Transportation Operations & Safety:
Regional Operations Plan

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) is responsible for operations planning at the statewide level. The statewide direction for operations is spelled out in the Transportation Systems Operations Plan (TSOP). To complement this statewide planning effort, each of the nine transportation operations regions across the Commonwealth has undertaken a Regional Operations Plan (ROP), which documents each region’s approach to operational activities. The plans all use TSOP as a starting point, but adapt the statewide direction to each region’s transportation conditions, values, and priorities.

The ROP for Southwestern Pennsylvania identifies four priority areas:

• incident and emergency management,
• traffic signals,
• traveler information, and
• institutional issues

SPC and its member Planning Departments, PennDOT’s Engineering Districts and Bureau of Highway Safety & Traffic Engineering (BHSTE), the ten regional transit operators and three regional transportation management associations, and other regional stakeholders are currently working to implement various initiatives identified in the ROP.  The ROP will also be used to provide feedback into the next version of TSOP.

• ROP (PDF, 1.65 MB)

The ROP is in PDF format. In order to view the file, you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, it's available as a free download from Adobe.

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