WASHINGTON, DC, January 22, 2008 - The workshop summary from the New England Workshop on Using Regional ITS Architectures held September 25-26, 2007 in Boston, MA is now available online. This workshop was presented by ITS America's Research, Integration, Training and Education (RITE) Forum and sponsored by the U.S. Department of Transportation.

The purpose of the workshop was to train attendees on how to better utilize the Regional (and Statewide) ITS Architectures that have been developed over the past several years. All workshop attendees received an ITS Architecture Use and Maintenance Tool Kit which included the workshop tutorial presentations, CDs on System Engineering and Regional ITS Architecture Guidance as well as key examples from various state activities. Speakers included MaryBeth Mello, Federal Transit Administration Deputy Administrator, Region 1 and Stephen Pepin, Manager of Research, Massachusetts Executive Office of Transportation to name a few.

The primary objectives of the workshop was to convey state-of-the-practice and to share experiences and lessons learned from agencies that have used their regional ITS architectures in regional transportation planning.

Each theme area included a tutorial by U.S. DOT covering the state of the practice, presentations covering specific experiences of practitioners, and break-out groups that focused on individual experiences and challenges associated with using the regional or statewide ITS architectures. The concluding session of the workshop was a discussion of specific resources (training, guidebooks, etc.) available from the Federal Highway Administration and Federal Transit Administration.

To download the summary, visit

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