Overview
The AASHTO Transportation Systems Management and Operations Guidance is a web-based self-assessment guidance was designed for transportation agency managers whose span of control relates to the operations and management of the roadway system. Audiences include policy makers and program managers responsible for transportation systems management and operations (TSM&O) programs and ITS programs at both the state and regional level, as well as managers of systems operations related activities such as traffic engineering, maintenance, and public safety. It is available at: http://www.aashtotsmoguidance.org/
The guidance is based on the a capability maturity model (CMM) approach developed for the second Strategic Highway Research Program (SHRP2 Project L06) by a Parsons Brinckerhoff-led team working closely with the AASHTO Subcommittee on TSM&O. This team developed the interactive web application under an AASHTO-sponsored National Cooperative Highway Research Program project (NCHRP 3-94).
The One-Minute Evaluation feature and Guidance have been used in several collaborative workshop and training applications among states and metropolitan regions since 2010. They have formed the basis for a series of agency self assessments and TSM&O improvement implementation plans, sponsored initially by SHRP2 and now by FHWA, expected to number nearly 40 by the end of 2014. The same framework has also been used in the SHRP2 Regional Operations Forums and the National Operations Academy™ for Senior Managers, and in several other TSM&O applications.
Source Organization Location
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Operations Area of Practice
Performance Management
Tools for Small Agencies
Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
Communicating Reliability Information
Training and Profesional Development
Strategic Planning
Business Processes/Policies and Procedures
TSMO Culture
Leadership
Organizational Models
Organizational Capability Element
Project Development
Procurement
Asset Management
Performance Management
Planning
Programming/Budget/Funding
Scoping
System Architecture / Engineering
Integrated Corridor Management
Standards and Interoperability
Freeway Operations
Freight Management Operations
Project Systems Engineering
Traveler Information
Regional Architectures
Traffic Incident Management
Work Zone Management
Emergency Transportation Operations
Vehicle Systems/Connected Vehicles
Planned Special Event Management
Testing, Verification & Validation (V&V)
Road Weather Management
Roadway Geometric Design
Arterial Traffic Control Device Operations
Active Traffic Management/Travel Demand Management/Pricing
Outreach & Marketing
Leadership/Championship
Technical Understanding
Program Status/Authorities
Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation
Public safety agency collaboration
Outsourcing/PPP
Role in Organization
Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
CEO / GM / Commissioner
Engineer
Senior Manager
Transit Professional
Media / PIO
Maturity Level of Program
Monitoring (L4)
Deployment (L3)
Assessment (L1)
Development (L2)
Objective
Justification
Learning
Available Tools
Prioritization
