PPT - US DOT Intelligent Transportation Systems Program.ppt

. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Program2005 Update
Jeffrey F. Paniati
Associate Administrator for Operations
Acting ITS Program Manager
TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH B0ARD 84TH ANNUAL MEETING
Washington, DC
January 10, 2005
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Summary
Restructuring of the ITS Program
Major Initiatives Updates
Ongoing
New
Measures of Effectiveness
Other Key Activities
Exploratory Efforts
Crosscutting Programs
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Restructuring of the ITS Program
Program reoriented to focus on fewer, larger, higher-risk, high-payoff “major initiatives.”
Nine new major initiatives were approved by the Management Council.
Allow pletion of ongoing efforts and initiation of exploratory studies.
Fund crosscutting efforts--architecture, standards, professional capacity building, assessment, outreach--that support the overall goals of the ITS Program.
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Major Initiatives
Problem-driven and results oriented.
Directly support USDOT’s goals of safety, mobility, and global connectivity.
Multimodal.
Engage the private sector while also having a clear public sector role.
Opportunities to push the frontier in application of ITS.
Significant research and ponent, as well as a testing and ponent.
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Ongoing Major Initiatives
511 Deployment
Mobility
Crosscutting:
Architecture Consistency
Wireless E-911
CVISN
Intelligent Vehicle
Initiative
Safety
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Update: Ongoing Initiatives
Intelligent Vehicle pleted Light Vehicle Rear End Collision Avoidance FOT; will publish results of independent evaluation in spring 2005.
IVI Final Report will be published for ITS World Congress in San Francisco,
fall 2005. Demonstration to be held.
511
As of November 2004, 511 is available to 77 million Americans--26% of the . population.
In 2005 the 511 Coalition activities to focus on targeted metropolitan areas.
E911
Recent legislation created E-911 JPO (NHTSA) and Grant Program.
Architecture Consistency
Final rule/policy fully effective April 2005.
CVISN
Reauthorization language con