Regional government coordinating transportation, infrastructure, and community services across North Central Texas
NCTCOG is a 13-county council of governments managing regional planning and service delivery for 201–500 employees across transportation, emergency services, and economic development. The tech stack is heavily GIS-centric (ArcGIS Pro, Online, Enterprise) layered with Adobe and Microsoft Office tools, supporting active projects in traffic management, transit corridor studies, and network optimization. Active hiring is concentrated in transportation roles (20 open positions), with intern-heavy junior recruitment underway—a signal of workforce development challenges and operational scaling in data and technical functions.
Notable leadership hires: Transportation Director
Founded in 1966, NCTCOG functions as a voluntary association of local governments in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metroplex, providing coordination on transportation, emergency preparedness, workforce development, and regional planning. The organization operates services including a Regional Police Academy, 9-1-1 coordination, and transportation planning functions that span traffic signal optimization, transit corridors, and congestion mitigation. Core challenges center on reducing traffic congestion, improving air quality, optimizing transportation network performance, and meeting federal safety reporting requirements across a multi-county footprint.
NCTCOG relies primarily on ArcGIS (Pro, Online, Enterprise) for GIS and mapping, complemented by TransCAD for transportation modeling. Python and SQL support data analysis and integration across transportation and environmental datasets.
Key initiatives include a regional traffic signal performance platform, high-speed rail planning studies, regional active transportation plan database, traffic incident management training, and wrong-way driving mitigation projects.
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