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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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