NOCoE News: NOCoE Joins Engineering Workforce Consortium

Mar 5 2026 by adamhopps

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Plus, CTSO Annual Meeting happening in March.

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March 5, 2026

NOCoE Joins EWC
CTSO Annual Meeting
Student Winner at TRB

Webinar Recordings
Upcoming Webinars
Industry News

NOCoE Joins Engineering Workforce Consortium

On February 24, 2026, the Engineering Workforce Consortium (EWC) announced that the National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) joined the collaborative effort to address the critical workforce shortage impacting infrastructure development across the United States.

“NOCoE is pleased to sign on to the Engineering Workforce Consortium to help inform audiences on workforce development opportunities as this is an important component for the nation’s transportation systems management and operations industry, including the education of students on careers and increasing the skills of the current workforce,” said Nevada Department of Transportation Director and NOCoE Strategic Advisory Committee Chair Tracy Larkin Thomason.

L-R: Russell McMury, President, AASHTO, and Commissioner Georgia DOT; Joung Lee, Deputy Director and Chief Policy Officer, AASHTO; Marsha Anderson Bomar, President, ASCE, and Transportation Strategic Advisor, GHD, Inc.; Steve Hall, Executive Vice President, ACEC; Andrea Eales, Director of Government and Public Affairs, American Public Works Association; Nicholas Ramfos, Director, NOCoE, AASHTO

CTSO Annual Meeting Happening in March 2026

The Committee on Transportation System Operations (CTSO) will be hosting its annual meeting from March 26-27, 2026, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Join us during the NOCoE luncheon where we will announce the 2026 TSMO Awards Overall Winner and Joey Sagal TSMO Leadership Award Winner.

NOCoE Interviews Student Winner at 2026 TRB Annual Meeting

During the 2026 TRB Annual Meeting, NOCoE Director Nicholas Ramfos interviewed student contest winner Gabriel Geffen. Gabriel, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona, won the contest with his video on the use of AI for ramp metering, which he also presented on during a poster session.

WATCH INTERVIEW HERE

Webinar Recordings

Talking Tim: February 2026

Upcoming Webinars

Integrating Emerging Trends & Technologies to Advance TSMO Programs

March 18, 2026, from 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT

Description

This webinar will introduce a new playbook (FHWA-HOP-25=045) designed to equip Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) practitioners with an approach to anticipate, adapt to, and leverage innovations and shifts in emerging technologies, trends, and services (ETTS) to advance their programs.

Featured in this webinar will be two presentations on transportation agencies who are leveraging technology to advance their TSMO programs, including City of Bellevue Department of Transportation and Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet).

Please direct any questions to Joseph.Gregory@dot.gov.

Talking TIM: March 2026

March 25, 2026, from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

Description

The Talking TIM webinar series provides a forum where TIM practitioners can exchange information about current practices, programs, and technologies. Each month, Talking TIM will highlight successful programs, identify best practices, and showcase technology that advances the profession. Topics and presenters are announced several weeks ahead of time.

Jim Austrich, FHWA Office of Operations, organizes and moderates this webinar series hosted by the NOCoE. To suggest topics or presenters for a future webinar, please reach out to the FHWA TIM Program Team (Jim Austrich).

PSE Spotlight Series: Post-Event Activities

April 2, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. EDT

Description

The FHWA PSE Program is pleased to welcome transportation mobility planning professionals to the inaugural PSE Spotlight quarterly webinar series. Each quarter, the PSE Spotlight series will highlight two planned special events, identify good practices, and showcase processes and tools that can help transportation professionals tasked to manage the mobility and related needs for various planned special events.

Talking TIM: March 2026

April 22, 2026, from 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. EDT

Description

Industry News

Technology Adoption & Digital Transformation (AI-enabled) March 24 & 25 (University of Denver training)

Embracing Innovation & Change April 21 & 22 (University of Denver training)

UDOT’s Incident Management Team assists drivers during massive snowstorm (KUTV-TV)

Tennessee DOT’s Rural Service Patrol is Ready to Roll this Spring (Tennessee DOT news release)

Montana DOT Launches Truck Parking Info System Along I-90 (KTMF-TV)

Technology Identifies Most Needed Areas For Truck Parking (Commercial Carrier Journal)

WYDOT Video Examines Essentiality of Traffic Control Devices (WYDOT news video)

New Traffic Signal Tech Show Early Gains In Nashville (The Tennessean)

Public Transit Trip Planning App Expanding To All Public Transportation Services In Northern Minnesota (KAXE Radio)

INDOT announces new highway safety project (WFIU Radio)

Utah DOT expands V2X technology across snowplows on key winter routes (Utah DOT news release)

Sunnyvale, California to bring low-cost, rideshare-style public transit service (Bay Area News Group)

Kansas Officially Opens Express Lanes on U.S. 69 Corridor (AASHTO Journal)

A Ride Along with Utah DOT’s Incident Management Team (Utah DOT news video)

About the National Operations Center of Excellence

National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) provides services to the transportation systems management and operations (TSMO) community to saves lives, improve travel times, and enhance economic vitality. With an emphasis on workforce development, NOCoE aims to assist in the deployment of technologies and the mainstreaming of TSMO solutions by fostering education, networking, communication, and knowledge transfer.

For more information, please visit www.transportationops.org.

Contact Us

National Operations Center of Excellence

555 12th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20004

Ph: 202.624.5478

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