Cross-cutting Issues

The City and County of San Francisco’s SFgo Program is nearing completion of the design of a new State of the Art Transportation Management Center. As part of this process, a robust video and data system had to be designed that would meet the needs of the Department of Parking and Traffic operators, as well as linking in with the ITS field devices to be implemented as part of the overall Program’s Initial Phase.

This paper presents the video and data system that will be constructed as part of the Initial Phase, including the specific components within the control room and equipment room of the Transportation Management Center (TMC). Since the system will consist of an all-digital, all-Internet Protocol (IP) network operating over Ethernet, including digitized and encoded video, there are several options to consider when bringing the information to the TMC and sharing it with other City departments and regional and state partners. In addition, the system had to be flexible to accommodate changes to configurations during future phases, with a special emphasis on web-based applications for information sharing.

DKS Associates

City and County of San Francisco

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

This paper will present an overview of this Strategic ITS Plan with highlights on the unique aspects of the Plan as it relates to multi-modal operations. The focus will be on how the Plan achieves a balance between moving automobiles, transit vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians within the City. It will describe the core motives behind the Plan that defines $250M of initiatives over its 30-year horizon. It will also describe how Program’s specific needs were used to derive ITS initiatives that involve a great deal of multi-modal operations and system integration.

City and County of San Francisco

DKS Associates

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

The Ports ATMIS, which will improve traffic flow for both Ports as well as the adjacent regional transportation system, consists of the following components: 1. Port Transportation Facility Security System/Emergency Response and Evacuation System 2. Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS) 3. Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) 4. Communication System

The authors hope that this paper would benefit those agencies intersted in development of an ITS program focusing on a Systems Engineering approach that included Concept of Operations and Configuration Management.

Meyer, Mohaddes Associates, Inc.

Port of Long Beach

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

The rules and templates used by CRESCENT have been established through a joint effort between ConnDOT operations personnel and the development team of IBI Group and Fuss & O’Neill. Although there was significant upfront work required in developing the rules and templates, the result is a CRESCENT system that provides incident management that is applicable across the state, regardless of where an event occurs.

This paper examines how CRESCENT was developed with a statewide perspective in mind. Specifically, this paper explains the history behind the CRESCENT system, the principles and methodology behind the development of the software, the significant with the operation of CRESCENT, and the next steps in the continued evolution of the system.

Connecticut DOT

IBI Group

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

Since the US DOT released the Final Rule 940 in April 2001that requires the development of a regional ITS architecture for all metropolitan areas, most regions have initiated or completed an ITS architecture. The first step in the ITS architecture development process is to conduct an extensive discussion with the region’s stakeholders. While every region has different transportation, public safety and security issues, there are a number of common themes emerging from stakeholder discussions across the country.

This paper describes some of these common themes and some differences in ITS functions generated by local issues. The comments expressed in this paper are based on the experience of the author and are not been confirmed by research or analysis of data.

PB Farradyne

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