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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.