Operations and Maintenance

The Operations and Maintenance Technical Advisory Group determines research needs and priorities involving traffic signalization, sign management, infrastructure maintenance, landscaping and vegetation management, intelligent transportation systems and transportation security.

The contact and Operations and Maintenance TAG chair is Kyle Armstrong, who serves Illinois Department of Transportation’s Office of Highway Project Implementation in the Bureau of Operations.

TAG members’ affiliations include:

IDOT’s Office of Highway Project Implementation, Bureau of Operations
IDOT’s Office of Highway Project Implementation, Central Bureau of Materials
IDOT’s Office of Highway Project Implementation, Regional Representative
IDOT’s Office of Highway Project Implementation, Bureau of Design and Environment
IDOT’s Office of Highway Project Implementation, Bureau of Safety Programs and Engineering
IDOT's Office of Intermodal Project Implementation
IDOT’s Office of Planning and Programming, Bureau of Local Roads and Streets
IDOT’s Office of Planning and Programming, Bureau of Research (non-voting)
IDOT’s Office of Planning and Programming, Bureau of Research
American Transportation Safety Services Association
Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning
Federal Highway Administration
Illinois Center for Transportation, Academic Representative (term ends May 31, 2025)
Illinois Center for Transportation, Research Coordinator (non-voting)
Illinois State Toll Highway Authority
Illinois Commerce Commission