1. AASHTO Special Committee on Wireless Communications Technology
Tampa, Florida
October 26, 2016
Overview of the ASHTO Subcommittee on Transportation Systems Management & Operations (STSMO) John Nisbet Gummada Murthy STSMO Vice Chair AASHTO Liaison

2. 1. Boldness, 2. Practicality, 3. Visibility, 4. Connectedness
STSMO Strategic Plan
Vision:
Transform the national transportation community to a TSM&O culture that focuses on effectively managing and operating the surface transportation system.
Mission:
Reduce crashes, injuries, fatalities and improve network efficiency and system mobility by engaging state DOT’s, other AASHTO committees and partner organizations in support of increasing agency capability and utilization of TSM&O strategies.
Four Principles:
1. Boldness, 2. Practicality, 3. Visibility, 4. Connectedness

3. STSMO Strategic Plan (cont.) Eight Strategic Goals
Encourage adoption of proven TSM&O concepts and strategies
Support DOTs in implementation of system performance measurement and management to tie in with TSM&O
Develop and evolve a workforce that is fully capable of accommodating and expanding TSM&O through development of needed skillsets and training.
Continue to make the business case for TSM&O.
Strengthen relationships and processes among the AASHTO groups and external organizations involved in TSM&O.
Guide and support the programs and services of the National Operations Center of Excellence, in collaboration with ITE and ITS America.
Build on and expand the use of the capability maturity model to improve agency TSM&O capability and expertise.
Encourage and facilitate the development and deployment of connected vehicle infrastructure and applications, including elements that support automated vehicle features.

4. 2015 STSMO Leadership Team TWG 3 TSM&O Research TWG 2
Shailen Bhatt - Chair
John Nisbet WSDOT – Vice Chair
Robert Arnold- FHWA – Secretary
Gummada Murthy, AASHTO – Liaison
Patrick Zelinski, AASHTO - Liaison
TWG 3
TSM&O Research
TWG 2
Systems Operations Performance Measures
TWG 1
Systems Operation Strategies
B. Freeze, TN /
D. Gustafson, VA
D. Bremmer, WA /
T. Kratofil, MI
G. McGill, OR /
S. Marler, IA
Robert Arnold
Rich Taylor
Tracy Scriba
TWG 4
TIMTAG
TWG 5
Connected Vehicles
T. Lane, AZ /
Blaine Leonard, UT /
Greg Larson, CA /
Matt Smith, MI
FHWA Liaisons
FHWA Liaisons
FHWA Liaisons
FHWA Liaisons
Paul Jodoin
Robert Arnold /
Jonathan Walker

5. STSMO Recent Accomplishments
Continued support and leadership with the NOCoE (In Collaboration with FHWA, ITE, ITSA)
Participated in the TSMO Workforce Development Summit
Developed NCHRP 20-7 Project for initial scoping of a TSMO guidebook and standards similar to the AASHTO Green Book
Developed a webinar to share best practices for TIM towing and emergency relocation practices
Participated in the review and response to FHWA NPRM for System Performance
Co-sponsored Pre-TRB and Post TRB webinars on current TSMO research
Connected/Automated Vehicle Outreach, Education & Development:
Survey on V2I Applications, Pilot Site Presentations, Patent Infringement Issues Discussion, Benefit / Cost Tools Exchange of Information, Initiated the SPaT Challenge

6. Highlights of Current Activities
Operations Guide
Workforce Development
Traffic Incident Management
Connected/Autonomous Vehicles

7. NCHRP 20-07 (392) AASHTO Operations Guide

8. Project Background Need sprang out of focus on TSM&O within State DOTs
Need for guidance on operations related activities
Guidance on operations related project development
Recognition of the connections between operational strategies and geometric features/elements
Operational strategies that should be “standard features”

9. TSMO and Infrastructure Design

10. WSDOT US 2 Shoulder Lane Geometrics

11. Research Project Purpose
Objectives
Investigate focus and topics for Operations Guide
Develop a roadmap for activities leading the Guide
Products
Prospectus for NCHRP
Annotated outline for the Guide
Roadmap for development of the Guide

12. Project Status Literature review Operations practitioner workshop
Complete
Operations practitioner workshop
Conducted August 2 in Denver
Telephone interviews
Underway – will continue through most of the project
Webinar
To be conducted in November
NCHRP Prospectus
Drafted
Operations Guide Outline
In progress
Roadmap
Development just underway

13. Workforce Development
National Workforce Summit (June 2016)
Participation included practitioners, senior managers, academia, and associations. Public and private sectors
2 Key Objectives
Identify activities to be lead or influenced by the NOCoE and others
Encourage the development of resources for TSMO workforce development

14. Workforce Development
Eight Priority Actions
Convene a forum focused on pre-employment needs
Create a repository of TSMO course materials
Explore training gaps in the context of TSMO KSA’s
Create a bank of position descriptions and model examples
Develop model post employment training programs
Document best practices for recruitment practices including non traditional disciplines
Document best practices relative to other development tools
Continue to elevate TSMO as a core transportation function

15. Traffic Incident Management
Multi-faceted engagement
TIM Strategic Plan development underway

16. Traffic Incident Management
Near Term Focus
Develop guidelines and best practices for states to establish Secondary Crash reporting requirements, including standard definitions
Analyze and develop a tool to predict the probability of a secondary crash during the incident timeline
Develop guidelines and best practices to implement towing and recovery programs within State DOT’s

17. TSMO Capability Maturity Models

18. STSMO Overview SCOWCT, Tampa, Florida October 26, 2016
Thank You Questions? John Nisbet Gummada Murthy STSMO Vice Chair AASHTO Liaison

21. What’s Happening at WSDOT
Operational Initiatives
Practical Solutions
Workforce Development

22. Florida International University
Workshop on Transportation System Management and Operations
October 24, 2016
Overview of the ASHTO Subcommittee on Transportation Systems Management & Operations (STSMO) John Nisbet Gummada Murthy STSMO Vice Chair AASHTO STSMO Liaison