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Title:

Transportation System Management and Operations Effective Practices to Advance Program Planning in the U.S.

Accession Number:

01763931

Record Type:

Component

Abstract:

Transportation System Management and Operations (TSMO) is a critical function for U.S. State Departments of Transportation (DOTs) and other transportation agencies, particularly in urban and metropolitan areas where congestion has been a debilitating issue for decades - generally managed to reduce the rate at which it worsens rather than to improve system performance per se. The authors review the status of TSMO in U.S. State DOTs, focusing on the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) assessments of TSMO practices across the country and deductively extracting TSMO practices from state DOT TSMO Program Plans. The authors identify five leading practices that can help state DOTs and other transportation agencies achieve improvements in system performance: (1) Development of a balanced TSMO program consisting of strategic, programmatic and tactical elements; (2) Development of an overarching TSMO vision; (3) Development of TSMO strategic goals and objectives; (4) Development of formal linkages between the TSMO Program and other related transportation agency programs via the formal integration of plans; and, (5) Development of a business case for TSMO applications across the project lifecycle including multimodal applications such as highway, mass and freight transportation. This paper is potentially useful to transportation officials interested in integrating TSMO operations more broadly within the agency and leveraging other plans and modes to improve transportation system performance.

Supplemental Notes:

This paper was sponsored by TRB committee ACP10 Standing Committee on Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations.

Report/Paper Numbers:

TRBAM-21-01726

Language:

English

Corporate Authors:

Transportation Research Board

Authors:

Singh, Prerna
Amekudzi-Kennedy, Adjo
Clark, Russell

Pagination:

17p

Publication Date:

2021

Conference:

Transportation Research Board 100th Annual Meeting

Location: Washington DC, United States
Date: 2021-1-5 to 2021-1-29
Sponsors: Transportation Research Board; Transportation Research Board

Media Type:

Digital/other

Features:

Figures; References; Tables

Geographic Terms:

United States

Subject Areas:

Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General)

Source Data:

Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting 2021 Paper #TRBAM-21-01726

Files:

TRIS, TRB, ATRI

Created Date:

Dec 23 2020 11:14AM