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5 TSMO MASTER PLAN OVERVIEW
A primary intent of the Alabama Statewide TSMO Master Plan is to facilitate and advance transportation
systems management and operations to achieve the core mission of ALDOT and to mature the TSMO
capabilities of the agency. The FHWA provides guidance and resources to support TSMO program planning
and states that a TSMO program plan should address the following elements:
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Strategic – states the business case for TSMO, vision, goals, and performance objectives
Programmatic – considers leadership and organizational structure, staffing / workforce needs,
business processes
Tactical – recommends more specific TSMO projects and services, implementation policies
(Grant, 2017)
Alabama’s TSMO plan follows this model framework – strategic, programmatic, and tactical – and utilizes
three levels of TSMO planning documents, as shown in Figure 9, each with varying degrees of detail
provided for different audiences. This approach is consistent with other State TSMO plans, such as the
Iowa Transportation Systems Management and Operations Plan which is provided as an example and the
basis for FHWA’s Primer for Program Planning (Grant, 2017).
Figure 9: ALDOT Statewide TSMO Master Plan – Document Framework
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