Cross-cutting Issues

This paper presents Broward County, Florida’s Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS) communication network approach at various points in the design process, documenting such events as: lab tests, field tests and device deployment. As such, it is similar to a project engineering notebook, or a detail case study. The paper is divided into sections, with each section corresponding to a distinct design phase. Each section covers approximately 3 project months, and presents the goals, discoveries, approximations, choices and other considerations, which led to the subsequent design phase. This paper will serve as a living document to record the progress of the design until its conclusion, which is scheduled for late summer/early fall 2003.

Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.

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

The research presents an evaluation framework and plan that provides a systematic method for assessing the potential impacts associated with the project by defining objectives, measures, analysis recommendations, and data requirements. In developing the evaluation framework, both qualitative and quantitative objectives and measures are defined. The objectives include factors such as service reliability, service efficiency, and customer satisfaction. The framework developed specifically addresses the ITS investment on the OmniLink local route deviation bus service in Prince William County, Virginia, but could be used as a basis for the evaluation of similar ITS investments. The OmniLink ITS investment includes an automatic vehicle location (AVL) system, mobile data terminals (MDTs), and computer-aided dispatch (CAD)technology.

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC)

Virginia Tech

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

This paper presents results from Phase II of the Field Test of Non-Intrusive Traffic Detection Technologies (NIT project). The project was sponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and was conducted by the Minnesota Department of Transportation and SRF Consulting Group. The sensors were tested in a variety of mounting locations at both intersection and freeway test sites. Emphasis was placed on urban traffic conditions, such as heavy congestion; locations that typify temporary counting situations, such as 48-hour or peak hour counts; and real-time applications that support ITS activities.

Minnesota DOT

SRF Consulting Group, Inc.

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

Just as the ITS National Architecture introduced “systems engineering” to many practitioners in the transportation community, the new NTCIP content will further help transportation professionals with their system engineering of ITS. The new NTCIP document content will: help determine user needs; relate functional requirements; define how the functional requirements are to be implemented in a common, unambiguous way; and help develop test procedures. This paper explains the content of the document sections, and how to use that content, for the revised NTCIP standard documents.

Joerg “Nu” Rosenbohm,

PB Farradyne, a Division of PB Q&D

National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)

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

This paper details information on the development of a guidance document for implementing real-time transit information systems that is scheduled to be published by the Federal Transit Administration in the second quarter of 2003. The guidance document is intended to provide relevant and practical information on planning, implementation, operational, and maintenance issues along with any solutions to the challenges faced by transit agencies that have successfully implemented real-time information systems. The background research for this guidance document included a literature review on existing systems and site visits and telephone interviews of key staff at selected transit agencies that have successfully deployed real-time transit information systems.

Battelle Memorial Institute

Multisystems

Federal Transit Administration

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