Central Office Hosts Statewide Working Group Meeting in Miami

The Statewide ITS/TSM&O Working Group Face-to-Face Meeting was held at
the FDOT District Six headquarters in Miami. The group included leaders from
FDOT’s Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSM&O)
program. The two-day meeting allowed representatives from Central Office and
all eight districts to meet face to face to discuss pertinent issues impacting the
industry. The goal was to share lessons learned and identify the transportation
solutions that can improve the safety and mobility of the state highway system as
well as the overall TSM&O program.

 

FDOT’s Central Office commenced the meeting with opening remarks and
opened the agenda for group discussion. District representatives talked about
key topics such as express lanes, lessons on grant applications, software costs,
updates to the 511 Traveler Information System, and others. These topics were
opened for discussion to promote communication and collaboration between all
districts. FDOT’s objective is to optimize TSM&O operations across all districts to
benefit Florida drivers.

 

Central Office hosts these face-to-face meetings on an annual basis. A district is
selected to serve as the host site to expose the attendees to the traffic conditions
of each region. Representatives were given the opportunity to tour the District Six
SunGuide Transportation Management Center and Florida International
University’s Wrong Way Driving Simulation Lab.