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ITS Community College Workshop #1
September 20-21, 2017 | ITS America Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Day 1 Presentation | September 20, 2017

Pennsylvania DOT Perspective

Presenter: Doug Tomlinson
Presenter’s Org: Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT)

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Most of the slides in this presentation include the PennDOT logo.

Slide 1: Pennsylvania DOT Perspective

ITS Community College Workshop
September 20, 2017

[This slide contains two images: (1) a collage of three photos (heavy traffic, a car wreck on a highway, and heavy traffic), and (2) an illustration of puzzle pieces fitting together to form the PennDOT logo, with each piece containing an icon representing an important aspect of transportation management.]

Slide 2: Overview

Transportation Systems Management & Operations

• TSMO Purpose
  A way to address reliability, mobility, and congestion by using various strategies rather than just trying to build our way out.
  [There is a simple graphic associated with this content: a football play diagram using Xs, Os, and arrows.]
• TSMO Mission
  Move people and goods, from Point A to Point B, as efficiently, safely, and reliably as possible.
  [There is a simple graphic associated with this content: two Google map markers with an arrow between them.]

Slide 3: Overview (Project Life Cycle – Reality)

[This slide contains a diagram of the project life cycle: four bubbles linked together with arrows moving in order from left to right (Planning, Design, Construction, and Maintenance). There is also a lone, smaller bubble below this diagram for Operations.]

Slide 4: Overview (Capability Maturity for TSMO)

Self-Assessment

Elements	Level 1 Performed	Level 2 Managed	Level 3 Integrated	Level 4 Optimizing
Planning & Programming	X
Systems & Technology	X
Performance	X
Culture		X
Organization & Staffing	X
Collaboration	X

Slide 5: Overview (Capability Maturity for TSMO)

Target

Elements	Level 1 Performed	Level 2 Managed	Level 3 Integrated	Level 4 Optimizing
Planning & Programming			X
Systems & Technology			X
Performance			X
Culture			X
Organization & Staffing			X
Collaboration			X

Slide 6: Key TSMO Activities

• TSMO Strategic Framework and Program Plan
• Performance Metrics Program
• TSMO Implementation Guidebook
• Regional Operations Plans
• Statewide TMC/4 Regional TMCs
• Connected and Automated Vehicles
• Traffic Signal Ownership

[This slide contains a simple graphic of five people in an audience watching a teacher pointing to a presentation screen that is displaying the PennDOT puzzle piece and the letters TSMO.]

Slide 7: Needed Job Skills

• Traffic Operations
• IT/Communications
• Data analytics
• Advanced Vehicle Technologies

[This slide contains two images: (1) a photo of the inside of a Transportation Management Center and (2) a drawing of a few city blocks with three vehicles “connected” to each other and to infrastructure.]

Slide 8: Needed Job Skills

• Traffic Operations
• IT/Communications
• Data analytics
• Advanced Vehicle Technologies

[This slide contains the same two images as the previous slide.]

Slide 9: PennDOT Training Program

• Traffic Management Centers
• TSMO
• Advanced Vehicle Technologies

[This slide contains a screenshot of a spreadsheet from PennDOT’s Traffic Operations Training document showing training curriculum and required hours.]

Slide 10: Finding Qualified Personnel

• PA Civil Service Commission
• Limited to existing classifications
• “Fit” classifications into needed skills

[This slide contains the Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission logo.]

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