Personal Mobility

Minnesota is one of eight states combining efforts to design, develop and implement 511 using the Condition Acquisition and Reporting System (CARS) as its foundation. Design of the CARS-511 system began in January 2002. Development took place over the next severalmonths and 511 was fully launched in Minnesota on July 1, 2002. Minnesota’s launch also included a new web site – 511mn.org – and consisted of a statewide promotional campaign designed to increase awareness and use of traveler information. Public response has been overwhelming with daily call volumes up to ten times greater than those received with the previous 10-digit toll free road condition number. This paper shares the lessons learned through design and development, implementation, and preliminary evaluation of 511 in Minnesota.

Minnesota DOT

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

This paper reports on the performance of advanced traveler information systems (ATIS)during the 2002 Salt Lake CityWinter Olympic Games. This was the first Olympics in the United States with an established Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) deployment in full operation, and the Salt Lake City ITS installation was among the most comprehensive in the nation. This paper presents excerpts from a larger study, commissioned by Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration. The purpose of that larger study was to document and assess the performance of the UDOT advanced traffic management system (ATMS) and advanced traveler information system (ATIS) during the Olympic Games. An additional purpose was to document and assess the results of the Travel Demand Management program created and implemented for the Olympic Games. This paper presents some of the traveler information findings from that larger study, specifically regarding the CommuterLink Website and the 5-1-1 Telephone Service.

 Iteris, Inc.

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

River Bridges under Design flood level has the possibility of large-scale disaster by bridge buoyancy and reversing on increasing of water level when it is raining. Therefore it is needed to prepare the measure for preventing damage and securing the safety of drivers on the expressway. This technical paper describes general course of production, installation and operation on flood warning equipment using the Mobile System for solving this problem. We installed this unique equipment on the River Bridge on Yeongchon, Gyeongbuk in 2009. Consequently, we have the efficacy on the expressway’s bridge maintenance by the Mobile System, which checks the increasing water level of River Bridge anywhere. In this paper, we will introduce expressway maintenance managers to more efficient maintenance method with this result. Published in 2010 by Korea Expressway Corporation.

The City of Austin Traffic Control System is one of the newest and most advanced traffic management systems in the country. The design of the system is highly scaleable and uses commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) hardware. The system was designed to meet the needs of the users, which was to provide real-time video and data information for the timely response to the traffic management requirements of the urban surface roadway network in the City of Austin.

This paper presents a discussion of the design criteria and system architecture of the project followed by a description of some of the equipment that makes up the system and concludes with a discussion of the benefits seen as a result of the implementation of the system. As a result of the implementation of this system, the City of Austin has seen a noticeable reduction in the time it takes to respond to traffic signal trouble calls. In addition, the system has provided a means to implement or improve traffic signal synchronization on the City’s arterial corridors.

Siemens ITS

Gardner Consulting Group (Gardner Transportation Systems)

City of Austin, Texas

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota

Driver-Information-Systems (DIS), telematics hardware, telecommunication and IT devices become more and more part of modern vehicles. Both, technology and users, press new devices into the cockpits. Driving still remains the main task, so the design of the human machine interface (HMI) has to be done carefully to avoid loss in safety due to driver distraction.

A cross cultural usability study with existing automotive DIS supported any hypothesis on differences between users. A software tool used to produce application ready software for DIS directly out of the simulation was developed. The HMI components can easily be adapted to local market needs, without changing the major (functional) part of the program.

CAA AG

Presented at the ITS America Annual Conference and Exposition, May 19-22, 2003 Minneapolis, Minnesota