Personal Mobility

 
This paper outlines the innovative work being undertaken to deliver improvements to road users
across  the  road  network,  in  the  county  of  Essex.  The  paper  shows  the  links  that  have  been
established with the private sector to make innovative use of data sources, and the work with the
County  Council’s  partnered  consultant  to  develop  sound  statistical  analysis  of  data  and  the
development of interventions to control and manage the road network. These activities combine
to form the basis of the delivery of targets agreed with central government which, when achieved,
will deliver over £3 million of reward funding to Essex County Council.

 Essex County Council

SA2000/Atkins

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

511 has been a successful traveler information system in the Bay Area since the telephone number was adopted and launched in 2002. Planned and unplanned events in 2007 further evolved 511 from a traveler information resource to a key tool for public outreach to be used for emergency management and response. These events were: 1) the MacArthur Maze freeway collapse, 2) planned Bay Bridge closure over the 2007 Labor Day weekend, and 3) formal 511 participation in a 2007 regional emergency preparedness exercise with Caltrans and the California Highway Patrol. This paper will review each of these events along with specific lessons learned in using 511 as a tool for public outreach during emergencies. The most significant lesson learned was that the public and policymakers who regularly rely on 511 in the Bay Area automatically expected 511 to be a resource in emergencies. Fulfilling such expectations requires considerable investment in specific tools and operational protocols.

Metropolitan Transportation Commission

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

This paper illustrates the use of a technology review as part of a regional ITS Architecture development. The paper identifies market and equipment packages that are available in the market but are not defined as part of the National ITS Architecture. These packages include Pedestrian Management and Information, Surface Street Control Enforcement, Joint-Use Vehicles, Parking Facility Enforcement/Security, Automated Parking Systems, Vehicle-Based Transit Information, Advanced Commercial Vehicle Safety Advisory, Emerging Probe Surveillance Technologies, and Speed Limit Enforcement/Dynamic Speed Limits.

The results presented in this paper indicates that a review of existing ITS technologies and products is useful in identifying market packages/equipment packages that meet specific regional, local and project needs.

PBS&J

Presented at the 11th ITS Annual Conference and Exposition, June 4-7, 2001 Miami Beach, Florida

Safety (and security) is one of many factors influencing the mobility of individuals in urban
environments.  In this context, the concept of safety refers to many aspects such as safety
from physical attacks, safety of people with special needs, or even a psychological sense of
safety.  Mobility refers to all modes including walking.  A real or perceived lack of safety
may impact the urban mobility of individuals and result in behavioral modifications such as
location avoidance, travel mode change, etc.  Current and future information technologies,
many related to developments in ITS, have the potential to positively impact the real and
perceived safety of individuals.  Examples include smartphones, GPS, the Internet, and smart
cards, which enable communication, access to information, localization, monitoring,
authorization, etc.  With the increased use of information technology comes accessible
information for people to use, but about them as well, hence the need to critically assess
technology and address the potential privacy issues of using it to enhance safety and mobility.

Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)

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

The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) has relied on customer feedback
to assess the effectiveness of its travel information program, including 511Virginia program.
VDOT launched a statewide 511 service in February of 2005, and in 2007, the system was
upgraded with several new services added, largely based on the input of the systems’ regular, as
well as, casual users. VDOT has a long history of collecting and measuring user satisfaction,
going back to the deployment in 2002 of its regional traveler information service covering only
the I-81 corridor.

Virginia Department of Transportation

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