Operations - Related Links
Categories
Transportation and Highway-Related Links
Government Web Sites
Office of Operations
- Office of Operations Organizational Chart
- Operations Program Directory
- Operations Staff Phone Directory
- Overview of Program Areas in Operations
- Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)
Federal Highway Administration
- Congestion Relief
- Federal Lands Highway
- Highways for Life
- Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office
- National Highway Institute (NHI)
- National Highway Specifications (NHS)
- National
Traffic and Road Closure Information
Links to traffic and road closure information web sites in all states, as well as national links. - Office of Infrastructure
- Office of Planning, Environment and Realty
- Office of Policy
- Office of Safety
- Office of Transportation Policy Studies
- Operations - FHWA Research and Technology Initiatives
- Operations & Intelligent Transportation Systems Research
- Resource Center Operations/Federal Highway Administration
- SAFETEA-LU
- Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center (TFHRC)
- United States Federal Highway Administration Field Offices
Other Government Web Sites
- Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
- Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)
- Federal Transit Administration (FTA)
- Federal Transit Administration Commuter Choice Program
- FightGridlockNow.gov
National Strategy to Reduce Congestion - Maritime Administration (MARAD)
- National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
- National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
- National Transportation Library (NTL)
- National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
- National Weather Service (NWS)
- Office of Intelligence, Security, and Emergency Response (OET)
- Planning for Operations
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)
- Surface Transportation Board (STB)
- State Transportation Web Sites
- Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
- United States Coast Guard (USCG)
- United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
- United
States Department of Justice, AMBER Alert
"America's Missing: Broadcast Emergency Response" - The AMBER Alert System began in 1996 when Dallas-Fort Worth broadcasters teamed with local police to develop an early warning system to help find abducted children. In 2002, transportation agencies started using their dynamic message signs (DMS) to broadcast AMBER Alerts and have become principal partners in AMBER Plans across the country. - United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT)
Information-Gathering
Data
- Annual
Congestion Data
Annual Mobility Report by the Texas Transportation Institute. - Association of Public Data Users
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Congestion Initiative - DOT
- FedStats
Gateway to Statistics for over 100 Federal Agencies. - Freight at the Bureau of Transportation Statistics
- Freight Data Sources
- Freight Fact and Figures
- ITS Benefits and Costs Database
- Texas Transportation Institute 2007 Urban Mobility Report
Congestion continues to worsen, according to the report, costing the U.S. $78 billion in lost time and extra gas usage. According to the report, travelers spent and extra 4.2 billion hours traveling due to congestion. - Transportation Pooled Fund Program Web Site
- Transportation Networks, Personal Travel Surveys, and Transportation Energy
- Transitweb
This site provides a searchable database to assist transit agencies in developing and improving their web sites. Use the SEARCH buttons to navigate and benchmark your agency while finding examples of desirable web site features. - TranStats Intermodal Transportation Database
- United States Census Bureau
- United States Department of Homeland Security - Lessons Learned Information Sharing
- Work
Zone Crash/Accident Data
Centralized work zone crash/accident information from the National Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse.
Self Assessments
- Traffic Incident Management Self Assessment
- Traffic Signal Operation Self Assessment
- Work Zone Self-Assessment
Transportation and Highway-Related Links
Associations and other Professional Organizations
- American Association of State Highways and Transportation Officials (AASHTO)
- American Meteorological Society (AMS)
- American Public Transportation Association (APTA)
- American Public Works Association (APWA)
- American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA)
- American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA)
- Association for Commuter Transportation (ACT)
- Association of American Railroads (AAR)
- Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO)
- I-95 Corridor Coalition
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
- Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)
- Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITS America)
- Intermodal Association of North America (IANA)
- International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP)
- International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association (IBTTA)
- International City/County Management Association (ICMA)
- International Municipal Signal Association (IMSA)
- National Association of County Engineers (NACE)
- National Associations of Regional Councils (NARC)
- National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL)
- National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP)
- National Defense Transportation Association (NDTA)
- National Governors Association (NGA)
- National League of Cities (NLC)
- Public Technology Institute (PTI)
- Texas Transportation Institute (TTI)
- Transportation Research Board (TRB)
Forums and Web Casts
- ITS Technology Forum
- Taking Freight Seminar Series
- Talking Operations Forum
- Talking Operations Web Conference Series
Groups and Committees
- AASHTO's Standing Committee on Highways (SCOH)
- IEEE Incident Management Working Group
- Intermodal Freight Technology Working Group
- National Committee on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (NCUTCD)
- National Committee on Uniform Traffic Laws and Ordinances (NCUTLO)
- National Transportation Operations Coalition (NTOC)
Other Related Links
- 511
Deployment Coalition
"Deploy511.org" is a repository of information for the 511 travel information telephone services deployment community. The 511 Deployment Coalition developed Deploy511.org to provide ready access to the information and tools provided by the Coalition, and to make it easier for the 511 deployers to share resources. - Best Workplaces for Commuters
- CommuterChoice.com
- ITS Cooperative Deployment Network (ICDN)
- National Transportation Week
- National Work Zone Awareness Week
- Turner-Fairbank Highway Research Center: Technical Publications Catalog
- Work Zone Safety Information Clearinghouse
