Hampton Roads Transportation Operations Subcommittee (HRTO)

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Members

  • Michael Miller, VDOT - Co-Chair
  • VACANT, Suffolk - Co-Chair
  • Kevin Eppley, Chesapeake
  • Leo Blades, Hampton
  • Carol Bowen, Hampton
  • Randy Cooper, Newport News
  • Keith Darrow, Norfolk
  • Brian Stewart, Norfolk
  • Danny Williams, Portsmouth
  • James Wright, Portsmouth
  • Brian Defreeuw, Suffolk
  • Frank Hickman, Virginia Beach
  • Mike Shahsiah, Virginia Beach
  • Allen Baldwin, York County 
  • Stephen Kopczynski, York County
  • Sean Segerblom, York County
  • Kamlesh Chowdhary, HRT
  • John Bisnett, VDOT
  • Angela Effah-Amponsah , VDOT
  • Brian Mosier, VDOT
  • Barbara Nelson, VPA
  • Ben Goodill, WATA
  • Nathaniel "CJ" Rock, WATA

as of 3/5/2025

Staff

  • Keith Nichols, HRTPO
  • Sam Belfield, HRTPO
  • Theresa Brooks, HRTPO

Overview

The Hampton Roads Transportation Operations subcommittee (HRTO) is a subcommittee of TTAC dedicated to improving transportation operations in the region. The HRTO is comprised of transportation professionals from Hampton Roads jurisdictions, Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT), local transit agencies, Virginia Port Authority (VPA), and other invited participants, such as local police and fire/EMS personnel. The HRTO:

  • Serves as an advisory subcommittee to TTAC on operational issues
  • Serves as a forum for discussion of methods members can use to improve traffic operations in their localities and agencies.
  • Assists in the development of the regional ITS Strategic Plan and the regional ITS architecture.

Actions by the HRTO subcommittee include updating the ITS Strategic Plan/Operations Strategy, creating regional standards for Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) technologies, sharing accomplishments and lessons learned from individual city Transportation Operations Centers (TOC), learning about new signal hardware and firmware, and testing the ability to share control of city signal systems after hours with VDOT.