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Minnesota DOT Commissioner Tom Sorel to Kick Off
New ITS America Webinar Series
Discussion on Technology and Congestion Management
Set for September 7
WASHINGTION, D.C. - Minnesota Department of
Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Tom Sorel will address the impact
of new technology on congestion management during a webinar hosted
by ITS America on September 7, 2010 at 1:00 p.m. EDT. Sorel, along
with Minnesota DOT Director of Policy, Safety, and Strategic
Directives Bernie Arseneau will continue their discussion on
congestion management from the highly attended session at ITS
America's 2010
Annual Meeting in Houston. Commissioner Sorel's presentation is
the first in a series of ITS America
webinars dedicated to exploring the leading issues in
intelligent transportation. October's webinar will feature an
update on the U.S. Department of Transportation's IntelliDrive
SM program, and in November leaders of the Integrated
Corridor Management Initiative will discuss the the project's
design and demonstration phase. To learn more about the webinar
series and to register, see below.
For any questions or issues with registration, please contact
Charlie Tennyson at
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ABOUT ITS AMERICA'S WEBINAR
SERIES
ITS America continues to find new ways to keep you up to
date with the latest in intelligent transportation. By logging on
once a month to our new webinar series, you will stay current with
intelligent transportation systems research, deployment, and policy
from industry leaders and high-ranking government officials from
around the world. Each webinar will close with a Q&A session:
submit your questions online throughout the webinar and
session moderators will pose the top questions to the featured
presenter.
We look forward to seeing you at the next ITS America
webinar!
2010 WEBINAR SCHEDULE
SEPTEMBER
⇒ Congestion
Management
In order to more efficiently utilize existing
highway capacity, governments at all levels are evaluating the
implementation of congestion pricing and toll roads to provide
creative approaches to funding the transportation infrastructure.
This session will highlight efforts that are being implemented to
efficiently utilize technology to implement
policy.
Presenters:
Tom Sorel, Commissioner, Minnesota DOT -
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Bernie Arseneau, Division Director, Policy, Safety
and Strategic Initiatives, Minnesota DOT
Date/Time
⇒ Tuesday, September 7,
2010, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT
Cost ⇒ Members Free! ; Non-Members $99
Cost ⇒ Members Free! ; Non-Members $99
OCTOBER
The IntelliDriveSM Safety Program
Moves Forward
All the latest plans, activities and research
findings of the U.S. Department of Transportation IntelliDrive
safety research program.
Presenter:
John Harding, Research Manager, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. DOT
John Harding, Research Manager, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, U.S. DOT
Date/Time ⇒ Wednesday, October 6, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT
Cost ⇒ Members Free! ; Non-Members $99
NOVEMBER
⇒ Integrated
Corridor Management: Getting to Deployment
The Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) initiative
has moved from Concept of Operations and Requirements Development,
through modeling and now into design and demonstration. The ICM
team and several of the Pioneer Sites will discuss lessons learned
from the process, technology transfer materials under development,
and demonstration plans.
Presenters:
Brian Kary, ICM Project Manager, Minnesota
DOT
Date/Time ⇒ Wednesday, November 3, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDT
Cost ⇒ Members Free! ; Non-Members $99
DECEMBER
⇒ ITS and the
New World of Performance Measures
The next surface transportation legislation is
likely to include a program of performance measures. Unlike in the
past, these measures may be linked to funding. Timely reporting on
many of these measures calls for the type of data that can only be
provided by ITS and related technologies. A disconnect exists
between policy makers who develop these performance measures and
folks who understand the data that can be generated by ITS. This
session will seek to bridge this gap - with the goal of improving
the quality and relevance of new performance
measures.
Presenter:
Emil Frankel, Director of Transportation Research,
Bi-Partisan Policy Center
Date/Time ⇒ Tuesday, December 7, 1:00-2:00 p.m. EDST
Cost ⇒ Members Free! ; Non-Members $99
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