Safety

One of the major issues in transportation security is the ability to disseminate actionable
intelligence to the working level of local and regional transportation managers. Most states have
a single Department of Transportation individual charged with management of security within
that department. This individual is most often located at DOT headquarters and likely to be a
member of the state’s Joint Terrorism Task Force led by the FBI or another law enforcement
agency. There is often not a clearly defined channel to disseminate terrorist warnings to field
personnel at the local and regional levels, and if there is, it may only extend to DOT personnel.
Local traffic engineers, port and airport managers and public transportation managers would not
necessarily be included in these warnings. The answer to this dilemma may lie in the FBI’s
Infragard program, a national program with over 25,000 private and public sector members and
86 local and regional chapters. Transportation operators can be targeted for local Infragard
membership and local Infragard chapters can participate in state and local fusion centers. [Key
Words: Infragard, ISAC, DHS, FBI, Highway Watch, School Bus Watch, Transit Watch, fusion
center, HSPD-7]

Delcan Corporation

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

This paper describes the results of using Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) generated incidents as an incident detection method in an Advanced Traffic Management System (ATMS). An effort was completed in April of 2002 at TransGuide, the Texas Department of Transportation’s Traffic Management Center (TMC) located in San Antonio, Texas, to integrate CAD or 911 call center incidents from the City of San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) into the TransGuide ATMS.

Southwest Research Institute

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, April 26 - 28, 2004 San Antonio, Texas

Weather  problems  like  strong  rains,  fog,  wind,  ice  and  especially  snow,  are  important problems  for  traffic  flows  and  road  safety.  The  special  characteristics  of  weather  problems: strong area of influence, long-term effects and difficult prevision, makes necessary to develop coordinated actions between different national organizations and countries. This coordination involves  the  use  of  adequate  measures  to  solve  the  adverse  consequences  derived  from weather problems. In order to improve coordination, a set of actions are needed to help road managers to solve the problems efficiently. Coordination problems are more important when the incident location is close to a cross-border area.  The main purpose of this paper is to present a system that alerts traffic managers when there is a weather incident on the roads. Also, the paper shows the traffic management used associated with weather problems, the strategies for integrating both weather and traffic information, and the coordination between different national and international authorities.

Dirección General de Tráfico

Universidad de Valencia

Universitat Jaume I de Castelló

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

Prior to the introduction of tire pressure monitoring systems, it was very difficult to perform a comprehensive study of tire pressures and tire pressure maintenance on our customer’s vehicles.  Using GM’s OnStar system and GM’s tire pressure monitoring system (which is now installed on a wide range of vehicles to meet FMVSS 138 requirements), we are able to survey a large number of customers, in real-time, on a continuous basis. This study is limited to subscribers of OnStar Vehicle Diagnostic monthly email service who have vehicles with a tire pressure monitoring system. It provides insights on the tire pressure maintenance behavior of owners relative to seasonal temperature variations, oil changes, accumulated miles, vehicle age, and vehicle type.

Chassis Electronics, General Motors

Vehicle Data Services, OnStar by GM

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