Sustainability

Maricopa County is one of the fastest growing regions in the United States (US).  The
region’s cities, once separated by large distances, are now immediate neighbors.  The
transportation, public safety, and emergency management agencies at these cities rely more
and more on information about neighboring systems for traffic management. The region has a
statewide Arizona Department of Transportation Traffic Operations Center (ADOT TOC),
Maricopa County Department of Transportation (MCDOT) Traffic Management Center
(TMC) and eight local traffic management centers, with additional municipal TMCs coming
on line in the region over the next several years. The MCDOT TMC was built in 1998, and
was the first TMC in the region with focus on arterial traffic management; it is integrated
with the ADOT TOC and with several of the local TMC’s to support enhanced regional
traffic operations and incident management. Traffic Management Centers house a substantial
amount of systems and equipment, and much like data centers, they draw significant power
due to the operating requirements of the various systems. According to Information Week,
data centers used “1.5% of all power consumed in the United States” in 2006 (1).

Maricopa County Department of Transportation

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

Congestion pricing is an important tool for managing demand and providing improved mobility. Gauging the response of those potentially affected by pricing strategies is important to policy makers and implementers of such strategies, both in terms of the public’s opinions and the impact on travelers’ decisions. This paper describes the key role that survey data provide in informing the analysis of congestion pricing. The work is based on the evaluation of five Urban Partners, which the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) funded as demonstration sites for congestion pricing.

Battelle

Volpe Transportation Research Center

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

This paper presents a methodology for evaluating the carbon dioxide (CO2) emission
reductions that result from individuals participating in a carsharing organization. The
principle of carsharing is simple: individuals gain the benefits of private vehicle use without
the costs and responsibilities of ownership. Carsharing is most common in major urban areas
where transportation alternatives are easily accessible. Individuals typically access vehicles
by joining an organization that maintains a fleet of cars and light trucks in a network of
locations. Vehicles are most frequently deployed from lots located in neighborhoods, transit
stations, employment centers, and colleges/universities. An increasing body of empirical
evidence affirms that carsharing organizations provide numerous transportation, land use,
social, and environmental benefits, including reduced vehicle miles/kilometers traveled and
CO2 emissions.

University of California, Berkeley

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

This paper describes the on-going research at Newcastle University in the MESSAGE project
which  is  a  major  environmental  monitoring  project  funded  jointly  by  the  EPSRC  and  DfT.  The MESSAGE project investigates the use of low cost wireless sensors and their deployment to  create  a  dense,  pervasive,  ad-hoc  network  for  monitoring  traffic  pollution  in  a  road environment.  Each  of  the  wireless  devices  carries  one  or  more  sensor  payloads  which  will capture  one  or  more  of  the  pollutants  directly  associated  with  road  vehicle  emissions.  This paper will provide an overview of the deployment of a MOTES network in Gateshead, UK, to measure  a  variety  of  pollutants  and  also  explore  whether  other  pervasive  sensors,  such  as vehicle detectors can be included in the overall monitoring package. The research will cover three  distinct  areas:  the  network  development;  the  applications  developed  for  monitoring pollutants;  and  an  investigation  as  to  how  the  data  collected  could  be  used  to  validate  and calibrate emissions and dispersions models.  A final step will be to explore how this vast array or real-time data could be used to modify  and influence real traffic control schemes, to give environmental  measurements  a  clear,  policy-sensitive  role  in  future  traffic  management  and control schemes.

Newcastle University

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

EcoDriving is a style of driving which will help you to save both money and the
environment. The method can be applied to every kind of vehicle, and at present there are
four concepts each focusing on different types of vehicle.
• EcoDriving for motorcars
• Heavy EcoDriving for heavy motor vehicles
• Working EcoDriving for utility vehicles
• EcoDriving Rail for railroad engines
The concept of EcoDriving was brought to Sweden by Swedish National Association of
Driving Schools (STR) in 1998, and was developed and adapted to Swedish conditions in
collaboration with public authorities and business companies.
With EcoDriving we know it is a quantifiable success. We began work of the concept of
EcoDriving more than 10 years ago. With more than 50,000 drivers properly trained,
motivated, supervised and incentivized we have the data to prove it is more than a fad; it is a
permanent lifestyle change with positive impact on the Environment, Economy, Corporate
bottom line and Individual quality of life.

Swedish National Association of Driving Schools

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