TSMO Ambassador Resources for Practitioners

• Growing and developing the TSMO workforce requires a variety of approaches and strategies, from educating students on TSMO careers to increasing the skills of the current workforce.
• The series of webpages captures the growing number of resources available across the industry, from U.S. DOT and the National Network for the Transportation Workforce to formalized training programs. Additionally, there are number of resources to help TSMO agencies take a broader approach in organizing and developing their TSMO personnel. Lastly, ongoing industry research and activities will continue to define the knowledge, skills, and abilities for the TSMO workforce and better define the needs for a successful TSMO workforce.

At the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE), our aim is to support and empower the people who operate the nation’s transportation management systems, by connecting them with experts and sharing best practices to save lives, time and money.

To celebrate their successes, we are holding the the 2021 NOCoE Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Awards to showcase the very best in our industry.

Our goal for these awards is to celebrate TSMO, expand its use in the United States, and share these impactful and creative solutions with a growing audience as we work to improve our nation’s transportation system through more effective management and operations.

You can view the past winners, runners-up and champions on our TSMO Award webpages.

The TSMO award submissions are then transformed into case studies that are described in the next section.

• 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.
• 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.
• Additional case studies focus on academic and industry collaboration models, the 2017 solar eclipse, and other TSMO practices being deployed throughout the country.

• The purpose of this portal is to facilitate the exchange of information, experience and resources to promote opportunities to enhance the management and operation of traffic management systems (TMSs) and centers (TMCs). TMSs and TMCs are critical resources available to public agencies have to promote the safe and efficient travel on the surface transportation system. You will find on this portal planned events, technical resources and training, find information on resources being developed, suggest new research of resources to develop, or find an expert or ask your peers a question.

• National map that shows deployments of Active Demand, Parking and Traffic Management.

• Recent Peer exchanges include:
  • Asset management
  • Road weather Management
  • Operations & Maintenance
  • Regional and local agency TSMO
  • Smart work zones
• This link to curated NOCoE peer exchanges and other resources demonstrates the value of the advanced search function within the NOCoE website Knowledge Center Search Results

• The TSMO Resource Connect service aims to be a tool for the growing TSMO industry to give you access to information and people when you need it with direct assistance from us at NOCoE. We know you're busy and while our knowledge center, case studies, and webinar recording library is full of valuable TSMO resources, we want to provide you with more direct access to the resources and networking opportunities you need to improve your TSMO activities.

• Features recorded webinars and presentations by TSMO practitioners and subject matter experts sharing their knowledge, experiences, and lessons learned as well as other self-scheduled resources.
• Upcoming Webinars are available in our calendar

Past Webinar recordings are available in our knowledge center