Interim Guidance Real-Time System Management Information Program Data Exchange Formats

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Interim GuidanceReal-Time System Management
Information ProgramData Exchange Formats

• I-95 Corridor Coalition
• Web briefing
• January 10, 2008

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Agenda

• Reach of RTSMIP
• What is the Interim Guidance?
• What are the data exchange formats?
• What is the Federal Register Notice?
• Review

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Reach of Real-Time System Management Information
Program

• (RTSMIP)

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SAFETEA-LU, Subtitle B, Section 1201

• Real-Time System Management Information Program
• Establish a real-time system management
  information program in all States
• Capable of monitoring, in real-time, the traffic
  and travel conditions of the major highways
• Capable of sharing real-time information to
  address congestion problems and to facilitate
  national regional highway traveler information.
• As regional ITS architectures are developed /
  updated, they will explicitly address real-time
  highway transit information needs and the
  systems needed to meet such needs.

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Reach of RTSMIP
Safety
RTSMIP
Mobility
Productivity
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Reach of RTSMIP
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What is the Interim Guidance?
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Purpose of the Interim Guidance

• Interim guidance satisfies a Congressional
  requirement
• The Department to establish data exchange formats
• Offers considerations to States and other
  stakeholders on how to use the formats
• Distinguishes the formats from upcoming
  rulemaking on Real-Time System Management
  Information Program

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Decoupling Exchange Formats from the Program
SAFETEA-Lu 1201
InterimGuidance
NPRM

• Approach for information sharing and data
  exchange
• Preliminary technical document
• User input to refine technical details

• Proposed characteristics and thresholds for
  information content
• Regulation to stimulate deployment

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This Interim Guidance is not a Regulation

• States and other organizations should consider
  the data exchange formats as a good practice
• There is no regulation for this
• DOT has to adopt a standard
• The SAFETEA-LU legislation requires that states
  use the data exchange formats
• No time frame

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What are the data exchange formats?
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Data Exchange Formats

• (b) Data Exchange Formats - Not later than 2
  years after the date of enactment of this Act,
  the Secretary shall establish data exchange
  formats to ensure that the data provided by
  highway and transit monitoring systems, including
  statewide incident reporting systems, can readily
  be exchanged across jurisdictional boundaries,
  facilitating nationwide availability of
  information.
• (C) 2-- States shall incorporate the data
  exchange formats established by the Secretary
  under subsection (b) to ensure that the data
  provided by highway and transit monitoring
  systems may readily be exchanged with State and
  local governments and may be made available to
  the traveling public

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readily be exchanged

• Not necessarily free
• Emphasis on information availability
• No specific approach indicated in law

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What is the Federal Register Notice?
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Purpose

• Announce the publication of the interim guidance
• Solicit public comment on the contents of the
  interim guidance
• Comments must be received on or before February
  12, 2008

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Questions in the Notice

• What guidance would facilitate the application of
  data exchange formats in your organization?
• Does the reference document provide adequate
  detail on the nature of interoperability to be
  attained through application of the data exchange
  formats?

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Questions in the Notice (2)

• Does your organization make use of the ATIS-01
  Broadcast Traveler Information Market Package
  defined in the National ITS Architecture?
• What is a reasonable interval between
  publications of new versions of the data exchange
  formats?
• Is there sufficient detail in the Functional
  Area/Specification Description? If not, how much
  further requirement description would be required?

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Questions in the Notice (3)

• Many of the specifications map to messages that
  have optional elements. Should there be changes
  to the identification of the optional elements,
  which would change the nature of the message as
  defined by the Standard Development Organization?
• Does your organization make use of the ITS
  Standards that are referenced in the data
  exchange formats?

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Questions in the Notice (4)

• Would independent certification or
  self-certification be more effective for
  validating the application of the data exchange
  formats?
• Do the data exchange formats relate to the
  operational practices of your organization?

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Review

• Focus is on Agency-to-Agency and
  Agency-to-Traveler communications
• Decision-quality information for travelers to
  make them more informed about
• Mode choice
• Time of departure choice
• Route choice
• Future guidance will be shaped by the stakeholder
  comments

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Contacts

• James Pol202-366-4374James.Pol_at_dot.gov
• http//www.ops.fhwa.dot.gov/travelinfo/index.htm
• Information on the data exchange formats docket
• HTML and PDF versions of the Specifications
  Reference document
• http//www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/ma
  in?mainDocketDetaildFHWA-2007-28969
• Docket No. FHWA-2007-28969 on Regulations.gov
• Notice and other docket submissions