ORGANIZING FOR REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION OPERATIONS: AN EXECUTIVE GUIDE

Regional Operating Organizations (ROOs) are partnerships among transportation and public safety agencies to provide coordinated transportation operations on a regional basis. This Executive Guide provides an overview of the key features and critical elements impacting the development and long-term sustainability of ROOs. The guide is intended to serve as a resource for transportation management and operations leaders and decision makers. It highlights the findings and lessons learned from six case studies developed in conjunction with the National Dialogue on Transportation Operations. These six case studies are TRANSCOM in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut; TransLink in Vancouver, British Columbia; the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) in the San Francisco Bay Area; the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Priority Corridor in Southern California; TranStar in Houston and AZTech in Phoenix. Case studies were selected to present a variety of approaches that differ in regional size and characteristics, organizational structure, scope, and geography. Although these case studies focus primarily on large metropolitan areas, many findings are broadly applicable to regions of all sizes.