Overview
Strategic Transportation System Management & Operations (TSM&O) Program Plans and associated programming planning activities are proving effective in accelerating and focusing TSM&O programs within state and local transportation agencies. AASHTO has tentatively defined a framework for TSM&O Program Plans to promote more consistent application of program planning functions, and to enable better coordination of TSM&O program planning activities and resources across state transportation agencies at the national level. Specifically, NCHRP Project 20-7 (345), “Program Planning and Development for TSM&O in State Departments of Transportation” defines a Framework for creating, evolving, and successfully implementing TSM&O Program Plans. Several state DOT’s will be incorporating this Framework into development or refinement of their TSM&O Program Plans.
The Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP) created a capability maturity modeling (CMM) method for organizational assessment and development of state DOTs, which is being applied through the AASHTO Guide to System Operations & Management. The application of the guide is being facilitated through numerous SHRP Implementation “CMM Workshops,” and also coordinated with SHRP multi-state “Regional Operations Forums.” The CMM Workshops generate implementation action plans, which are being utilized by state DOTs to guide incremental development of organizational capacity to develop and deliver TSM&O programs.