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LEI Innovation Highlight
Track Rockfall in Real Time
In the November edition of CDOT's Innovation Highway newsletter we’ve interviewed Cody Jordan, a TM-II working out of Paonia in Region 3. Cody has a Lean Everyday Idea submission in the upcoming AASHTO Innovation competition! Read page 5 of the newsletter to learn more about Cody’s innovation and how it can improve rockfall patrolling. Visit the news page here.
Spotlight on Completed C2P Projects
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The Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) has embarked on a significant data journey to transform its approach to data management, moving from a fragmented, siloed environment to a more integrated, data-driven agency. This journey is driven by the increasing volume and velocity of data, the need for consistent reporting, and the desire to enhance operational efficiency and partner collaboration. Read more here.
Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA) Project
The Colorado Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Autonomous Truck Mounted Attenuator (ATMA) initiative enhances safety for mobile operations crews, where traditional protections are often insufficient. TMAs, which absorb collision impacts to reduce injury severity, are frequently struck due to distracted driving, prompting CDOT to launch the nation’s first autonomous impact protection vehicle in 2018, later expanding with support from the SMART grant. Deploying ATMA in our paint striping operations has improved safety and efficiency by reducing risks to workers in the follower vehicle — historically the most vulnerable position — while allowing leader truck crews to focus more effectively on their tasks. Although a safety driver remains in place, ATMA has decreased hazards and operational disruptions. To sustain and expand these benefits, CDOT created an Autonomous Mobility Task Force and collaborated with other DOTs and universities to develop a comprehensive toolkit of best practices, lessons learned, and implementation guidance. Read more here.
Behavioral and Engineering Safety Data and Traffic (BESDT) Project
The CDOT Safety and Traffic Engineering services branch has been working with OIT in development of the Behavioral and Engineering Safety Data and Traffic (BESDT) system since 2021 to streamline the CDOT crash data collection and QA/QC process, and provide efficient crash data access to authorized users. Read more here.
Construction System Modernization
To modernize the current Construction System (AASHTOWare SiteManager) that is reaching the software end of life support from the vendor. Due to this upcoming deadline CDOT is seeking to upgrade the construction system with the implementation of PMWeb Construction. Read more here.
EV Charging Policy Development and Deployment
The Fleet Electrification Project’s goal of replacing all gas-powered vehicles with EV replacements is evidence that CDOT is deeply committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability, factors that are interwoven into our strategic goals, policies, and daily operations. Electric Vehicles have been delivered to CDOT’s Light Fleet. We now need to get power to them. Read more here.
GeoHub
The CDOT GeoHub is an internal online geographic information systems (GIS) platform that allows users to explore, develop, and share geospatial data, maps, and applications. It addresses operational needs for several CDOT business areas through robust location-intelligent applications such as Operations Readiness, Night Inspection, 2050 Statewide Plan Visualizer, ADA Curb Ramp Compliance, Building Inspection, Traffic Control Review, Risk and Resilience, and Wildfire Situational Awareness. Read more here.
ITS Fiber Management System Implementation
The Colorado Department of Transportation’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (CDOT ITS) program oversees approximately 1,600 miles of fiber optic cable, each with varying strand counts and over 1,439 splice points. This creates a highly complex network of physical circuits and connections. Until recently, CDOT ITS lacked a comprehensive system to track and manage this vast infrastructure accurately. The goal of this project was to implement a Fiber Management System (FMS) to provide detailed visibility into strand-level assignments, available capacity, splice diagrams, and physical circuits. This system enables CDOT to effectively plan, design, build, operate, and maintain its fiber network. Read more here.
Materials System Modernization
To modernize the current Materials System (AASHTOWare SiteManager) that is reaching the software end of life support from the vendor. Due to this upcoming deadline CDOT is seeking to upgrade the materials system with the implementation of ATSER (LIMS). Read more here.
MLOS Enhancement Project Phase 2 (SAP)
In an effort to increase knowledge of CDOT’s performance-based budgeting system, garner support from the maintenance and traffic sections, and to give the maintenance and traffic sections the opportunity to distribute funding to the Maintenance Program Areas (MPA), the Division of Maintenance and Operations (DMO) granted access to the MLOS Budget System to LTC Ops (Area Supervisor), Deputy Maintenance Superintendents, Superintendents and Traffic Engineers. Prior to this business process change, MLOS budget allocations were completed by the Maintenance Asset Manager and the DMO Director. This process remained in place for approximately 4 years. The goal of this project was to reconfigure the MLOS system to operate at the Superintendent/Traffic engineer in lieu of the Supervisor Area level. Read more here.
Open Data project
The DTD GIS Section has deployed a public Open Data site, branded as “CDOT Public Maps and Data”, to help the public discover, use and download geospatial data, maps, and applications published by CDOT GIS. This deployment has allowed us to begin transitioning our CDOT and public users away from our historic method of shapefile downloads from our OTIS site and instead direct them over to this modern Esri-cloud-managed Open Data solution which contains robust tools for visualization, downloads, REST API connections, and metadata documentation. This solution also allowed us to retire the C-Plan portal homepage and redeploy its contents onto the Open Data site, thus consolidating our online GIS offerings. Read more here.
Operational Level of Service (OLOS) Dashboard
The Operational Level of Service (OLOS) Dashboard is a web-based tool developed by CDOT’s Traffic Safety & Engineering Services Branch to help evaluate mobility and reliability across the state highway system and major arterials. Built to support PD-14 goals, Clean Transportation WIGs, and regional decision-making, the dashboard uses traffic probe data and GIS layers across six use cases (UC1–UC6). OLOS Phase II expanded the network from 6,605 to 16,580 TMC segments and added over 131,000 XD segments—now covering 5,000+ miles statewide. These updates support both corridor-level and detailed segment analysis for safety, funding, congestion, and planning decisions. OLOS provides centralized access to standardized metrics, helping CDOT regions make faster, more consistent, and data-driven decisions. Read more here.
Performance Reporting Management System (PERMS) Project
The Performance Reporting Management System (PERMS) is a new cloud-based solution that reduces the time it takes for CDOT to collect, manage, and report on its performance measures. By streamlining processes, PERMS advances data stewardship best practices for the DTD’s Office of Performance and Asset Management (OPAM). PERMS is used to track progress on key initiatives such as the Wildly Important Goals (WIGs), Policy Directive 14 (PD 14), and National Performance Measures, all while ensuring the secure storage and comprehensive archiving of valuable performance data. Read more here.
PMWeb
Provide project delivery staff with a system to plan, execute, and manage preconstruction and construction projects. Opportunities include: improving project communication, simplifying project delivery processes, cross-portfolio tracking of outstanding deliverables across specialties, providing project history in a single location, centralized schedule and workload. Read more here.
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