The following resources are available to support agencies exploring opportunities to improve the day-to-day management and operation of their TMSs or TMCs:
National Resources:
- Traffic Management Centers: Challenges, Best Practices and Future Plans
- Active Traffic Management: Comprehension, Legibility, Distance, and Motorist Behavior in Response to Selected Variable Speed Limit and Lane Control Signing
- TMC Staffing and Scheduling Tool
- Supporting Documentation:
- TMC Operations Manual
- Active Traffic Management (ATM) Implementation and Operations Guide
- Active Traffic And Demand Management Resources
- Coordinated Freeway and Arterial Operational Plans and Procedures
- Ramp Management and Metering Resources
- Dynamic Part-Time Shoulder Use: Considerations for Opening Freeway Shoulders for Travel As a Traffic Management Strategy
- Traffic Incident Management Resources
- Driver Use of Real-Time En-Route Travel Time Information
- Work Zone Traffic Management
- Assessment of Emerging Opportunities for Real-Time, Multimodal Decision Support Systems in Transportation Operations
- Traffic Management Centers in a Connected Vehicle Environment- Task 3. Future of TMCs in a Connected Vehicle Envrionment
- Decision Support Subsystem Requirements for the Next Generation Traffic Management Systems and Centers (TMCs)
- Traffic Management Centers in a Connected Vehicle Environment- Task 2. Investigation of Expected Changes in TMCs
- Using Text Messaging to Locate and Verify Incidents Outside of Traffic Management System Coverage Areas Resources
- Fact Sheet: Coming soon
- Presentation
- Webinar Slides (2/21/2024)
- Webinar Recording (2/21/2024)
Agency Specific Practices:
- New Jersey Turnpike Authority: Guidelines For Use of VMS Systems for Construction Within Work Zones
- An Overview of TMC Practices– Results from a Nationwide Survey, Florida International University
- A Review of Traffic Management Center Practices for Contemporary Technological and Service Improvements, commissioned by Utah DOT
- Regional Traffic Operations Program Concept of Operations, Georgia DOT