National Transportation Operations Coalition NTOC

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National Transportation Operations Coalition
(NTOC)
NAWG Meeting National Association of Development
Organizations (NADO) 400 N. Capitol St.., NW
Washington, DC January 29, 2004
Jeffrey F. Paniati Associate Administrator for
Operations Federal Highway Administration
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Presentation Overview

• The Need for 21st Century Operations
• Ongoing efforts to Advance Operations
• National Transportation Operations
• Coalition (NTOC)

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The Operations Community

• Local, State, and Federal Transportation
  Professionals
• Elected/Appointed Officials
• Transportation Planners
• Public Safety Community
• University and Research Professionals
• Private Industry

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Operations Community Objective

• To Build, maintain, and operate a
  transportation system that is safe, reliable and
  secure.

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Operations Community Challenges

• Urban Congestion is reducing the quality of
  life
• and our economic vitality.
• Rural Crashes are a significant public health
• problem. Unexpected delays have a big
  impact
• (fog, ice, work zones).
• Ports and Border Delays are reducing our
• global competitiveness.
• Operating the system smartly and efficiently can
  help address each of these challenges.

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Operations Community Responsibility

• Building a 21st century operations
• culture that effectively uses 21st
• century technologies.

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What is 21st Century Operations?
Characteristics

• Out
• Reactive
• Project focused
• Jurisdictions
• 8/5
• Output-oriented
• Historical info

• In
• Proactive
• Customer focused
• Systems
• 24/7
• Performance-based
• Real-time info

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What are 21st Century Technologies?..ITS!

• Information gathering
• Information sharing
• Control
• Vehicle-based
• Vehicle to roadside to home base
• Payment

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How Can We Achieve Our Objective?

• Manage for Performance
• Advancing the State-of-the-Practice
• Communicating/Educating/Advocating

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Manage for Performance

• Develop and implement performance
• measures and processes
• Organize agencies to operate
• Plan for operations (incorporate into
• the transportation planning process)

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The Cultural Shift!
State Transportation Planning and Investment
Decision-making
Transportation Operations and Maintenance
Regional Transportation Systems Management and
Operations
Linkage

• Achieved through
• Unprecedented Regional Transportation Operations
  Collaboration and Coordination

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Advance the State of the Practice

• Detect, respond, remove incidents quicker.
• Reduce delays due to work zones.
• Operate intersections safer/more efficiently.
  
• Manage traffic more aggressively.
• Reduce run-of-road crashes.
• Manage better during inclement weather.
• Ensure we are prepared for emergencies.
• Provide travelers with full information.

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Communicate/Advocate/Educate
National Transportation Operations Coalition
(NTOC)
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National Transportation Operations Coalition
(NTOC)
Representing the Community through partnerships
with

• Key national associations AASHTO, APTA,
• ITE, ITS-A, APWA, AMPO, NACE, NACTO,
• STPP, ICMA, PTI, AAPA, TRB, and others.

Focus on moving stakeholders from Dialogue to
Action.
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Coalition Action Plan

• Managing for Performance
• Develop easy to use performance measure
  materials.
• Create information and tools to support
  planning for operation.
• Advance consideration of operations in the
  planning process.

• Advancing the State-of-the Practice
• Develop tool-box of best practice.
• Develop performance benchmarks for
  changeable message signs.
• Develop performance benchmarks for traffic
  signal systems.

• Communicating/Educating/Advocating
• Summarize operations benefits data.
• Develop products aimed at
  decision-makers.
• Create shared management and operations
  website.
• Develop comprehensive/coordinated
  outreach program.

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Coalition Structure
NTOC
NAWGCommunication Outreach
Signal Systems VMS Benchmarking
Performance Measurement Reporting
Linking Planning Operations
Current Action Teams
Funding Compendium
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Outreach Communications Task Force for the NTOC
To educate the community on the benefits of
adopting operations strategies and Intelligent
Transportation Systems (ITS) as viable options
for improving the overall performance of the
nations transportation system.
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NAWG
Role and Responsibilities

• Assist in the development and execution of
• NTOC Outreach and Communications activities
• Provide guidance on NTOC Outreach Agenda
• Attend Monthly NAWG/NTOC Outreach
• Meetings
• Update NTOC at bi-annual meetings

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NAWG
Possible Activities

• Talking Ops Web cast Series (similar to
  Freight)
• Transportation Operations Conference (ITE Spring
  05)
• Development of Publications and Articles
• Provide guidance on redesign of NTOC Website,
• E-Dialogue, and ICDN
• Host Conference Sessions and Workshops on
• Operations issues

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SAFETEA Operations Provisions

• Legislatively establishes Transportation
  Systems
• Management and Operations (TSMO).
• Promotes regional operations coordination/collab
  oration.
• Establishes a Real-Time System Management
• Information Program.
• Focuses resources on improving system
  performance
• Infrastructure Performance and Maintenance
  Program
• ITS Performance Incentive Program
• Creates an institutional focus on freight
  management.
• Funds a strong ITS RD program supports
  separate
• Operations RD program.

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Summary
Delivering a safe, reliable, and secure
transportation system requires
operations21st century operations using 21st
century technologies. There are many things
we need to do today to deliver 21st century
operations. Managing for Performance
Advancing the State-of-the-Practice
Communicating/Educating/Advocating SAFETEA
presents the opportunity to significantly advance
the consideration of Operations. FHWA and
the National Transportation Operations Coalition
are working together as champions to build a
21st century operations culture.
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For More Information
Office of Operations www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov Nation
al Transportation Operations Coalition http//www.
ops.fhwa.dot.gov/nat_dialogue.htm Zia
Burleighzia.burleigh_at_fhwa.dot.gov [phone]
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