Cross-cutting Issues

ITS mission critical infrastructure presents a unique opportunity for Bus Public Transit
Operators to realize a truly customer-centric strategy by introducing modern service concepts
while streamlining operations. Six Sigma  Total Quality Management methodology
capitalizes on the ITS data repositories to provide unprecedented breadth and depth of
Business Intelligence that targets both transit operational excellence and increased ITS
functional reliability. Successful deployment of cross-functional teams, change management
tools and hypothesis testing analysis have allowed MARTA  to already achieve 71% of
system wide on-time performance. The 7 point increase since January 2008 is equivalent to
an additional 16,000 on-time daily customer encounters in average. ITS is not just one more
IT system; it is an opportunity to transform Public Transit.

Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA)

Paper submitted for publication and presentation at the ITS America’s 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition

An accurate and up-to-date road infrastructure database is an essential part of Intelligent
Transportation Systems.  In addition, accurate road maps and databases are high public
demand for travel planning, route guidance, and real-time travel navigation.  Current road
databases and the methods to produce such databases, however, are insufficient to meet these needs in terms of accuracy, confidence, completeness, and automation.   This paper presents a novel system to rapidly detect, extract, and map complex road networks from remote sensor data including aerial imagery and airborne LiDAR.  The goal of this research is to pursue new approach and technique for improving and extending the capabilities of creating,
modeling and maintaining accurate and up-to-date  road infrastructure models and databases
for advanced transportation managements and services.

University of Southern California

Paper submitted for publication and presentation at the ITS America’s 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition

As technology continues to play an increasingly important role in the automotive industry,
original equipment manufacturers (OEM) must strive to employ more telematics services to
make their vehicles safer and allow their drivers to be connected.  Historically, OEMs have
offered proprietary telematics solutions unique to their brand and service needs, and
modifications to expand the solution offerings required considerable resources.  To be effective, OEMs should develop a vision that offers a flexible and standard methodology to delivering telematics services as portrayed in the Next Generation Telematics Architecture.  This architecture exemplifies commitment to scalability and flexibility within the telematics industry and allows automotive OEMs to custom-tailor content and features while maintaining maximum flexibility in hardware selection and the addition of future services.

Hughes Telematics, Inc (HTI)

Paper submitted for publication and presentation at the ITS America’s 2009 Annual Meeting and Exposition

The NTCIP standards have been deployed in thousands of systems worldwide. As the vendors providing NTCIP products, software, and services have matured over the last several years, these systems have exhibited competitive procurements, reliable and effective operation between vendors, and a track record of interoperability. The application of the standards in procurement specifications, practical testing programs, as well as the maturity of vendors, software suppliers and systems integrators have resulted in the ITS Standards becoming an agent for project acceleration and cost reduction.

Intelligent Devices, Inc.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 3-5, 2010, Houston, Texas

A triple left-turn lane system was constructed at the interchange of US Highway 59 (US 59) at State Highway 6 (SH 6) in the City of Sugar Land, Texas in November 2009.  The system consists of an overhead dynamic message sign and in-pavement lights on the US 59 southbound frontage road approach to the interchange. The dynamic message sign displays two left-turn arrows and a shared left-through arrow alternating with “STAY IN YOUR LANE” message at approximately 800 feet from the intersection.  The in-pavement lights delineate the three left-turn lanes through the intersection with two sets of lights following the pavement markings.  This project was needed due to the high traffic demand of the south-to-east movement from Houston to Sugar Land and Missouri City.  This diamond interchange has six and seven-lane approaches on the US 59 frontage roads and five-lane approaches on SH 6.

City of Sugar Land, Texas

Brown & Gay Engineers, Inc.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 3-5, 2010, Houston, Texas