Commercial Operations

The web-based Road Condition Reporting System (RCRS) is a statewide tool used by all
Pennsylvania Department of Transportation engineering districts to ensure consistency and
accuracy when reporting road closure and condition information on state highways.  For each
reported road closure, RCRS captures information such as road closure beginning and ending
locations and the estimated time when the roadway will be reopened.  For road conditions,
RCRS captures the condition of roadway using 6 specific condition criteria ranging from
“Clear” to “Impassible.”  

Pennsylvania Department of Transportation

GeoDecisions

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

This paper gives explanation about the Nashville ITS Smartway project, ITS   devices
installed in the field and devices installed at the TMC. The various maintenance activities
performed to keep the ITS system working efficiently are discussed. This paper also
discusses the various role players involved during the maintenance phase of the project. Other
tasks like billing, record keeping and finally lessons learned are discussed. 

Telvent Farradyne

Traffic Control Devices

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

Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) are essential to support sustainable mobility for the society
and transport policies. In addition ITS are the
key to improve road safety. This is reflected in the
US initiative “Vehicle Infrastructure Integration” (VII). 
The ITS system offering the most direct payback for the investment is electronic tolling; the
state-of-the-art version is called Open Road Tolling (ORT). In the US the nation-wide use of
microwave Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) @ 5.9 GHz will enable many
different services within the VII including ORT. In this paper we will describe the possibilities
and requirements related to ORT.  

Kapsch TrafficCom AG

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

The Norwegian DSRC based AutoPASS service provides full interoperability
between all Norwegian and Scandinavian toll road operators. With a market penetration rate
of over 50 percent and increased opportunities for commercial utilisation of the system, the
need to develop a strategy to clearly define future objectives and areas of application has
arisen. The paper describes the Norwegian Public Roads Administration’s strategy for the use
of the AutoPASS system towards 2020, including issues such as technology, areas of
application, organisation and ownership.

Norwegian Public Roads Administration

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

When the German satellite-based road charging scheme for commercial traffic took off in
2004, the dual public-private nature was deeply engrained right from the start. Institutionally,
this dual character is most clearly visible in the operation venture, Toll Collect which is a pri-vate company but answers a German government authority. In the business architecture, the
public-private character consists in a principal design that allows the shared use of basic sys-tem functionalities for both, the actual road charging process and service offerings of private
parties. It should be reiterated that the addressees of these offerings obviously are the stake-holders in commercial traffic only.

Deutsche Telekom Laboratories

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