Cross-cutting Issues

This paper presents an approach to guide transportation professionals in the evaluation of alternative fare collection systems on public transit services. The approach consists of two major elements—a broad, conceptual framework, and a detailed evaluation plan. The second major objective of this paper is to illustrate the use of the approach and selected financial performance measures based on the data reported for heavy rail systems in the U.S. whose fare collection systems include EPS and/or non-EPS applications. Results reported in the paper indicate that the evaluation approach presented could be useful to transportation professionals involved in EPS deployment and that exclusive use of electronic fare media on heavy rail systems in the U.S. has the potential to reduce the level of labor-intensive fare collection activities.

Virginia Tech Transportation Institute

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

The Advanced Regional Traffic Interactive Information and Management System (ARTIMIS) located in the Cincinnati region was one of the earliest ITS systems conceived in the United States. ARTIMIS represents a remarkable partnership among the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT), Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC), and the Ohio-Kentucky-Indiana Regional Council of Governments (OKI). ARTIMIS consists of several components including closed circuit TV cameras (CCTV), overhead-mounted and portable dynamic message signs (DMS), highway advisory radio (HAR), freeway and ramp reference markers, freeway service patrol (FSP) vans funded through a public/private partnership, a traveler advisory telephone service, and total station surveying equipment. ARTIMIS began limited operations in June 1995 and the system was completed in December 1998. However, the system continues to be expanded. In 1999, the KYTC, ODOT, OKI, and local agencies in the region initiated the evaluation of ARTIMIS to assess: public perception; agency perception; and system benefits. This paper presents the results of the evaluation effort.

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

The purpose of this paper is to present the evaluation results for the before and after deployment scenarios of the Orion Transit Itinerary Planner System (TIPS). TIPS is an automated transit itinerary planning service that provides detailed, personalized transit trip plans and other transit-related information for the Twin Cities metropolitan area in Minnesota. It was developed for operation by Metro Transit’s Transit Information Center (TIC) and became operational in December 1999. The service operates through a telephone interface with representatives at the TIC.

Cambridge Systematics, Inc.

Minnesota Department of Transportation

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

As one of the four priority corridors originally established by the US Congress under the ISTEA legislation, the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) Corridor has been the scene of numerous, ITS projects. One of the largest and most complex is the Gateway Traveler Information System (TIS) which is being led by the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT). Parsons Transportation Group is assisting IDOT in their work. It involves the collection of transportation related data within a three state area and distribution of this data back to the sources as well as to the public and information service providers. It also includes provision for joint control of field devices across jurisdictional boundaries. While the Gateway TIS involved many traditional areas such as interfacing other traffic management systems, it also involved many unique areas. These areas included one of the first applications of NTCIP standards using CORBA; the use of an ACCESS database to provide construction/maintenance information from several different data sources; the connection of multiple, similar databases; and the use of state procurement procedures to obtain hardware and software for the project. This paper details each of these unique areas and provides lessons learned for projects considering similar implementations.

Illinois Department of Transportation

Parsons Transportation Group

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

In fiscal year 2001, the US Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) Office of Transportation Operations (HOTO) Road Maintenance Management Program began a project to develop a conceptual prototype winter road Maintenance Decision Support System (MDSS) tailored for winter maintenance decision makers. The program was extended into 2002 with the objective of developing and demonstrating a functional prototype MDSS and releasing the prototype technology on a non-exclusive basis to the surface transportation community. The MDSS technologies (Release-1) were made publicly available in September 2002. The next step in the development process was to plan and conduct a field demonstration of the MDSS to evaluate its maturity in a live winter environment and to provide feedback to the development team identifying areas of the system that need additional work. The field demonstration of the MDSS occurred between 3 February and 4 April 2003 in Iowa on winter maintenance routes near Ames and Des Moines.

National Center for Atmospheric Research

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