NOCoE Case Studies capture the strategies and practices currently being deployed to advance the TSMO industry and enable TSMO practitioners to save lives, time, and money.
Below are a list of all case studies related to traffic incident management, including response to major incidents and hurricanes.
Case studies are developed in partnership with the authoring organization or individual to succinctly transfer knowledge for the effective use by others in the industry.
Many of the case studies come from TSMO Award Submissions. Please be sure to consider submitting your practices for upcoming awards.
All NOCoE case studies are available here.
Nevada Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Coalition Hosts Las Vegas Valley Hands-On TIM Excercises
- 2019
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Case Study
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
- Leadership/Championship
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- NOCoE
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
- Public safety agency collaboration
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Training and Profesional Development
Nevada Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Coalition Hosts Las Vegas Valley Hands-On TIM Excercises
- 2019
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Case Study
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
- Leadership/Championship
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- NOCoE
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
- Public safety agency collaboration
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Training and Profesional Development
Hurricane Irma Evacuees Use of Florida 511
- 2019
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Case Study
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- NOCoE
- Traveler Information
- Traveler Information
1. Florida’s 511 system is bilingual, providing information in English and Spanish via social media and their website.
2. Live camera feeds allowed hurricane evacuees to see road conditions on their planned routes.
3. The 511 system mes
Drone Use During the Amtrak Cascades Derailment and Response
- Available Tools
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Case Study
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Justification
- Leadership/Championship
- Learning
- NOCoE
- Outsourcing/PPP
- TSMO Culture
On the morning of December 18, 2017, Amtrak train 501 derailed near DuPont, Washington, causing railcars and one locomotive to fall onto Interstate 5 (I-5), hitting several passenger cars and shutting down the freeway. I-5 southbound was ultimately blocked for 57 hours, an impressive accomp
I-85 Bridge Collapse and Rebuild
- Active Management and TSMO
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Case Study
- Communicating Reliability Information
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Freeway Management
- Justification
- Leadership/Championship
- Learning
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- NOCoE
- Outsourcing/PPP
- Programming/Budget/Funding
- TSMO Culture
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traveler Information
- Traveler Information
- Work Zone Management
- Work Zone Traffic Management
On March 30, 2017, a massive fire caused a section of Interstate 85 (I-85) in Atlanta to collapse. After the fire was extinguished, it was determined that 700 feet of both the northbound and southbound lanes required demolition and reconstruction, resulting in the closure of a
I-85 Bridge Collapse and Rebuild
- Active Management and TSMO
- Active Traffic Management (ATM)
- Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
- Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
- Case Studies
- Case Studies & Lessons Learned
- Case Study
- Communicating Reliability Information
- Emergency Transportation Operations
- Emergency Transportation Operations for Disasters
- Freeway Management
- Justification
- Leadership/Championship
- Learning
- Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
- NOCoE
- Outsourcing/PPP
- Programming/Budget/Funding
- TSMO Culture
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traveler Information
- Traveler Information
- Work Zone Management
- Work Zone Traffic Management
On March 30, 2017, a massive fire caused a section of Interstate 85 (I-85) in Atlanta to collapse. After the fire was extinguished, it was determined that 700 feet of both the northbound and southbound lanes required demolition and reconstruction, resulting in the closure of a