Cross-cutting Issues

This paper describes the innovative approach taken by the Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) to provide their maintenance foremen and the general public access to information collected through an extensive, multi-agency Road-Weather Information System (RWIS). Baseline results of the Federal Highway Administration evaluation of the project are also presented, focusing on the multi-agency partnership component of the project, the winter maintenance decision-making process utilized by maintenance foremen, and how the project is expected to enhance that process and provide benefits.

Battelle Memorial Institute

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Deployment of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) can lead to significant impacts on the operation of a metropolitan area’s transportation system. This paper will review the documented impacts recorded in some of the U.S. cities that have been leaders in the deployment of ITS. Following a survey in 2000, 24 cities have been described as cities with a high level of ITS deployment by the USDOT’s ITS Deployment Tracking effort (www.itsdeployment.its.dot.gov).

Under the deployment tracking program, cities are defined as “high deployment” if they have achieved minimum threshold values of deployment in five component areas of ITS(Gordon, et al., 2001). These areas are Freeway Management/Incident Management,Transit Management/Electronic Fare Payment, Arterial Management, Regional Multimodal Traveler Information, and Emergency Management Services. Several of the cities with significant experience in deploying ITS are also developing a growing body of literature documenting the benefits that the systems can provide in the form of improved operation of the transportation network.

Mitretek Systems

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

The end of the design phase is considered to be the end of the project for many design engineers; however, for an ITS project to be successful the end of the design phase should almost be considered the beginning. The advanced technical components of an ITS project require that the design engineer be heavily involved throughout the entire construction and integration process. A wide range of construction management tasks are necessary to ensure the project's schedule, budget and quality.

Gresham, Smith & Partners

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Condition Acquisition and Reporting System (CARS) was developed from the beginning to conform to developing national Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) standards that have been or are being produced by various Standards Development Organizations (SDOs). Over the course of the past year, the maturity of the system has reached a level where the Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) is beginning to really experience the true benefits of the following these standards.

This paper reports on several key areas where standards have proven significant cost and efficiency benefits for Mn/DOT, including:

- Data exchange from two or more different systems

- Data output to information service providers

- The receipt of data from external systems

- Maintaining ownership of software for the Minnesota 511 system

- Easy expansion to innovative, research-oriented initiatives.

Minnesota DOT

Castle Rock Consultants

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Chicago Traffic Management Center (Chicago TMC) Preliminary Design Study initiated by the City of Chicago Department of Transportation’s (CDOT) Bureau of Traffic (BOT)moves the City of Chicago (City) closer to coordinating vital traffic services and information in a more efficient manner. The improvement on existing services will provide the residents and visitors of the City more accurate travel information and improved mobility along City streets during special events and incidents by coordinating City transportation service personnel.

The goal of the study was to develop preliminary design documents at approximately the 30% level. These design documents would include both architectural and system specifications. This paper highlights the milestones of the Chicago TMC study and presents key information concerning the direction and design of the Chicago TMC.

Chicago DOT

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota