TSMO 101: What Is This TSMO Thing Anyway?
Length: Approximately 2 hours
Description
As congestion continues to spread and intensify, and the levels of incidents, delays, and disruptions increase, the level of service and reliability of the roadways in many areas continues to decline. We can’t build our way out of congestion, but perhaps we can find a way to “take back” some of the lost capacity and increase safety.
So, how do we address this mobility problem? The answer is TSMO, or Transportation Systems Management and Operations.
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Objectives
Once participants complete this course, they will be able to:
- Define TSMO and explain why it’s important
- Discuss the objectives of TSMO
- Describe the organizational initiatives required to sustain TSMO
- List some examples of TSMO strategies
- Relate the benefits and challenges of TSMO strategies
Outline (click to display)
Lesson 1. What Is TSMO & Why Is It Important?
- Definition of TSMO
- Importance of TSMO
- Sources of Delay & Traditional Management Approaches
- The Systems Engineering Process – The “V Model”
- Providing Effective, Safe & Reliable Transportation
- TSMO Strategies
- TSMO Objectives
Lesson 2. Influences for Change
- What Agencies Experience with TSMO
- Changing Transportation Environment
- Technology: Transforming Our World
- Changing Customer Needs & Expectations
- TSMO vs New Capacity
- TSMO Benefits
- TSMO: Benefit-Cost Ratio
- Challenges to Communicating the Value of TSMO
Lesson 3. TSMO Strategies
- Evolution of TSMO Strategies
- The Scope TSMO Strategies
- TSMO: A Complex Discipline
- Considering a TSMO Strategy
- TSMO Integration: Phases of Development
- TSMO Strategies
- Managing Non-Recurring Congestion and TSMO
- Traffic Incident Management
- Emergency Management
- Work Zone Management
- Weather and Operations
- Planned Special Events
- Active Transportation and Demand Management (ATDM)
- Managed Lanes
- Active Transportation Management (ATM)
- Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)
- Pricing and Lessons Learned
Contributor(s)
Washington State DOT
Lisa Burgess, Kimley-Horn
