ITS America Annual Meeting Session 66 The New Politics of ITS

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ITS America Annual MeetingSession 66The New
Politics of ITS

• Christine M. Johnson

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During my tenure as Secretary of
Transportation, the benchmark of success for ITS
will be the deployment of Intelligent
Transportation Systems. Secretary Norman
Mineta, ITS America National Summit, April 18,
2001
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Never before in this century, except during the
two world wars, has the countrys transportation
system been as stressed as it is now
Washington Post 5/15/01
Vehicle travel up 72 Road Miles, up
11980-1998
No longer a big city problem-Congestion in small
areas grew 300
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ISTEA - Research Development

• Research
• Operational Tests
• National Architecture
• Model Deployments

ISTEA
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TEA-21 Foundations for Deployment

• Architecture Rule
• Standards Development
• Professional Capacity Development
• IVI
• New Horizons and New
• Issues
• Public Safety
• Intermodal
• Operating the Infrastructure

TEA-21
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We have made Substantial Progress..
50 Metro TOCs
300 Travel Info s
25 of large city transit with AVL
75 Toll Roads w/ETC
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We have made Substantial Progress..
CVISN has been started in almost every state

• A.C.N. in 1 million vehicles

Telematics is a hot market
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The new challenge Turning ITS Projects into
Services

• Using ITS
• to operate the system
• for better efficiency
• greater safety
• more productivity

Delivering on the Promise
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The Challenge has many faces
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• The Challenge has many faces

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The Challenge has many faces
Congestion Ahead
Congestion Ahead
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Congestion Ahead
Congestion Ahead
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The Challenge has many faces

• Only 15 of the Centers surveyed report 20 or
  greater surveillance and 24 hour
  operations
• Few institutionalized forums for
  co-coordinated operations planning
• Little integration of weather info into
  traffic management
• Source Oak Ridge Labs

And the TOCs that exist are fighting for money
and skilled staff!
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In short Not only is ITS not yet
mainstreamed...
There needs to be a new mainstream!
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Issues behind the challenges

1. Data
2. Institutionalizing Operations and Management
3. Money
4. The role of the private sector
5. Continued Research and Development

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Themes for reauthorization Data
From Spots of data
To a nationwide network of data
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Themes for reauthorization Institutionalizing
Operations
From not my primary mission To a Core Mission
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Themes for reauthorization Money

• Continue as an offshoot of capital
  program?
• Operations funding stream parallel to
  capital program
• New partners?

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Themes for reauthorizationThe Private Sector
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Themes for reauthorizationPrivacy and Driver
Distraction
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Themes for reauthorizationResearch and
Development

• Continuing need
• Architecture
• Standards testing, support
• IVI research
• Public Safety research
• Intermodalism research