Operations News

FHWA Extension Letter to New York City Cordon Pricing Program Partners - 3/20/2025

New website launched for Planned Special Events - 3/7/2025
FHWA has launched the Planned Special Events (PSE) website to support transportation practitioners that focus on mobility planning for PSEs. Planned special...

Letter from Secretary Duffy to the Mayor of the District of Columbia highlighting roadway safety in our Nation’s Capital - 3/6/2025
Letter from Secretary Duffy to the Mayor of the District of Columbia highlighting roadway safety and compliance in the District of Columbia in support...

Regional Transportation Systems Management and Operations Case Studies Technical Report - 3/3/2025
This technical report presents three examples of regionally coordinated transportation systems management and operations programs focusing on the relationship...

Smartphone Travel Incentives Final Report - 2/25/2025
The FHWA Smartphone Travel Incentives Study, with a focus on nudges and incentives, was designed to encourage drivers to reveal "what it would take"...

FHWA Termination Letter to New York City Cordon Pricing Program Partners - 2/20/2025
Letter to Commissioner Dominguez, Commissioner Rodriguez, and President Sheridan from Gloria M. Shepherd to discuss the orderly cessation of toll operations...

U.S. Department of Transportation Terminates Tolling Approval for New York City's Cordon Pricing Program - 2/19/2025
Memorandum U.S. Department of Transportation Terminates Tolling Approval for New York City's Cordon Pricing Program

Travel Time Reliability in Traffic Analysis Resources - 2/10/2025
Two series of new resources on the use of travel time reliability in traffic analysis have been released. The Travel Time Reliability Video Series includes...

Case Study of Pennsylvania's Work Zone Speed Safety Camera Program - 1/23/2025
This case study presents experiences and lessons learned from Pennsylvania's work zone Speed Safety Cameras pilot and program (referred to as the...

Model Evaluation Plan for Work Zone Speed Safety Cameras - 1/23/2025
A Speed Safety Cameras (SSC) evaluation plan provides a structure for examining the SSC program’s progress toward achieving the program goals. Regular...

Case Study of New York State's Work Zone Speed Safety Camera Program - 1/15/2025
This case study presents the experiences and lessons learned, to date, from the New York State work zone SSC program (also referred to as the Automated...

Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase II Evaluation: Washington State Transportation Commission Road Usage Charge Pilot - 12/31/2024
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 established the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program to provide...

New NHI TSMO Web-Based Training - TSMO 101 - 12/5/2024
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) National Highway Institute (NHI) has developed a new course titled, TSMO...

New NHI TSMO Web-Based Training - Understanding and Applying the CMM to Advance TSMO Programs - 12/5/2024
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) National Highway Institute (NHI) has developed a new course titled, Understanding...

New NHI TSMO Web-Based Training - TSMO Benefit-Cost Analysis - 12/5/2024
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA's) National Highway Institute (NHI) has developed a new course titled, TSMO...

Role of Operations in Complete Streets: Primer - 11/6/2024
This primer provides an introduction on the role of transportation operations in Complete Streets and assists agencies with incorporating operations considerations...

New Systems Engineering for ITS website - 10/16/2024
The Office of Operations has developed a new Systems Engineering for ITS as a replacement to the long existing...

2023 Urban Congestion Trends Report - 8/23/2024
The 2023 Urban Congestion Trends report is now available. It includes congestion and reliability measure trends in the 52 largest urban areas in the United...

Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase I and II Independent Evaluation: Crosscutting Report - 7/12/2024
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 established the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program to provide...

Traffic Signal Program Handbook - 6/24/2024
The purpose of this handbook is to advance the use of objectives- and performance-based approaches to traffic signal management and to improve design,...

Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase II Evaluation: Mileage-Based User Fee Pilot by the Eastern Transportation Coalition - 6/17/2024
The Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act of 2015 established the Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives (STSFA) Program to provide...

Operations Performance Management Primer: From Performance Measures to Performance Management - 5/1/2024
This new primer discusses ways to approach operations performance management as an expansion of operations performance measurement. It also includes an...

2024 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19- “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever”. - 3/22/2024
The 2024 National Work Zone Awareness Week will be hosted by the state of Maryland, with a national kick-off event scheduled for Tuesday, April 16th.