ITS Program Advisory Committee Meeting

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ITS Program Advisory Committee Meeting

• July 31-August 1, 2008

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Agenda Day 1

• July 31 (12-530pm)
• Call to order and introductory remarks
• Crosswalk of existing program initiatives to new
  program goals and focus areas
• Remarks from RITA Administrator
• ITS World Congress Activity Update
• UTC Coordination Activities
• Discussion of Advice Memorandum

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ITS Program Activity Centers

• In FY08 and FY09, the ITS Program will continue
  to heavily support the Departmental goals of
  safety and mobility, while beginning to migrate
  program resources increasingly toward safety
• Approximately half of the initiatives underway in
  FY08 end in FY09.

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ITS Program Activity Centers

• By FY10, most of the ITS Programs resources will
  be devoted toward supporting the safety goal.

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Research Initiatives Crosswalk to Program Goals
FY08

• P Primary focus of Initiative
• S Secondary focus of initiative
• AB Ancillary Benefit achievable in this goal
  area
• 11 Initiatives and research efforts supported by
  ITS Program funds

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Research Initiatives Crosswalk to Program Goals
FY09

• In FY09, only 6 of the current initiatives are
  still underway, enabling a smooth transition
  toward focusing additional resources on safety
  research.
• Added focus areas in environment and
  institutional issues

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Research Initiatives Crosswalk to Program Goals
FY10

• By FY10, only three of the current research
  initiatives are still underway.
• Programmatic activities focused on safety
• Opportunities for new research initiatives
  focused on safety, with some new starts expected
  to focus on mobility and the environment.

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Transitioning to Safety Focus

• Road safety statistics paint a stark picture
• 6 million crashes per year
• 42,000 fatalities per year
• Direct economic costs of 230.6 billion per year
  (2000 dollars)
• Transitioning to RITA offers new opportunities to
  dramatically restructure the ITS Program
• RITA Administrator has initiated a challenge goal
  to reduce the vehicle crash rate by 90 by 2030
• Prioritizing safety as the main ITS Program
  research goal enables the JPO to systematically
  select, plan, execute, oversee, and align
  research projects and activities to achieve a
  focused and measureable safety outcome.

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Safety Focus

• A different approach is needed to dramatically
  affect road safety
• Aggressive application of advanced technology to
  create a more integrated environment among road
  users of all types
• Vehicle crashes substantially impact system
  performance
• Traffic crashes account for 25 of all congestion
• Improving system performance by improving road
  safety can dramatically reduce fuel consumption
  and related GHG emissions.

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Safety Focus

• Goals/Investment Areas
• Technology scanning and research
• Safety applications
• Testbeds
• Architecture and standards
• Non-technical issues
• Research on ancillary benefits to mobility and
  the environment
• Near, medium, and long term components

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Safety Focus

• Centering the ITS research program and resources
  around safety will enable identification of a
  core set of activities and measureable outcomes
• Structuring remaining program resources to fill
  gaps not addressed by the safety goal enables a
  balanced, aligned, and efficient research
  program.
• ITS JPO is working to develop a program structure
  to support a focus on safety.

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World Congress Activities - Update

• Update on SAFETRIP21 Gary Ritter
• Update on World Congress Demos by ITS America
  Scott Belcher
• Additional USDOT Activities

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ITS World Congress Activities - Update

• ITS World Congress to be held in New York, NY
  November 16-20, 2008.
• US DOT to have an Exhibit Booth
• Focus on Research Results of the Major
  Initiatives
• 800 ft2 booth space, booth 119 (plan to include
  graphics, photographs, etc)
• 5 Stations to showcase different programs
• Secretary Peters invited to speak
• Administrator Brubaker and JPO staff planning to
  speak.

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ITS World Congress Activities - Update

• US DOT is participating in the 11th Avenue
  Theater through CAMP.
• Different car manufacturers will show that ITS
  technologies are interoperable.
• Working to define participation in TMC of the
  Future.
• More information available at
  www.itsworldcongress.org

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University Transportation Centers (UTCs)

• UTCs
• DOT invests in the future of transportation
  through its UTCs, awarding grants to universities
  to advance the state-of-the-art in transportation
  research and develop the next generation of
  transportation professionals.
• Current Activities
• Professional Capacity Program Reviewing UTC
  areas of interest and research themes
• Discussion initiated in 2007 on the potential
  benefits of closer coordination between DOT
  programs and staff and university efforts and
  staff (ongoing).
• Initial outreach to RITA UTC staff
• PCB program gap analysis underway

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University Transportation Centers (UTCs)

• Preliminary Ideas include
• Targeted delivery of local professional
  development for the transportation workforce.
• Engagement of UTC instructors in the creation of
  local professional development opportunities.
• More local knowledge and technology transfer.
• A broadening of opportunities within the
  transportation workforce for students who pursue
  UTC fellowships and scholarships.

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Advice Memorandum

• Distributed informally to ITS SPG and ITS
  Management Council
• Transmitted formally to the Secretary for her
  information and review
• Upon the Secretarys review, ITS JPO will widely
  distribute the Advice memorandum to the wider
  transportation community
• ITS JPO will provide its response to the Advice
  Memorandum to the Advisory Committee shortly
• Formal transmittal of Departments response to
  advice of the Committee in the February 2009
  Report to Congress
• Posted on the ITS Program Advisory Committee Web
  page on the ITS JPO Website

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SAFETEA-LU Mandated Duties of ITSPAC

• SAFETEA-LU specifies that, at a minimum, the ITS
  Advisory Committee shall
• Provide input into the development of the ITS
  aspects of the Departments strategic plan and
• Review, at least annually, areas of ITS research
  being considered for funding by the Department,
  to determine
• Whether these activities are likely to advance
  either the state-of-the-practice or
  state-of-the-art in intelligent transportation
  systems
• Whether the intelligent transportation system
  technologies are likely to be deployed by users,
  and if not, to determine the barriers to
  deployment and
• The appropriate roles for government and the
  private sector in investing in the research and
  technologies being considered.

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Day 2 - Program Updates

• Program Updates
• NG911, ETO, IVBSS, VII, CICAS, Clarus, Congestion
  Initiative, ICM, MSAA, EFM, Rural Safety
• Strategic Discussion
• Advancement of state of the practice/art
• Likelihood of deployment, barriers to deployment
• Appropriate roles of government, private sector

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Agenda Day 2

• August 1 (730am-2pm)
• Call to order and Review of Objectives
• Program Updates
• NG911, ETO, IVBSS, VII, CICAS, Clarus, Congestion
  Initiative, ICM, MSAA, EFM, Rural Safety
• Strategic Discussion
• Advancement of state of the practice/art
• Likelihood of deployment, barriers to deployment
• Appropriate roles of government, private sector

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Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1)

• Accomplishments this year
• NG9-1-1 Architecture Analysis Report NG9-1-1
  System Description and Requirements Document
• Preliminary Analysis of Cost, Value, and Risk
  Human Machine Interface Display Design Document
• Preliminary Transition Plan
• Executive Summary Preliminary Analysis of Cost,
  Value, Risk
• Proof of Concept Deployment Plan
• NG9-1-1 Transition Issues Report
• Data Acquisition and Analysis Plan
• Proof of Concept Test Plan
• Proof of Concept Site Selection
• Completed Proof of Concept Testing (live
  demonstrations in progress)
• Obligated this year
• Approximately 2,250,000 of the 4.6 million, 24
  month contract

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Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• NG9-1-1 Initiative closes 12/08
• Final reports
• Proposed Budget FY09
• No new FY2009 funds are anticipated
• NG9-1-1 transitions to National 9-1-1 Office

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Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO)

• Accomplishments this year
• Camera Phone Proof of Concept Final Report
• Evacuation Management Modeling Assessment
  (Guidance tool due in August)
• The Best of Public Safety and the ETO CD
• Obligated this year
• Approx. 353,000

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Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• ETO Initiative Follow-on
• Final reports
• Proposed Budget FY09
• No new FY2009 funds are anticipated
• ETO Initiative and ETO Initiative follow-on
  activities will be closed out.

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Rural Safety Innovation Program

• Technology component of the broader Rural Safety
  Innovation Program
• Objective To promote and expedite the deployment
  operational testing of effective ITS
  technologies at dangerous rural locations
• Funding 6M contribution of FY 08 funding from
  ITS/JPO
• Approved at the December 10, 2007 ITS Management
  Council meeting
• Multiple competitive grants of 200K - 1.3M
  planned (single grants not to exceed 5M)
• 400,000 set aside for independent evaluation
• Three phase project
• Phase I Competition and selection of 4-10 rural
  partners (based on and cost of proposals)
• Phase II Rural deployment of ITS technologies
• Phase III Independent evaluation and
  publication of results

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Rural Safety Innovation Program

• Current Status
• July 7, 2008 deadline for Phase II application
  submissions
• 20 applications received for ITS projects
• Applications have been distributed to reviewers
• Schedule
• Complete Phase II Project Proposals review by
  7/21/08
• Brief RITA FHWA Administrators and Directors
  8/04/08
• Brief Deputy Secretary and Rural Safety Group
  8/05/08
• Announce awards August 18, 2008
• Applicant obligates funds by September 30, 2008

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Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS)

• Accomplishments this fiscal year
• Completed Phase I, began Phase II
• Light and heavy vehicle system designs complete
• Light and heavy vehicle systems successfully
  tested
• All system software to be finalized and
  regression tested
• Field Operational Test (FOT) fleet builds to
  begin
• Obligated this year
• 2.14M FY08 IVBSS program budget
• 1.99M committed to date
• 1.99M obligated to date

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Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• Complete light and heavy vehicle FOT fleet builds
• Complete light and heavy vehicle pilot FOTs
• Begin 1 yr. car truck full-scale FOTs
• Proposed Budget FY09
• Est. 1.2M in new Federal funds to be obligated

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Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

• Accomplishments this year
• Developed concepts of operation and minimum
  system performance requirements for initial set
  of V2V applications
• Initial demonstration of V2V applications among
  multiple vehicle manufacturers
• Proof of concept testing completed
• Benefit cost analysis updated
• Institutional framework and legal issues studies
• Program rebranded (Aug 2008)
• Website established
• Future program direction defined
• SafeTrip-21
• Obligated this year
• 16.2M (projected)

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Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• Technology Scanning and Research
• Technology scan reports
• Deployment acceleration study
• Architecture and Standards
• Revised VII architecture as an open platform and
  recommended new standards
• Completion and publishing of DSRC standards (IEEE
  1609 and 802.11p by Dec. 2008 and Dec. 2009
  respectively)
• Concept for interoperability certification
  process and IEEE 1609 test methods
• Safety Applications
• Concept of operations for security/certificate
  authority
• Initiate development of next set of high value
  cooperative vehicle applications
• Identify framework for safety field operational
  test

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Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09 (Continued)
• Test Beds
• Establish national VII test beds
• Begin testing to support industry and government
  research and development needs
• Non-Technical Issues
• Rebrand program
• Website/knowledge management tool
• Institutional framework recommendations
• Analysis of policy issues and recommendations
• Return on investment report on deployment
  approach
• Ancillary Benefits to Mobility and Environment
• Concept of operations and requirements definition
  for public sector applications
• Proposed Budget FY09
• TBD

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Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance
Systems (CICAS)

• Accomplishments this year
• Violation scenario
• Selected the DVI for testing
• Developed prototype system
• Conducted and analyzed the results of prototype
  testing (Pilot and Objective)
• Released Performance Specifications and Objective
  Tests
• Signalized left turn assist scenario
• Concept of operations document completed
• Traffic Signal interface and sensors installed at
  test intersection
• Stop sign assist scenario
• Human Factors Experiment for DII design complete
• Driver infrastructure interface sign purchased
  and installed at test intersection
• Concept of operations document completed
• Obligated this year
• 2,014,000

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Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance
Systems (CICAS)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• Violation scenario
• Plan for overall safety field test as part of VII
• SSA
• Design report, including performance
  specifications, objective test procedures, and
  results of objective testing
• Report on communication architecture describing
  minimum system requirements
• SLTA
• Reports on defining state map and message sets
• Field Data collected and analyzed to evaluate the
  effectiveness of the Gap Assist System.
• Development of an algorithm for an all red
  scenario
• Proposed Budget FY09
• 2M

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Clarus

• Accomplishments this year
• Executed the Clarus Regional Demonstration
• Phase 1 Concepts of Operations of Clarus-based
  services completed (on time/on budget)
• Phase 2 Connected States to the Clarus System
  (12 new states, 3 new provinces, 1 municipality)
• Phase 3 build, deploy and evaluate services
  (RFP on the street, to be awarded in 9/08)
• Obligated this year
• Obligated 900k

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Clarus

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• Regional Demonstration
• Build the Clarus-based services defined in Phase
  3
• Add 10 more states to the Clarus system
• Work with private sector providers to utilize
  Clarus
• Assist NOAA with their system design to
  incorporate Clarus functionality
• Enhance Quality Checking services within Clarus
• Develop initial algorithms to collect road
  weather observations from mobile platforms (i.e.,
  VII)
• Proposed Budget FY09
• 2.1M (about 50 of the Road Weather Management
  funds from SAFETEA-LU 5308)

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Congestion Initiative

• NY did not obtain legislative authority.
• Obligated money to Minnesota, Seattle, and San
  Francisco
• Initiated UPA National Evaluation
• Obligated this year
• 21.4 million

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Congestion Initiative

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• National Evaluation Framework Fall 2008
• Site Specific Evaluation Plans Spring 2009
• Systems Operational September 2009
• Proposed Budget FY09
• 40 million

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Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

• Completed 8 Pioneer Site Concepts of Operations
  and Systems Requirements Documents
• Completed Analysis, Modeling and Simulation of a
  Test Corridor
• Selected Three AMS Pioneer Test Sites
• Created several articles and tech transfer
  materials
• Obligated this year
• 2,775,000

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Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• Three Pioneer Site AMS Experimental Plans Fall
  2008
• Three Pioneer Site AMS Results Documents
  September 2009
• Select up to three Pioneer Site Demonstration
  Sites September 2009
• Proposed Budget FY09
• 7.8 million

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Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)

• Accomplishments this fiscal year
• All demonstration sites (8) completed their
  Travel Management Coordination Center (TMCC)
  designs
• Obligated this year
• FY08 obligated 400K (as of July 15)
• FY08 committed 2.25M

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Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)

• Accomplishments Next Fiscal Year
• Select 3-4 sites for TMCC model deployment
• Plan and carry out stakeholder outreach and
  knowledge transfer activities
• Proposed Budget FY09
• 1.25M

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Electronic Freight Management (EFM)

• Accomplishments in FY 2008
• CEFM Op Test Completed Dec 2007
• Adoption Task Awarded May 2008
• CEFM Evaluation Final Report delivered June 2008
• RFI for industry participation in case studies
  published June 2008
• Obligated this year
• 599,979 obligated in FY 2008

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Electronic Freight Management (EFM)

• Expected Accomplishments FY09
• Development of EFM Translation Engine - 1st Q
• Development of new UBL XML Messages 1st Q
• Development of an EFM Registry - 2nd Q
• Deployment of an EFM Adoption Package 3rd Q
• Documentation of EFM Adoption Case Studies 4th
  Q
• Proposed Budget FY09
• 600,000 for continued Deployment activity.