Safety

Maintaining a safe, efficient surface transportation network is the goal of transportation
authorities throughout the world. Technological advancements in Intelligent Transportation
Systems (ITS) have led to numerous devices and applications that have the capacity to
facilitate enhanced monitoring, management and control of the transportation network. In
addition, these advancements have resulted in novel strategies for communicating essential
information to the traveling public. While ITS solutions have brought about tangible
improvements in network planning, assessment and management, many solutions are limited
by their lack of a single salient element – weather. There has been some discussion of
weather within the ITS community, but relatively little has been done to truly realize the full
benefits of integrating weather data and information into ITS. This paper attempts to shed
light on how the use of weather-based ITS solutions can help to mitigate the impacts of
adverse road weather conditions. It also describes different levels of deployment in terms of
complexity, along with some present day examples.

Vaisala Inc.

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

In this paper, the negative consequences of deer-related accidents are shown. Further,
characteristics of these types of accidents are revealed. Measures to reduce collisions with
animals are rather expensive and inefficient, due to various circumstances, for example the
deer becomes accustomed to some measures. A new, more effective device is developed in
Austria at the moment. First results in test sites around Austria and the US, show that the
device is to 90 % and more effective.

Vereinigung High Tech Marketing

IPTE Schalk&Schalk OEG

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, November 16-20, 2008, New York, New York

The Insurance Information Institute for Highway Safety and automobile insurance company
statistics support the need for a wildlife-vehicle collision avoidance system to save lives,
property, road maintenance costs, and our wildlife natural resources. Deer by far provide the
largest and most frequent source of animal collisions. The problem continues to increase with
more injuries and deaths each year as deer populations increase and we expand and grow our
communities. Many animal rights activists advocate that we are encroaching on their habitat,
but it is a two-way street with both species invading each other’s turf. There is no single
answer that can address and alleviate the issue. There are just too many deer – twice as many
in some areas as when this country was colonized five hundred years ago! Even as we take
steps to reduce deer population, the opportunity for deer interaction with traffic still exists.
Physical barriers to keep animals from crossing the roadways is one solution that is almost
100% effective, but not always practical. ITS’s vehicle-to-roadside technology may be a
solution to warn drivers of the impending road hazard of an animal crossing. This same
approach can be used to deter an animal from crossing a road when a vehicle approaches.
Using technological resources as an adjunct to other approaches enhances safety and accepts
responsibility for a problem we have created. The challenge to the ITS community is to bring
its technological guns to bear on the problem and deploy systems to decrease the number of
wildlife-vehicle collisions.

JAFA Technologies, Inc.

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

A study commissioned by Wisconsin’s Governor post-Hurricane Katrina identified the need
to enhance evacuation planning and documentation for the 12 most populated cities in
Wisconsin. This paper highlights the Wisconsin Department of Transportation’s (WisDOT)
role in enhancing evacuation planning documentation for key cities throughout the state and
describes lessons learned in preparing these documents. Recognizing the almost infinite
number of variables associated with an emergency requiring evacuation, WisDOT
emphasized “emergency mobility” approach for the evacuation planning efforts. Therefore,
the resulting Evacuation Route and Traffic Control Guidance component of Wisconsin’s
emergency evacuation plans serves as an informational resource that focuses on providing
incident commanders and responders guidance in planning for and implementing evacuation
at almost any location within the jurisdiction.

HNTB Corporation

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

Iteris, Inc. in association with Traffic Technologies, LLC is assisting the Nebraska
Department of Roads (NDOR) with the design, deployment, and maintenance of a leased,
temporary work zone traffic management system along the Interstate 80 corridor. The work
zone system brings real-time traveler information to NDOR-owned roadside signs for display
to the motoring public. The system consists of several vehicle detection devices, speed
sensors, CCTV cameras, portable dynamic message signs, and a communication system so
that constant monitoring of the system is achievable from any device with a web-based
connection. It is the intent that NDOR District 1 operations staff, NE State Patrol, and others
have access to monitor and operate the system. On-going field verification and any necessary
maintenance of equipment are also conducted for the system as part of this contract.

Iteris, Inc.

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