of Excellence conducted a peer exchange on road weather management in Salt Lake City, Utah. The agenda and format was developed by the leadership of the AASHTO Committee of Transportation Systems Operations (CTSO) Community of Practice (CoP) o
