State of the ITS Industry: Federal ITS Program
TRB 83rd Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
January 12, 2004
Presented by Jeffrey F. Paniati
Associate Administrator for Operations
Acting Director, ITS Joint Program Office
U.S. Department of Transportation
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Table of Contents
- Slide 1 State of the ITS Industry: Federal ITS Program
- Slide 2 Presentation Overview
- Slide 3 Major Initiatives
- Slide 4 511 Deployment Status as of December 10, 2003
- Slide 5 Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Program (ITIP)
- Slide 6 iFlorida Model Deployment
- Slide 7 iFlorida Model Deployment
- Slide 8 Amber Alert
- Slide 9 Human Service Transportation Coordination Program
- Slide 10 Architecture Consistency
- Slide 11 Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
- Slide 12 Surface Transportation Weather Program
- Slide 13 Hazardous Materials Safety and Security Operational Test
- Slide 14 Pacific Northwest E-Seal Test
- Slide 15 Vehicle Infrastructure Integration
- Slide 16 Program Evolution
- Slide 17 Advisory Committee
- Slide 18 Management Council Direction
- Slide 19 Proposed Reorganization
- Slide 20 Management Structure
- Slide 21 Reauthorization Status
- Slide 22 Features of SAFETEA
- Slide 23 Features of Congressional Legislation
- Slide 24 Funding Summary
- Slide 25 Conclusion
State of the ITS Industry: Federal ITS Program
TRB 83rd Annual Meeting
Washington, DC
January 12, 2004
Jeffrey F. Paniati
Associate Administrator for Operations
Acting Director, ITS Joint Program Office
U.S. Department of Transportation
Presentation Overview
- Status of Major Initiatives
- Program Evolution
- Reauthorization
Major Initiatives
- Deployment
- 511
- Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Program
- iFlorida
- Amber Alert
- HHS Coordination
- Architecture Consistency
- R&D
- IVI
- Weather Program
- Hazardous Materials
- E-Seal Test
- VII
511 Deployment Status as of December 10, 2003
Goal: Nationwide Deployment of Telephone Based Traveler Information Services
Status as of December 10, 2003:
- 20 systems in 19 States - 15 Statewide systems, 4 metro area systems, 1 regional/corridor (I-81 Virginia).
- Serving almost 18 percent of resident population.
- Over 11 Million calls placed to date.
November 2003 Statistics:
- Over 900,000 calls placed in November 2003.
- 1 ½ minute average length of call.
- Almost 1.4 Million minutes of call time.
Projected thru 2004:
- Add 6 Statewide systems, 3 metro area systems, for total of 29 systems in 28 States.
- Coverage to 33 percent of the resident population.
- 44 States and the District of Columbia will have received funds to assist in planning 511 systems.
Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Program (ITIP)
- Goal: To enhance availability of real-time traveler information and develop an ability to measure the operating performance of the roadway system in the major metropolitan areas.
- Status:
- Contract with Mobility Technologies.
- 29 metro areas eligible.
- Systems in Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Chicago operational.
- Construction begun in Providence and Boston.
- Design under way in San Diego and Tampa.
- Local agreements signed for Washington, DC and Los Angeles.
- Negotiations active in 13 additional areas.
Slide 6
iFlorida Model Deployment
- Goal: National model for how security, reliability and safety can be enhanced through the widespread availability of real-time information.
- Components:
- Orlando metro area information system.
- Statewide conditions reporting system.
- Hurricane evacuation route monitoring.
- Weather response.
- Critical infrastructure security monitoring.
- Travel and weather information, including 511.
iFlorida Model Deployment
- Status:
- Began May 1, 2003.
- System design complete.
- Operational in May 2005.
- 2 years of operational evaluation.
Amber Alert
- Goal: To integrate the communication/response capability of transportation and public safety agencies to improve Amber Alert and other emergency response capabilities.
- Status:
- Approximately 40 grants to State DOT's to facilitate coordinated programs.
- Grants focus on electronic linkage between transportation and public safety entities.
- 93 Amber plans in place.
- Child recoveries to date - 117
Human Service Transportation Coordination Program
- Goal: To improve the quality and efficiency of subsidized transportation services through the application of advanced technology.
- Status:
- Several operational tests underway or planned to demonstrate how ITS might be applied under various institutional structures.
- DOT/HHS coordination workshops being provided regionally to facilitate the planning necessary for coordinated services (Departments of Education and Labor now engaged).
- National leadership forum planned on human service transportation coordination (part of FTA "United We Ride" Initiative).
Architecture Consistency
- Goal: To encourage the development of regional ITS architectures and use for planning integrated ITS deployments.
- Status:
- Regions must have regional architectures in place by April 2005.
- 300 regional architectures identified.
- 119 regional ITS architecture completed.
- Another 129 under development.
Intelligent Vehicle Initiative
- Purpose: To help drivers prevent hazardous mistakes through the application of advanced driver assistance systems.
- Current
Activities:
- National IVI Meeting and Demonstration - June 2003. About 250 attendees, 10 demonstrations, national press coverage (this included the opening of the Advanced Intersection Collision Avoidance Test Facility at TFHRC).
- March 2003 - Started on road testing of GM Rear-end Collision Avoidance System FOT. 10 Buick LeSabres in Michigan.
- Completed Phase 1 of road departure FOT (system validation and test planning). Currently building test vehicles and starting on road testing this year.
- Awarded Heavy Vehicle Electronically Controlled Brake System FOT to a team led by Freightliner and WalMart.
- Naturalistic Driving Study - March 2003 - Have a fleet of 100 cars on the road capturing natural driving data.
Surface Transportation Weather Program
- Purpose: To minimize the impact of weather on surface transportation.
- Current Activities:
- FHWA & NOAA Administrators met in August and agreed to forge road weather partnership; anticipate plan in the spring.
- American Meteorological Society hosted a policy forum on Weather and Highways in November; recommendations forthcoming.
- National Academies just released a report that makes the strong case for a formal National Road Weather Research Program.
- MDSS Version 2.0 has just been released; system is being demonstrated in Iowa this winter.
Hazardous Materials Safety and Security Operational Test
- Purpose: Demonstrate the use of existing technology to improve the safety and security of HazMat transportation and quantify the costs and benefits.
- Current Activities:
- 100 trucks have been equipped to provide location monitoring and status of driver, vehicle, and cargo.
- The test is 3 months into the 6-month test period.
- Testing will be completed in April.
- The final reports will be completed by September.
Pacific Northwest E-Seal Test
- Purpose: To test the potential for electronic seals to support the efficient, safe, and legal transport of marine containers.
- Current Activities:
- A public/private partnership was formed.
- Test was coordinated with Operation Safe Commerce.
- Three scenarios to be tested this
year.
- Linking e-seal with CVISN transponder.
- Incorporating the Free and Secure Trade Program elements.
- Integrating additional program elements such as agricultural inspection requirements.
Vehicle Infrastructure Integration
- Purpose: To explore the potential of cooperative vehicle highway systems to provide real-time information and support advanced safety applications.
- Current Activities:
- DSRC:
- FCC recently issued licensing rules.
- Standards testing has been initiated.
- DOT/AASHTO/Automaker Dialogue:
- Initial set of public sector use cases developed.
- Model under development to allow analysis of system requirements.
- Potential "partnership" being explored.
- DSRC:
- Advisory Committee
- Management Council Direction
- Proposed Reorganization
Advisory Committee
- DOT decided to establish a formal ITS Advisory Committee.
- Charter has been developed.
- Members have been identified.
- First meeting planned for March.
- New agreement has been negotiated with ITS America for continued program support.
Management Council Direction
- Intent is to reorient the program to include fewer, larger, high-payoff initiatives.
- Expectation is that these initiatives will be multi-modal in nature, engage the private sector, have a clear Federal role, and be results oriented.
- Allow for continuation efforts, near-term wins, and exploratory studies.
- Fund cross-cutting efforts that support the overall goals of the ITS program.
Proposed Reorganization
- RSPA to be transformed to new agency-- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA).
- RITA will retain responsibility for R&D functions of RSPA.
- ITS JPO and BTS would be moved to RITA.
- RITA will have a strong coordination and review function for all DOT R&D programs.
Management Structure
The Management Council sets policy and directs the DOT/ITS program. It is at the top center in this graph. A vertical arrow points to the second box in the center of the page labeled ITS JPO office. They coordinate ITS JPO activities with the modal administrations. Another arrow points up and down from the ITS JPO to the Modal Administration's Program Offices. The program offices implement the program and coordinate with ITS JPO office. Another box is on the left side center labeled Strategic Planning Group. An arrow points in both directions with the ITS JPO. The Strategic Planning Group advises and coordinates with the ITS JPO. On the right side there is a box centered between the Management Council and ITS JPO labeled ITS Program Advisory Committee. An arrow runs in one direction from ITS Program Advisory Committee. A separate arrow from the ITS Program Advisory Committee to the Management Council. The Advisory Committee provides advice to the Management Council and the ITS JPO.
Reauthorization Status
- Administration bill submitted to Congress.
- Senate EPW Committee has marked up bill.
- House T&I Committee has circulated draft House bill for comment.
- House Science Committee has circulated separate draft of research provisions for comment.
Features of SAFETEA
- A strong continued ITS Research and Development Program.
- Elimination of the ITS Deployment Program.
- A New ITS Performance Incentive Program.
- A CVISN Deployment Grant Program.
- Real-time System Management Information Program.
- Statewide incident reporting systems.
- Data exchange format.
- Increased emphasis on management and operations.
Features of Congressional Legislation
- Both House and Senate propose strong research program.
- Senate language does not provide deployment funds.
- House language provides for ITS deployment grants and ITS set aside funds.
- Both House and Senate support CVISN funding.
- Both House and Senate propose a real-time system management information program.
- Both House and Senate support increased emphasis on management and operations.
Funding Summary
Provision |
Admin. |
Senate |
House
T&I |
House
Science |
| R&D | $121M |
$120-135M |
$138M |
$130-$145M |
| Deployment Incentive | $135M |
n/a |
n/a |
n/a |
| Deployment Grants | n/a |
n/a |
$25M (511) |
n/a |
| Set Aside Funds | n/a |
n/a |
$500M |
n/a |
| CVISN | $25M |
$30M (from R&D) |
$25M |
n/a |
| I-95 Corridor Coalition | n/a |
$8-12M (from R&D) |
n/a |
n/a |
Conclusion
- 2003 was year of significant progress both from deployment and R&D perspectives.
- ITS becoming increasingly visible to profession and to public.
- Federal program continues to evolve.
- ITS Program well positioned in reauthorization, whenever it happens.
