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State DOT Social Media Survey

These documents are AASHTO’s annual look at the use of social media among state DOTs, informed by a survey to which all but nine state DOT’s responded. The 2014 annual AASHTO social media survey reveals a continuing trend toward increasing social media adoption by state departments

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AASHTO Connected Vehicle Infrastructure Deployment Analysis

This report provides the results of an analysis of the potential approaches for deploying the infrastructure components of Connected Vehicle (CV) systems by state and local transportation agencies, as well as the role of AASHTO. Identifying applications that best serve state and local transportat

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AASHTO TSM&O Guidance: Culture Dimension

These three documents are guidance on improving agency capability in TSM&O with respect to the culture dimension, as developed through NCHRP 03-94 and SHRP2 L06, available in this database. Culture is defined as “the combination of values, assumptions, knowledge and expectations of the agency

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AASHTO TSM&O Guidance: Organization / Workforce Dimension

These three documents are guidance on improving agency capability in TSM&O with respect to the organization/workforce dimension, as developed through NCHRP 03-94 and SHRP2 L06, available in this database. Organization/workforce is important to TSM&O because “efficient execution of process

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Active Traffic Management: The Next Step in Congestion Management

Active Traffic Management is a complete package of strategies that recognize that there is an increase in travel demand, a growth in congestion, a commitment to safety, and a shift in agency culture toward active management and system operation that focus on the customer. This document assesses E

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Advancing Metropolitan Planning for Operations: An Objectives-Driven, Performance-Based Approach – A Guidebook

This guidebook presents an approach for integrating TSM&O strategies into the metropolitan transportation planning process that is designed to maximize the performance of the existing and planned transportation system. Planning for operations is recommended as a means to meet federal transpor

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Advancing Metropolitan Planning for Operations: The Building Blocks of a Model Transportation Plan Incorporating Operations - A Desk Reference

This document is a resource designed to enable transportation planners and their partners to build a transportation plan that includes operations objectives, performance measures, and strategies that are relevant to their region, that reflect the community’s values and constraints, and that move

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Applying a Regional ITS Architecture to Support Planning for Operations: A Primer

This primer offers transportation planners and operations managers a menu of opportunities for applying the regional ITS architecture to enhance planning for operations. Because many TSM&O strategies are underpinned by ITS, the coordination of planning for ITS among agencies at the institutio

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Best Practices in Traffic Incident Management

Traffic incident management (TIM) is a planned and coordinated program to detect and remove incidents and restore traffic capacity as safely and quickly as possible. This report describes task-specific and cross-cutting issues or challenges commonly encountered by TIM responders in the performanc

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Best Practices of Rural and Statewide ITS Strategic Planning

The purpose of this document is to support the agencies and groups that are beginning the process of rural or statewide Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployment planning. Along with the previously published Rural Toolbox (FHWA-OP-01-030), this best practice document guides users throug

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