Commercial Operations

The City of Vancouver, Washington, located directly across the Columbia River from Portland,
Oregon, is the second largest city in the region after Portland.  Increasing traffic volumes created by economic and population growth in the City, and traveler delay exacerbated by recurrent and non-recurrent congestion have contributed to the transportation deficiencies in the region.  The Vancouver Area Smart Trek (VAST) Program was initiated by the City and developed as a cooperative effort by several public transportation agencies in the region to enhance and integrate transportation mobility, efficiency, and safety through Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) solutions.

City of Vancouver

Meyer, Mohaddes Associates, Inc.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, April 26 - 28, 2004 San Antonio, Texas

During the early 1980s, the Wisconsin Department of Transportation (WisDOT) along with
the local MPO determined a need for improving traffic conditions within the southeast region
of the state. Active traffic management strategies coupled with technology advancements
were prescribed and planning began for a comprehensive system to include ramp metering,
CCTV surveillance, in pavement detection and traveler information services.
During the 1990’s the full Freeway Traffic Management System (FTMS) build-out occurred
along with the creation of a regional traffic management center in downtown Milwaukee.
During this period of technology deployment, the need for a formal organization to address
institutional traffic management issues became apparent. The Traffic Incident Management
Enhancement (TIME) program was initiated that consists of a multi-disciplined, multi-agency
approach to building relationships and solving problems related to incidents on the highways.
With the building blocks in place and traffic volumes rising throughout the state, expansion
of both the technology elements and the programmatic collaboration beyond the Milwaukee
area became necessary. In 2005 a decision was made to organizationally reposition the
existing regional center to focus on statewide traffic management activities 24/7.

HNTB Corporation

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

Using traffic control devices and communications equipment to monitor and control arterials and
freeways has brought with it new challenges and a demand for new skills. Many systems and
equipment procurements have occurred without clear traceability between agency needs and
potential solutions. A common result has been that agency needs are not satisfied. Such a
procurement environment, where no direct traceability (or a weak association) between agency
needs and provided solutions, often leads to project cost overruns, late delivery and even failed
projects. Applying systems engineering methodologies and incorporating ITS Standards that
contain user needs, requirements, and design solutions into the procurement process will mitigate
the risk of not satisfying agency needs. This paper presents a description of the problem, and a
description of a life-cycle process that uses systems engineering methods proven to satisfy
agency needs when deploying ITS Standards. This paper also provides lessons learned and
suggestions for success, and benefits of these methods. Examples of how the life-cycle process
and the systems engineering methods were applied are taken from the NTCIP 1203 Dynamic
Message Sign (DMS) version 02 Standard Implementation Project, sponsored by USDOT and
VDOT/VTTI.

Noblis Inc.

Paper submitted for publication and presentation at the ITS America’s 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition

This paper introduces a Real-time Traffic Information System (RTIS) based on Global
Positioning System (GPS) floating vehicle technology in Hangzhou, China. With GPS-based
Floating Vehicle Data (FVD) from 3300 taxis and 1200 buses, the RTIS system can provide
real-time traffic information of the urban road network both to traffic police for traffic
management and to the public in a cost effective way. The RTIS system is one of the key
projects in China’s ITS Showcase Programme and it is validated to be effective and reliable.
This paper introduces its framework, main functions and key technologies and finally outlines
plans for the future.

Beijing Jiaotong University

Hangzhou Traffic Police Detachment

University of Southampton

Beijing Posts and Telecommunication University

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The design and evaluation of City Logistics applications requires an integrated framework in
which all components could work together. Therefore City Logistics models should account
for vehicle routing applications and fleet management models able of including also the
dynamic aspects of the underlying road network, namely when ICT applications are taken
into account. This paper proposes a methodological proposal based on an integration of
vehicle routing models and dynamic traffic simulation models that emulate the actual traffic
conditions providing at each time interval the estimates of the traffic state on each link of the
road network, the information that will be used by a real time fleet management system to
determine the optimal dynamic routing and scheduling of the vehicle.

Technical University of Catalonia

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York