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TSMO Strategies Lead State DOT Successes

TSMO Strategies Lead State DOT Successes

A focus on transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) has proven to yield positive results. This is especially true for the dozens of state transportation departments across the country currently…

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Transportation Management Centers: Streaming Video Sharing and Distribution

Transportation Management Centers: Streaming Video...

State and local departments of transportation (DOT) continue to invest heavily in the installation of traffic cameras and distribution of live traffic camera video feeds. State and local DOTs, law…

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Organizing for TSMO Case Study 10: State Department of Transportation Examples 2 of 2

Organizing for TSMO Case Study 10: State...

Historically, transportation agencies have managed congestion primarily by funding major capital projects that focused on adding capacity to address physical constraints such as bottlenecks. Operational improvements were typically an afterthought…

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Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office 2018 Review Book

Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office 2018...

The mission of the Combating Terrorism Technical Support Office (CTTSO) is to identify and develop capabilities to combat terrorism and irregular adversaries and to deliver these capabilities to Department of…

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Using Capability Maturity Frameworks for Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO) Program Advancement

Using Capability Maturity Frameworks for...

This report is intended for transportation professionals who work at state and local agencies and provides evidence on how capability maturity assessments can help accelerate the evolution of Transportation Systems…

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Defense Primer: United States Transportation Command

Defense Primer: United States Transportation...

United States Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM or TRANSCOM) is a Department of Defense (DOD) functional combatant command responsible for providing air, land, and sea transportation to meet national security needs. TRANSCOM’s…

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Freight and Land Use Travel Demand Evaluation: Final Report

Freight and Land Use Travel Demand Evaluation:...

This report identifies and documents best practices and tools for better understanding and analyzing how land use, local economic development, and demographic factors drive freight movement, trip generation, and freight…

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Georgia DOT Variable Speed Limit Analytics Help Solve Traffic Congestion

Georgia DOT Variable Speed Limit Analytics Help...

When the Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT) wanted to optimize the use of big data and advanced analytics to gain insights into transportation, it worked with Teradata to develop a…

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Model Systems Engineering Documents for Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) Systems

Model Systems Engineering Documents for Dynamic...

This guidance document for procuring Dynamic Message Sign (DMS) Systems is part of a series of Model Systems Engineering Documents. The model systems engineering documents provide a framework for agencies…

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Raising Awareness of Artificial Intelligence for Transportation Systems Management and Operations

Raising Awareness of Artificial Intelligence for...

This report introduces the fundamentals of artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and the potential applications in transportation management system (TMS) and transportation management center (TMC) operations, showcases successful AI applications for…

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Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle Technologies

Ensuring American Leadership in Automated Vehicle...

The United States Government is committed to fostering surface transportation innovations to ensure the United States leads the world in automated vehicle (AV) technology development and integration while prioritizing safety,…

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Beyond Traffic 2045

Beyond Traffic 2045

When the United States Department of Transportation was created, the Secretary of Transportation was charged by law to report on both the current and the anticipated future conditions of our…

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Does Travel Time Reliability Matter?

Does Travel Time Reliability Matter?

Travelers depend on the U.S. transportation system every day to meet commitments for work and friends and family, acquire/deliver goods and services, and respond to emergencies. If the system operates…

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Strengthening Linkages between Transportation Demand Management and Traffic Management

Strengthening Linkages between Transportation...

Transportation system users face many choices when planning their entire travel trip. Destination, mode, route, time-of-day, and what facility or lane are types of choices for travelers to consider and…

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Advancing TSMO: Making the Business Case for Institutional, Organizational, and Procedural Changes

Advancing TSMO: Making the Business Case for...

Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) presents a key opportunity for transportation agencies today and many agencies have recently been making a significant effort to better leverage TSMO to improve…

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