Cross-cutting Issues

The purpose of this paper is to provide the transportation community with a survey and analysis of state Departments of Transportation highway congestion/speed monitoring system and their corresponding data feeds. This survey and analysis can be used by state Departments of Transportation in initiating projects for acquisition and dissemination of congestion/speed data, or evaluating and perhaps modifying their present collection and dissemination efforts. The analysis addresses the requirements that Information Service Providers (ISPs) have for congestion/speed data.

Etak Incorporated

Presented at the 10th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, May 1-4, 2000 Boston, MA

In November 2004, the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, along with numerous
regional stakeholders approved and accepted the Schuylkill Expressway Corridor
Transportation Systems Management Strategic Deployment Plan (SECTSM). The plan laid
the framework for the implementation of ITS infrastructure as well as policies and procedures
for coordination between stakeholders. The plan’s goal was to facilitate more effective
management of one of the region’s most heavily traveled and congested corridors across
multiple municipal and disciplinary boundaries. Over the following five years, numerous
projects were undertaken to meet these goals including the largest expressway ITS project in
the Commonwealth, the implementation of ITS and signal coordination along arterial
diversion routes, standardization of ramp signage, implementation of innovative incident
management strategies, and the installation of a high speed communications network to better
facilitate traffic management and agency-to-agency coordination.

Jacobs

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

The Illinois Department of Transportation’s (IDOT’s) ITS Program Office has served
as the home for the Gary-Chicago-Milwaukee (GCM) Corridor’s Gateway Traveler
Information System and www.gcmtravel.com web site. In 2007, IDOT completed a
transition of Gateway hardware, software, communications and operations to IDOT’s
Traffic Systems Center (TSC) in Oak Park, Illinois. The transition required that little
or no impact be experienced by the traveling public and the partner agencies sharing
Center-to-Center data via the Gateway. The effort required a carefully designed and
executed plan that addressed all partner agencies, third party traffic information
service providers, and a variety of IDOT departments, while recognizing the traveling
public reliance on www.gcmtravel.com for traveler information.

Illinois Department of Transportation

University of Illinois

Delcan

Presented at the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

As part of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s operations program, a significant emphasis is being placed on deploying Active Traffic Management (ATM) tools in both urban and rural areas. Two projects have attracted the attention of the governor, which has resulted in the projects reaching the highest level of priority – a full ATM deployment along I-66, the most congested corridor in Northern Virginia (just outside Washington, DC), and a fog warning system with variable speed limit and queue warning signage on I-77 in western Virginia. This paper presents an overview of these two projects, which demonstrate how ATM could provide benefits both for recurring and non-recurring congestion in metropolitan areas as well as weather-related traffic conditions in rural areas.

Virginia DOT

Iteris Inc.

Presented at the 18th World Congress on ITS, October 2011, Orlando, Florida

Many “players” have been involved in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) for a long time, beginning in earnest with the USDOT Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) program.  Each player has a vision for their role in the future of ITS.  In recent years, with the declining economy and more conservative investments in technology research, the ITS landscape has changed.  Players have had to adapt, evolve and innovate to stay relevant in the ever-changing ITS puzzle.  This paper presents the story of one such ITS technology evolution.  From the 2008 World Congress demonstration success of a Cooperative Pedestrian Warning System, to a stand-alone prototype Universal Pedestrian Warning System, to a new Infrastructure Basic Safety Message (BSM) Generator in support of vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) safety applications being showcased at the 2011 World Congress on ITS, the key to success has been adapt, evolve and innovate.

Author: J.R. Richardson

Presented at the 18th World Congress on ITS, October 2011, Orlando, Florida