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From the Director
Making
the Case for Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination
The
Practice of Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination
Regional
Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination and the Regional ITS
Architecture Development Process
A
Self-Assessment—Where Are You in Regional Collaboration and Coordination?
Applications
of Regional Operations Collaboration and Coordination Planning for Transportation
Operations:
TRANSCOM’s Regional Approach to Operations
Southern California ITS Priority Corridor
Maryland CHART
Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN)
Baltimore Regional Operations Coordination (B-ROC)
Project
Montgomery County ATIS
Cross-Jurisdictional Signal Coordination in Phoenix
San Antonio’s Advanced Warning to Avoid Railroad Delays
(AWARD) Project
San Antonio Medical Center Corridor Project
Phoenix’s Roadway Closure and Restriction System (RCRS)
Ventura County Fare Integration
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TRANSCOM’s
Regional Approach to Operationsi
TRANSCOM was created in 1986 to facilitate region-wide coordination of construction projects in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. Since then, its role has expanded to include the distribution of traffic and incident information and the management of regional ITS programs. The intent of TRANSCOM is to enable the collaboration of multiple planning and operating agencies to improve transportation throughout the three-state region. These agencies share traffic, incident management, and construction information through the use of sophisticated software. The communication among the agencies helped facilitate the management of the transportation system on September 11, 2001. TRANSCOM has adhered to the principles of regional operations collaboration and coordination since it began, and continues to evolve to improve one of the most complicated transportation systems in the Nation.
 Structure
- TRANSCOM has linkages with 16 member agencies, including major State and city DOTs, toll authorities, transit authorities, and State police, as well as more than 100 other entities, including local governments, police, fire, emergency services, and planning organizations. All entities work together to build support for better system performance.
- TRANSCOM was formed by the region’s transportation leaders; its 16 member agencies act as champions committed to cooperation and support for better system performance.
- Both planners and operators participate in TRANSCOM’s activities, thereby creating a shared vision for the region’s transportation system.
- Operations is a regular item on the TRANSCOM planning agenda for one of the most complex and congested urban transportation environments in the Nation.
Processes
- TRANSCOM was formed to provide a forum to collectively address traffic, incident management, and construction issues, and to determine collaborative, multimodal approaches to solving the region’s transportation problems.
Products
- TRANSCOM’s concept of operations is important to governing how member and other involved agencies interact and share information. All agencies involved acknowledge the concept of operations and understand that the legitimacy of TRANSCOM depends on their acceptance of TRANSCOM standards.
- TRANSCOM maintains planning documents such as a multiyear strategic plan, an annual business plan and budget, an information and communication systems plan, and a technology programs development plan.
Resources
- TRANSCOM leverages the resources of multiple agencies to collect and disseminate incident and event information.
- TRANSCOM’s agencies collaborate to bring transportation funding into the region.
- Agencies would not be willing to participate in TRANSCOM if they did not see a return on investment of their time and resources.
Performance
- TRANSCOM acknowledges the need for performance measures and expects to develop them in the future.
- TRANSCOM’s operations depend on real-time and archived data shared among the involved agencies. The Operations Information Center collects and disseminates real-time incident and construction information to members and affiliated agencies 24 hours a day, and maintains a database of construction projects.
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i “Organizing for Regional Transportation Operations: New York/New Jersey/Connecticut TRANSCOM,” prepared for U.S. Department of Transportation by Valerie Briggs and Keith Jasper, August 2001.
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