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The Regional Concept for Transportation Operations: A Practitioner's Guide

Overview

This practitioner’s guide is a collection of the observed successes and lessons learned from four metropolitan regions as they developed Regional Concepts for Transportation Operations (RCTOs), a management tool used by planners and operations practitioners to define a strategic direction for implementing effective regional transportation management and operations in a collaborative manner. This document provides information on how to develop and implement an RCTO effectively and efficiently by highlighting practices that have been used successfully to overcome challenges by the four implementing regions that forged ahead into this new territory. This guide offers lessons from these pioneering sites that can help other implementing regions to select the methods that are most effective in improving regional transportation system performance.

Source Organization Location

Washington
,
DC

Operations Area of Practice

    Interagency Agreements / Cooperation / MOUs
    Strategic Planning
    Planning for Operations

Organizational Capability Element

    Planning
    Leadership/Championship
    Program Status/Authorities
    Local government/MPO/RTPA cooperation

Content Type

Case Studies & Lessons Learned

Role in Organization

Transportation Planner
Senior Engineer
Researcher/Academic
Principal Engineer
Manager / First Line Supervisor
Director / Program Manager
Engineer
Senior Manager
Public Safety Officer
Media / PIO

Publishing Organization

FHWA

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Prime Contractor
SAIC
Author
Jocelyn K. Bauer,
Michael C. Smith, and
Kelley K. Pecheux
Issue Date
Publication Number
HOP-11-032