Transportation Management Centers (TMC / TOC)

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Metropolitan Transportation Management Center Concepts of Operation

This document identifies successful practices and lessons learned from operations concepts at eight transportation management centers (TMCs) throughout the United States and Canada. The report provides background information about the importance of a concept of operations for a TMC and then descr

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Case Studies & Lessons Learned

New Jersey: Touchdown for TSM&O--A Case Study Super Bowl XLVIII

The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) and its partners routinely plan and staff transportation management activities for planned special events (PSE). In January 2014 they were charged with traffic management responsibility for Super Bowl XLVIII, an undertaking that required more pl

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Publications

Information Sharing Guidebook for Transportation Management Centers, Emergency Operations Centers, and Fusion Centers

This guidebook provides an overview of the mission and functions of transportation management centers (TMCs), emergency operations centers (EOCs), and fusion centers (FCs). Functional areas for each of these centers include:

TMCs – management of traffic control systems and assets, incid
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Freeway Management and Operations Handbook

The document is a resource document originally publishing in 2003 and updated in 2006 that provides an overview of the various institutional and technical issues associated with the planning, design, implementation, operation, and management of a freeway network. Freeway management and operations

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CHART Non-Constrained Deployment Plan

This report discusses future actions and the role of The Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART). This is Maryland’s highway operations element for the state’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program - whose focus is on mitigation of non-recurring congestion that occurs due to

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