NOCoE Case Studies capture the strategies and practices currently being deployed to advance the TSMO industry and enable TSMO practitioners to save lives, time, and money.
Case studies are developed in partnership with the authoring organization or individual to succinctly transfer knowledge for the effective use by others in the industry.
Many of the case studies come from TSMO Award Submissions. Please be sure to consider submitting your practices for upcoming awards.
Additional case studies focus on academic and industry collaboration models, the 2017 solar eclipse, and other TSMO practices being deployed throughout the country.
NOCoE Best Practices: Resiliency in Operations
- Best Practice
- Best Practice
- Education, Training & Professional Activities
- Evolution of Organizations, Structure, and Workforce
- NOCoE
- Publications
- Recruitment and Retention
- Staff Development
Resiliency of the transportation system has many facets that affect Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) in both asset development and implementation as well as execution of activities to respond and mitigate events. The term resiliency can be defined in a number of different w
Connected Vehicles Guidance Document (Lessons Learned and Best Practices) — Florida DOT
- Case Study
- Case Study
- Connected Vehicles
- NOCoE
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
Florida DOT (FDOT) developed the Connected Vehicles Lessons Learned & Best Practices (CV LL&BP), a 117-page guidance document that institutionalizes statewide processes for mainstreaming vehicle-to-everything (V2X) deployments within Florida's Transportation Systems Management & Opera
Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) Supplemental Security Standards — New Jersey DOT
- Case Study
- Case Study
- NOCoE
- New Jersey DOT
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
The New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) developed supplemental security standards for the Internet of Things (IoT) and Operational Technology (OT) devices that support its transportation operations. Building on the NJ Statewide Information Security Manual, the guidance establishes a u
TSMO 101 and inSITE Toolbox — Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
- Case Study
- Case Study
- NOCoE
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) TSMO Program developed and delivered a new TSMO 101 training course to more than 600 practitioners statewide, establishing a safety-first framework for TSMO across all Cabinet disciplines. Using a safe system approach, the program redefines TSMO around t
Day One Deployment District (DODD) - Georgia DOT
- Case Study
- Case Study
- NOCoE
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
- Webinar
The Georgia Department of Transportation (GDOT), in partnership with ITS America and the U.S. Department of Transportation, established the Day One Deployment District (DODD), an approximately one-square-mile V2X environment in downtown Atlanta built on 93 connected signalized intersect
NOCoE Best Practices: Arterial Management Control Strategies
- Advanced Traffic Signal Control
- Best Practice
- Best Practice
- Corridor and Arterial Traffic Management
- Education, Training & Professional Activities
- NOCoE
- Publications
- Recruitment and Retention
- Staff Development
- Traffic Signal Program Management
Arterial roadways are a significant portion of the highway network, especially in urban areas. There are many benefits to a Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) program focused on control strategies for signalized corridors to improve travel time and reliability; multimodal sys
NOCoE Best Practices: Procurement
- Best Practice
- Best Practice
- Education, Training & Professional Activities
- Evolution of Organizations, Structure, and Workforce
- NOCoE
- Procurement Overview
- Publications
- Recruitment and Retention
- Staff Development
- Suggested TSMO Procurement Structures
Traditional Department of Transportation (DOT) contracting and procurement systems are primarily designed around a predictable framework of design, construction, and maintenance services for roadway infrastructure. This legacy framework creates challenges when applied to Transportation Systems Ma
Talking TIM: June 2026
- NOCoE
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Traffic Incident Management
- Webinar
- Webinar
- Webinar
V2X for TSMO Virtual Peer Exchange Report
- Georgia DOT
- NOCoE
- Peer Exchange Report
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
- Publications
- Traffic Incident Management
NOCoE held the V2X for TSMO Virtual Peer Exchange on April 14, 2026. This peer exchange was a follow-up to the in-person session at the TTI Rellis Center in College Station in 2025 and participants were again invited to share activity updates and learnings.The four-hour agenda included updates fr
Maintenance Work Zones Peer Exchange Report
- NOCoE
- Peer Exchange Report
- Planned Special Event Management
- Planned Special Events Traffic Management
- Publications
- Work Zone Traffic Management
The National Operations Center of Excellence (NOCoE) hosted the Maintenance Work Zones Virtual Peer Exchange to share information between a cross section of agency managers in the transportation operations and maintenance function of their jurisdictions. Their experience in developing and managin