Colorado Dept. of Transportation Executive Director Don Hunt and Bud Wright, executive director of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) unveiled on Jan. 11 the new National Operations Center of Excellence.
The NOCoE is a comprehensive technical services center and website that will help transportation professionals utilize state-of-the-art, real-time proactive management techniques to improve safety and combat congestion, leading to greater system reliability.

The launch was made during the annual meeting of the Transportation Research Board in Washington, D,C.  
“I am very proud that AASHTO and our partners conceived, planned, funded and launched the center in just two years,” said Hunt, chair of the NOCoE board of directors. “The center will be invaluable to a range of public and private entities working to improve the operational performance of the transportation system. The knowledge-sharing benefits of the center are critically important as we enter a period of rapid technological shifts in transportation.”