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Report</a> - 8/23/2024</li> <li><a href="resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=1214">Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase I and II Independent Evaluation: Crosscutting Report</a> - 7/12/2024</li> <li><a href="resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=1213">Traffic Signal Program Handbook</a> - 6/24/2024</li> <li><a href="resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=1212">Surface Transportation System Funding Alternatives Phase II Evaluation: Mileage-Based User Fee Pilot by the Eastern Transportation Coalition</a> - 6/17/2024</li> <li><a href="resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=1211">Operations Performance Management Primer: From Performance Measures to Performance Management</a> - 5/1/2024</li> <li><a href="resources/news/news_detail.asp?ID=1210">2024 National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 15-19- “Work Zones are temporary. Actions behind the wheel can last forever”.</a> - 3/22/2024</li> <li><a href="/resources/news/news.asp"><img src="images/ops_images/readmore.gif" alt="read more what's new" width="76" height="16" border="0" class="readmore"></a></li> </ul> <h2 class="headlineSpan"><a href="aboutus/one_pagers/opstory.htm">What is FHWA Doing to Support 21<sup>st</sup> Century Operations Using 21<sup>st</sup> Century Technologies?</a> </h2> <ul> <li><a href="program_areas/reduce-non-cong.htm">Reducing Non-Recurring Congestion</a></li> <li><a href="program_areas/reduce-recur-cong.htm">Reducing Recurring Congestion</a></li> <li><a href="program_areas/improving-ops.htm">Improving Day-to-Day Operations</a></li> <li><a href="program_areas/creating_foundation.htm">Creating a Foundation for 21<sup>st</sup> Century Operations</a></li> <li><a href="program_areas/improving-freight.htm">Improving Global Connectivity by Enhancing Freight Management and Operations</a></li> <li><a href="program_areas/mobility_security.htm">Improving Mobility and Security through Better Emergency Management</a></li> </ul> <div id="statistics"> <h2 class="headlineSpan">Improving Transportation Operations and Reliability by Enhancing Agency Capabilities</h2> <p> Capability Maturity Frameworks and supportive interactive tools have been developed for seven operations programs areas (Traffic Management, Traffic Incident Management, Road Weather Management, Planned Special Events, Work Zone Management, Traffic Signal Management, and Active Demand Management). The framework and tools help agencies assess current capabilities and generate a set of targeted activities to strengthen their operations programs. Learn more about the frameworks and tools at <a href="tsmoframeworktool/index.htm">https://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/tsmoframeworktool/index.htm</a>.<p> </div> </td> <td class="sidebar" valign="top"> <div class="tidbits"> <div id="bil"> <img src="images/bil.jpg" width="230" border="0" alt="Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill"> <p>The <a href="/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/index.htm">Bipartisan Infrastructure Law</a> (BIL) Web page is your one-stop shop for information about the portions of BIL specifically related to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Operations. We will add information on a regular basis as implementation progresses, and we invite you to visit the site often. For further information about all the FHWA-related sections of BIL, please visit the <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/bipartisan-infrastructure-law/">FHWA BIL site</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="tidbits"> <div id="opscorner"> <img src="images/fastact.jpg" width="230" height="40" border="0" alt="National Operations Center for Excellence (NOCoE)" class="minibanner"> <p>The <a href="fastact/index.htm">Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act or "FAST Act"</a> Web page is your one-stop shop for information about the portions of the Act specifically related to the Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) Office of Operations. We will add information on a regular basis as implementation progresses, and we invite you to visit the site often. For further information about all of the FHWA-related sections of the FAST Act, please visit the <a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/fastact/">FHWA site</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div class="tidbits"> <div id="ncoo"> <img src="images/nocoelogo.gif" width="230" border="0" alt="National Operations Center for Excellence (NOCoE)" class="minibanner"> <p>The National Operations Center for Excellence (NOCoE) (<a href="https://www.fhwa.dot.gov/exit.cfm?link=https://transportationops.org/" title="Link to National Operations Center for Excellence Web Site">transportationops.org</a>) serves as a single point-of-contact for transportation systems management and operations practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to provide the access for relevant knowledge, promote best practices, support capacity building, and promote peer-to-peer interchanges.</p> </div> </div> </td> </tr> </table>   </div></td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td id="footer" width="171"><img src="images/ops_images/fhwatag.gif" width="89" height="18" border="0" alt="FHWA"></td> <td id="footer-links"> <a href="//www.transportation.gov/" title="US DOT Home">US DOT Home</a> | <a href="//highways.dot.gov/" title="FHWA Home">FHWA Home</a> | <a href="index.asp">Operations Home</a> | <a href="//www.fhwa.dot.gov/privacy.cfm">Privacy Policy</a></td> <td id="javadate"><script language="JAVASCRIPT" type="text/javascript"> </script></td> </tr> </table> </body> </html>

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