– AASHTO, ITE, and ITS America Sign MOU Agreeing to Build NOCoE – NOCoE Launched at TRB Annual Meeting – Website and Technical Services Program Launched – Regional Operations Forums Begin – NOCoE Workforce Summit – SPaT Challenge Commences – 2,000 Newsletter Subscribers – 1,000 Resources – 69,350 Website Page Views – 30 Locations Join the SPaT Challenge – 5 Peer Exchanges – 18 Webinars – Site Visits to Iowa and Maryland – Launched TIM KMS Access – 1,500 Resources – 98,000 Website Page Views 2017 ANNUAL REPORT 2015 2016 2017 2013
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– AASHTO, ITE, and ITS America Sign MOU Agreeing to Build NOCoE
– NOCoE Launched at TRB Annual Meeting
– Website and Technical Services Program Launched
– Regional Operations Forums Begin
– NOCoE Workforce Summit
– SPaT Challenge Commences
– 2,000 Newsletter Subscribers
– 1,000 Resources
– 69,350 Website Page Views
– 30 Locations Join the SPaT Challenge
– 5 Peer Exchanges
– 18 Webinars
– Site Visits to Iowa and Maryland
– Launched TIM KMS Access
– 1,500 Resources
– 98,000 Website Page Views
2017ANNUALREPORT
2015
2016
2017
2013
NOCoE VisionThe National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) is to be the recognized leader in providing exceptional services to the transportation systems management and operations community to save lives, reduce congestion, and enhance economic vitality.
NOCoE MissionThe NOCoE empowers the TSMO community to succeed by enhancing knowledge, skills, and abilities.
NOCoE Stakeholders and TMSO Professionals:
I’m very pleased to share with you the 2017 Annual Report for the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE). This report is designed to give you an overview of NOCoE’s activities, provide a snapshot of some of our successes in 2017, and describe the increased impact NOCoE is making on the broader transportation community.
At the National Operations Center of Excellence, we support the people who operate the nation’s transportation management systems by connecting them with best-practices to save lives, time and money. NOCoE’s presence in the transportation industry is just as important today as it was the day of our founding, three years ago. However, transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) may be even more essential than we’d originally envisioned. As concepts around congestion, funding, new mobility, and rapidly deployable technologies become more of our reality, TSMO implementation has become necessary to efficiently deploy and apply technologies and techniques to maximize our overall transportation system.
We’re proud of NOCoE’s ability to provide resources and knowledge for the TSMO community, but we’re more proud of the achievements made by the individuals in DOTs across the country who are improving their transportation systems and using TSMO strategies to save lives, time, and money.
Sincerely,
Patrick Son, P.E. Managing Director
Incoming Board Members in 2018
Roger Millar Secretary of Transportation, Washington State
Mark Lowe Director, Iowa Department of Transportation
CHAIRShailen Bhatt
Chair Executive Director, Colorado Department of
Transportation/President and CEO (former), ITS America
(served through December 2017)
Greg Johnson
Administrator, State Highway Administration, Maryland
Department of Transportation (January – April 2017)
Harry Voccola
Management Consultant
Jennifer Cohan
Secretary of Transportation, Delaware Department of
Transportation
Laurie Matkowski
� Manager,�Office�of�Transportation Operations
Management, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission
Doug Wiersig, Ph.D., P.E.
Director, Department of Transportation and Public Works, City of Forth Worth
Mike Holder, P.E.
Chief Engineer, Division of Highways, North Carolina
Department of Transportation (January – September 2017)
Abbas Mohaddes
President & COO Econolite Group Inc.
Martin Knopp
Associate Administrator, Office�of�Operations,�Federal�Highway Administration, U.S. Department of Transportation
Board of DirectorsNOCoE is advised by a Board of Directors composed of representatives from state, regional, and local transportation agencies, private industry, and the federal government.
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RESOURCES PAGE VIEWS
115,000Impressions increase in
followers
Tweet of the Year:200%
Website Statistics
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T W I T T E R P R E S E N C E
NOCoE Web Pages2017 Total Solar Eclipse
SPaT Challenge
V2I Coalition
TSMO Industry Resources
NOCoE Calendar
NOCoE ResourcesAASHTO TSMO Guidance
AASHTO Guide for the Planning, Design, and Operation of Pedestrian Facilities
National ITS Architecture
Maryland TSMO Plan One-Pager
I-5 Variable Speed Limits and Lane Control, Washington State
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• Conducted by FHWA
• 7 agencies
• 90 minutes of discussing TSMO program planning
• Part 2 conducted in early 2018
Most Viewed Webinars
Are Your Traffic Signals Ready For
Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures
Solar Eclipse Planning and Preparation
Expanding Traffic Incident Management
Training
Popular New Web Resources in 2017
Connected and Automated
Vehicles
Traffic Incident Management Knowledge
Management System
SPaT Challenge Verification Document
T S M O P R O G R A M P L A N R O U N D T A B L E
STRATEGIC GOAL #1
Educate, train, and develop TSMO practitioners by offering reliable, timely information and professional development
Traffic Incident Management KMSThis year we linked the resources of the FHWA Traffic Incident Management Knowledge Management System with the extensive resources of NOCoE’s Knowledge Center. Users can now use our search function to simulaneously find resources in both our Knowledge Center and the TIM KMS to ensure all available resources around traffic incidentment managent can be utilized. As we add more direct resources into our knowledge center, we’ll continue to identify other ways to link with the extensive amount of available transportation resources.
TSMO at the Regional and Local LevelIn 2017, NOCoE engaged with regional and local transportation agencies to discuss their role in TSMO and learn about their approach to implementing TSMO programs and strategies. The result was two peer exchanges, one virtual and one in-person, which involved representatives from 12 regional and local agencies who are leading the way in TSMO.
Technological advances, performance-based budgeting, and an increased focused on transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) are all influencing the roles of regional and local transportation agencies in the 21st century. With the changing nature of these roles comes a rethinking of traditional strategic planning models, as well as the short- and long-term operational strategies pursued by these agencies.
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Regional and Local Peer Exchange, October 6, 2017 in Grapevine, TX
NOCoE
TIM KMS
SOLAR ECLIPSE PLANNING AND PREPARATION COVERAGE
by the numbers
1 Appearance on NASA TV
50 Local and State Agencies
Communicated With
300+Webinar Views
9,500Views on Solar Eclipse Resource Page
Solar Eclipse Planning and Preparation CoverageNOCoE joined with FHWA and several AASHTO committees to provide support and resources for agencies around the 2017 Solar Eclipse. Our resource page was utilized by local and state agencies, including emergency management, tourism, and transportation departments.
Accelerate Deployment of Techniques and emerging Technologies to optimize mobility and safety
National TIM Awareness WeekAs part of NOCoE’s participation in the 2nd annual National Traffic Incident Management (TIM) Awareness Week, we highlighted the importance of TIM for Operations. This included asking states to contribute a short video talking about why their traffic incident management program is an essential operations strategy. Leaders from Iowa, Michigan, Virginia, and Wisconsin led the way in educating us on their TIM programs and advocating for the adoption of TIM techniques to save lives, time, and money.
Deployable Technologies for OperationsNOCoE delivered a number of online learning resources in 2017 focused on advancing technology deployments.
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Left to right: Scott Marler, Iowa DOT and Angie Kremer, Michigan DOT
Maximizing capacity: new applications for full-time and on-demand hard shoulder running
Active Traffic Management (ATM) Implementation and Operations
Are Your Traffic Signals Ready for Automated Traffic Signal Performance Measures
SPaT Challenge
Deployment of DSRC infrastructure with SPaT broadcasts in at least one corridor or network in each of the 50 states by January 2020
GOAL
Why is this challenge important?
It provides State and Local DOTs with an entry into DSRC based V2I deployment (allowing them to gain valuable procurement, licensing, installation, and operation experience)
It promotes future (more advanced) V2I deployments
It demonstrates a commitment to automobile manufacturers and applications developers
“Fortunately, there is one fairly basic connected vehicle element which is relatively simple to deploy and fundamental to a number of applications, the “signal phase and timing” (SPaT) message. SPaT
defines�the�actions�of�a�traffic�signal.�It�is�obtained�from�a�traffic�signal�controller via a standard query protocol and is broadcast by most
DSRC roadside devices as a standardized data message.” - BLAINE LEONARD, UTAH DOT ITS PROGRAM MANAGER
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Local and Regional TSMOIn 2017, NOCoE held a virtual peer exchange and in-person peer exchange with representatives of metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs), and local transportation agencies. This effort to work more closely with regional transportation leaders highlighted how much work is already being done at the local and regional level and provided input on future NOCoE services for local and regional agencies.
Communications DirectorsCommunications is a vital component of any TSMO program, whether to market the benefits of TSMO strategies, to directly communicate with the public around traffic management, or to communicate internally around the many changes and developments required to implement a TSMO program. In May of 2017, we held a peer exchange on Communicating the Future of Transportation, where strategic communications experts from Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, Missouri, Arizona, and California gathered to discuss their successes and challenges in communicating around technology, public private partnerships, funding, and TSMO programs.
Building a Workforce for the 21st CenturyThe 2016 NOCoE Workforce Summit positioned workforce development as a critical area for NOCoE to address and identified key actions required to advance the TSMO workforce.
Two major strides in this effort occurred in 2017:
• The commencement of an NCHRP project to develop knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA) and model position descriptions, document current best practices in recruitment, mentoring, succession, planning, cross training, special assignments, individual career planning for public and private entities.
• NOCoE led a university forum to gather input on pre-employment needs and solutions.
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Amy Ford, Chief of Advanced Mobility, Colorado DOT
ITS JPOFHWA
National Network for the Transportation
Workforce (NNTW)
Regional Workforce
centersNCHRP
Expanding Our CommunityNOCoE made several strides in selling the TSMO
message, expanding our community, and highlighting ongoing TSMO practices. Examples in 2017 include:
1 23 4Participating in 15+ events and conferences to
speak about TSMO
Presenting to students on colleges campuses
around the country about the TSMO
profession
Covering the Oregon hagfish spill and the
extraordinary collaborative efforts from response, work-
zone, and DOT workers to quickly clear the roadway
Working with NASA, Stormwatch, tourist bureaus,
emergency management agencies, and cities around the
country on planning for the 2017 Solar Eclipse
As we move into 2018, NOCoE is excited to take the TSMO message to new parts of our industry and to
continue to promote TSMO strategies and techniques.
STRATEGIC GOAL #4
Increase awareness and understanding of NOCoE
TSMO Agency EngagementsIn 2017, NOCoE started a new technical service, TSMO Agency Engagements, where NOCoE staff traveled to state DOT headquarters for an in-person meeting with TSMO agency staff. The goal was to both learn about the agency’s TSMO program and personnel, but also to inform agencies about the resources NOCoE provides and ways in which NOCoE can assist agencies more in the future. Visits in our inaugural year were to Maryland DOT and Iowa DOT.
NOCoE will continue these engagements in 2018 with visits to several locations, including Washington State DOT and Colorado DOT. Please let us know if you’d like us to engage directly with your agency to learn about your TSMO program and discuss ways we can assist you going forward.
NOCoE Student Chapter PresentationsIn an effort to educate students about TSMO and NOCoE, we initiated a student engagement program with the ITE Student Chapters. Presentations were given virtually and in-person at chapter events and discussed the changing transportation workforce, TSMO strategies, and NOCoE resources. Speakers included NOCoE’s Managing Director, Patrick Son, as well as NOCoE stakeholders, including Abbas Mohaddes, President & COO, of Econolite, Monica Harwood, Workforce Development & Traffic Operations Engineer, Washington State DOT, Beverly Kuhn, Texas A&M Transportation Institute Division Head and Senior Research Engineer, and Gailen McGill, System Operations & Intelligent Transportation Systems Manager at Oregon Department of Transportation
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Joey Sagal, Director, Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration
TRB Student ContestA contest for students to develop ePortfolios to assist in applying for a TSMO focused position.
FIVE WINNERS SELECTED:
Jin Wang Auburn University
Gabriel Odreman Texas A&M University –
Kingsville
Angela Kitali Florida
International University
Farinoush Sharifi Texas A&M University
Sogand Karbalaieali
Louisiana State University
Students flew to TRB Annual Meeting and:
Attended the Careers in Motion
Networking Fair
Presented their research on areas such as traffic incident management,
connected vehicles, data science, and planning
Met with TSMO industry leaders
Discussed future student engagement
around TSMO
TRB Student Contest Winners (from left to right): Jin Wang, Angela Kitali, Sogand Karbalaieali, Farinoush Sharifi, Gabriel Odreman, Patrick Son, NOCoE Managing Director
Student Contest Winners with Eric Rensel and Laurie Matkowski of Gannett Fleming
FY 2017 Contributing States to AASHTO Operational Technical Service Program
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Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)NOCoE’s Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) members are a direct link to the TSMO stakeholder community through their day-to-day interactions and dedicated and planned outreach/engagement around the community. This is NOCoE’s primary committee for providing input to the Managing Director and Center staff on the needs of the stakeholder community. The TAC members have input into the selection of topics for webinars, workshops, summits, and other activities within NOCoE. A liaison from FHWA also participates in the TAC and provides coordination between NOCoE and the FHWA Office of Operations.
As of January 2017, the following individuals comprise the NOCoE TAC:
Tony Kratofil Michigan DOT—Chair (AASHTO representative)
Dean Gustafson Virginia DOT (AASHTO representative)
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