Intelligent Transportation Systems: Capturing Transportations Imagination through Technology

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Intelligent Transportation Systems Capturing
Transportations Imagination through Technology

• Shelley Row
• Director, ITS Joint Program Office
• Research and Innovative Technology Administration
• U.S. Department of Transportation

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Previous World
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Current World
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Trends

• Growing Congestion
• Stagnant Safety
• Limited Public Resources
• Ever-growing expectations for instant information
• Explosion of Technology

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Growing Congestion
103 increase
55 increase
21 increase
Source National Strategy to Reduce Congestion on
Americas Transportation Network (2005)
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Stagnant Safety

• Highway fatalities in 2005 are the highest since
  1990.
• The fatality rate is no longer declining.

43,443
44,599
2.08
1.45
NHTSA FARS-- 8/2006
Source NHTSAs National Center for Statistics
and Analysis
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Limited Public Resources
Source U.S. Chamber Funding Highway and Public
Transportation Study (2005)
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Slow Pace of Deployment

• Freeways and transit have moderate ITS
  deployment.
• Deployment on arterials is less.

Source ITS Deployment Statistics Database
(www.itsdeployment.its.dot.gov)
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Slow Pace of Deployment

• At the present rate, full deployment will not be
  achieved for years.
• Not until 2035 in freeways, 2019 in transit

Freeway Miles with Real-Time
Fixed Route Vehicles Equipped
Data Collection
with AVL
Source ITS Deployment Statistics Database
(www.itsdeployment.its.dot.gov)
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And Yet, Our Vision Is To

• Manage and operate the transportation system more
  efficiently for
• Congestion Relief
• Improved Safety
• Increased Productivity

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Explosion of Information Technology
Number of Devices in Use Today, Worldwide
Source Gary Grube, Motorola (2007)
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Growing Expectations for Connectivity

• What Consumers Experience
• Connectivity all times, every where
• Streaming video on cell phones
• What Transportation Has

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We Need a Foundation Layer of Technology for
System Monitoring

• Technology provides data for visibility of the
  network
• Data needs to be
• Multimodal
• Pervasive
• Accurate
• Reliable
• Data collection needs to be
• Sustainable
• Socially acceptable

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With Data, We Have Performance Measures

• We need a suite of performance measures that are
  meaningful
• Nationally
• Locally
• Regionally
• Publicly
• Usable for day-to-day management

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With Performance Measures, We Can Manage

• We need a suite of management options
• Construction
• Congestion pricing
• Traveler information
• Enforcement (including automated)
• Signal timing
• Incident management
• Freeway and arterial management
• Transit
• Speed management

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Partnerships

• Traditional partnerships
• Private sector partnerships
• In-vehicle safety
• In-vehicle navigation
• Information service providers
• Data collection
• Data dissemination

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The Role of ITS

• Technology can provide visibility.
• Technology can facilitate performance measures.
• Technology can facilitate management tools.
• Technology can provide safety.
• Technology can provide customer choice.

Capturing Transportations Imagination through
Technology
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The Role of the ITS JPO

• Provide funding for high-risk, high-value RD
• Catalyze private sector markets
• Ensure public applications are available
• Convene gatherings among diverse groups
• Gather and disseminate technical information
• Advocate for ITS

Capturing Transportations Imagination through
Technology
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ITS Joint Program Office
Private Sector Sandbox Enables Creativity

• Ensures Public Good
• Reduce Congestion
• Improve Safety

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ITS Major Initiatives
Safety
Mobility
Global Connectivity
Integrated Vehicle- Based Safety
Systems Cooperative Intersection Collision
Avoidance Systems Next Generation 911
Congestion Initiative Integrated
Corridor Management Systems Mobility Services
for All Americans Clarus Emergency
Transportation Operations
Electronic Freight Management
Crosscutting Vehicle Infrastructure Integration
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Technology to Gather Data

• Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Program
• Nationwide communications platform connecting
  roadways to vehicles, and vehicles to other
  vehicles.
• Clarus
• Nationwide road weather observation network and
  forecasting system

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Technology to Link People Processes

• Mobility Services for All Americans
• Linking human service transportation providers to
  reduce duplication, simplify access and increase
  efficiency
• Next Generation 911
• Sharing emergency information in a variety of
  formats to diverse stakeholders
• Electronic Freight Management
• Providing access and linkage to shipment
  information throughout the supply chain partners
  in real-time

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Technology to Provide Safety Mobility Services

• Vehicle Infrastructure Integration Program
• Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance
  Systems
• Using the VII network, provide collision
  avoidance technologies on the vehicle
• Integrated Corridor Management
• Providing integrated management of freeways,
  arterials, transit, management lanes, and parking
  within a corridor
• Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems
• Basic research on integrated driver assistance
  systems for crash avoidance

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Technology Transfer

• Information Dissemination
• Professional Capacity Building
• Architecture Standards
• National ITS Architecture Version 6.0
• Benefits Costs, Lessons Learned, Deployment
  Statistics

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USDOT ITS Program

• Researching the application of technology to
  transportation issues
• Technology for system monitoring
• Technology for measuring performance
• Technology for managing
• Public/private partnerships

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Technology
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Technology Explosion

• The device is not in travelers cars its in
  their hands.

Source Presentation to the International
Consumer Electronics Show (2007)