the operations discipline
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The Operations Discipline. Recent Announcements. Next round of Work Zone Safety Grant proposals are now advertised on grants.gov website – encourage you to apply. MUTCD – future direction Will not pursue splitting Strategic planning effort due Jan. 2014 http://mutcd.tamu.edu /. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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The Operations Discipline
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Recent Announcements
• Next round of Work Zone Safety Grant proposals are now advertised on grants.gov website – encourage you to apply.
• MUTCD – future direction•Will not pursue splitting •Strategic planning effort due Jan. 2014
– http://mutcd.tamu.edu/
2OTS - Welcome Package
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Close relationship – Ops and Safety
• Does Operations and Safety = Traffic Engineering?
• Disciplines used to be in one office in FHWA and still are in many agencies
• MUTCD program moved to Operations many years ago – Work Zone program fairly recently (has WZ Safety and WZ Ops)
3OTS - Welcome Package
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Operations Discipline
• Headquarters (Program Office)•HOTO•HOTM•HOFM
• Resource Center• Division Offices
4OTS - Welcome Package
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Operations Organization
• Office of Transportation Operations (HOTO)•MUTCD•Work Zone•Road Weather•Emergency Transportation Operations
5OTS - Welcome Package
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Resource Center – Operations TST
Grant Zammit – Team Manager
Eddie CurtisRick DennyEric FerronEd FokDaniel GrateGreg JonesJim McCarthy (Part time)
Ray MurphyPaul OlsonNathaniel Price (Part time)Jim SturrockChung TranRalph VolpeKen Wood
6OTS - Welcome Package
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/resourcecenter/teams/operations/index.cfm
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Resource Center – Operations TST
Mission:To advance transportation operations through training, technical assistance, technology deployment, and partnerships with division offices, headquarters programs, research organizations, and State and local agencies.
7OTS - Welcome Package
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Operations TST
• Provide Technical Assistance in Program Areas•Division requests•Training•Technology deployment•Assistance to Program Office in
developing policies
8OTS - Welcome Package
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Division Specialists
• Many Divisions combine Safety and Operations duties into one position•Divisions responsible for
–Technical assistance–Program oversight
9OTS - Welcome Package
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Ops TST training
10OTS - Welcome Package
• MUTCD• Work Zone Design and Operations• Planning for Operations• Traffic Signal Design and Operations• Systems Engineering• Planned Special Events• Traffic Analysis Tools• Traffic Incident Management• Road Weather Mangement
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FHWA WZ websitehttp://ops.fhwa.dot.gov/wz/index.asp
Work Zone Safety Clearinghouse http://www.workzonesafety.org/
MUTCD websitehttp://www.mutcd.fhwa.dot.gov/
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• What types of training do you currently offer and to what audience?
• Any assistance necessary? If so, what type?
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Possible additional training needs?
• Human Factors and TCD?• Series on Traffic Engineering?• Traffic Signal Design and Operations?• TS Maintenance?• Nighttime WZ Design?
13OTS - Welcome Package