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Module 1: What is TSMO? Why is it Important?

Module 1: What is TSMO? Why is it Important?. Regional Operations Forum Franklin,  TN May 21-23, 2019 . Session Purpose. Provide understanding of: What is TSMO? Why is it important? What are the benefits? Examples of leadership actions. TDOT & TSMO. What is TSMO?.

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Module 1: What is TSMO? Why is it Important?

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  1. Module 1:What is TSMO? Why is it Important? Regional Operations Forum Franklin,  TN May 21-23, 2019 

  2. Session Purpose • Provide understanding of: • What is TSMO? • Why is it important? • What are the benefits? • Examples of leadership actions

  3. TDOT & TSMO

  4. What is TSMO? “TSMO is a concerted and proactive effort to operate the system at its highest and best capacity. It rests on a framework formed by the intersection of road weather management, traffic control, traffic incident management, and work zone management, and touches almost everything we do–from design, to field maintenance, to how we clear crashes and obstructions, and to how we help stranded motorists. TSMO is an essential part of delivering safe mobility, and when done well it reduces crashes and increases flow and capacity without adding lane miles of roads.” - Mark Lowe, IADOT Director

  5. What is TSMO? Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) Refers to multimodal transportation strategies and technologies intended to maximize the efficiency, safety, and utility of the existing transportation network.

  6. What is TSMO? TSMO includes strategies such as: • Traffic detection and surveillance • Corridor management • Freeway management • Arterial management • Active transportation and demand management • Work zone management • Emergency management • Traveler information • Parking management • Automated enforcement • Incident management • Commercial vehicle operations • Freight management • Coordination of highway, rail, transit, bicycle, and pedestrian operations

  7. “the world’s best pancakes” N.Y. Times

  8. Why is TSMO important?

  9. The Mobility Problem Source: USDOT, Highway Statistics 2015

  10. Two Types of Congestion • Recurrent (recurring) • Congestion that occurs repeatedly and predictably on a given roadway or roadway system • Non-recurrent (non-recurring) • Congestion that has not been predicted and which may occur unexpectedly Source: MnDOT

  11. Many Differences Between Two Types of Congestion • Different causes • Recurrent: Commuters, major traffic generators, inadequate capacity • Non-recurrent: Incidents, construction, weather, special events • Different strategies • Recurrent: Time-of-day controls (signals, ramp metering, reversible lanes) • Non-recurrent: Adaptive controls, incident response • Different performance measures • Recurrent: Travel time, delay • Non-recurrent: Travel time reliability, incident duration

  12. Causes of Congestion Source: FHWA and WSP USA The majority of delays are caused by non-recurrent events

  13. Reliability • System Reliability – Improving efficiency of the transportation system • Travel Time Reliability - Measures the extent of unexpected delay How traffic conditions have been communicated What travelers experienced What they remember Annual average Travel time Travel time Travel times vary greatly day-to-day Jan Jul Dec Jan Jul Dec Source: FHWA

  14. Why is it Important?

  15. Why is it Important? FHWA intends for State transportation agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and other transportation organizations to use this resource to help them develop and sustain a TSMO mission and advance effective program delivery. For more information on TSMO and TSMO program planning, please visit the website for the FHWA Office of Operations at: https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov

  16. Why is it Important? “Agencies with the most effective TSMO activities were differentiated not by budgets or technical skills alone, but through the existence of critical processes and institutional arrangements focused on TSMO applications.”

  17. Why is it Important? • Articulates how TSMO supports agency mission, vision and purpose • Similar to Strategic Highway Safety Plans • Sustains and institutionalizes TSMO initiatives • Particularly through period of rapid change • Supports effective program delivery • Establishes resources and procedures • Responds to unique needs and issues • Supports agency in better meeting customer needs

  18. What are the benefits?

  19. What are the benefits? • Making the system perform better

  20. What are the benefits?

  21. What are the benefits? • Improving customer relationships • Customers have unique concerns and customer service is the responsibility of everyone who interacts with customers

  22. Who Can Benefit? • State DOTs – • project delivery with effective systems management and traffic operations • technological innovations • activities that improve travel safety and reliability • enhance traveler information and user experience • maximize the agency’s return on capital investments • MPOs – • planning for investments,  • facilitating regional coordination and collaboration,  • providing direction and focus on common goals.  • establish priorities that can feed into the metropolitan transportation plan (MTP) and transportation improvement program (TIP). 

  23. Who Can Benefit? • Local/regional operations organizations • coordinating construction management • incident management • emergency management • traveler information services • implement traffic signal coordination programs • Transit agencies – • Multimodal approach to managing the transportation system • Travel Demand Management

  24. Why Doesn’t TSMO Get More Attention? • Construction culture – TSMO represents a different and complementary approach • Construction has greater visibility and localized impact • Deteriorating physical condition of infrastructure • Existing construction and maintenance-oriented agency staff

  25. Bottom Line… • TSMO is not a panacea • It should be considered as either an alternative or a supplement to the addition of new capacity • It is an important tool for addressing non-recurring congestion • TSMO strategies can often be implemented more rapidly and at lower cost than new construction making them candidates for interim solutions

  26. TSMO & TDOT • 1990’s – Fog Zone Detection • 99 cars (12 Fatalities, 42 Injuries) • 1999 – HELP Program • 2000’s – TMC in 4 major metro areas of TN • 2009 – Rural ITS • 2012 – Potato Truck Incident • 2010-2018 – Expansions of ITS & HELP • 2017 – TTSUG • 2018 – I-24 Smart Corridor

  27. Who Can Benefit? TSMO TS..ME TSM..YOU

  28. Region 2 TSMO Regional Operations Forum Leadership Actions • Action planning During TSMO ROF • Examples will be shared as core and optional subjects are presented • CMM to identify baseline • Last day will focus on action plan development • After TSMO ROF • Share progress on action plans – with agency leadership listening in • Receive feedback and support • Learn from peers • Eat the Elephant One Bite at a Time

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