# Presentation: 151454

## U.S. Department of Transportation Intelligent Transportation Systems Program2006 Update

- Jeffrey F. Paniati
- Associate Administrator for Operations
- Acting ITS Program Manager
- Federal Highway Administration
- US Department of Transportation

- TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH BOARD 85TH ANNUAL MEETING
- Session 365: State of ITS Industry
- Washington, DC
*January 23, 2006*

## ITS Research and Development (5301-5310)

-  Program reauthorized and expanded.
-  $550 million over 5 years
-   Road weather - $20 million (5308)
-   I-95 Corridor - $35 million (5211)
-   Rural and Interstate Corridor Communications Study –
-     $3 million (5507)
-  New advisory committee required.
-  New 5-year program plan required.
*Work underway to establish advisory committee.  Program plan to be completed by August.*

**Notes:**
 The ITS R&D program is reauthorized in SAFETEA-LU and funded at $550 million over 5 years.  The program authorities were expanded to more broadly cover the range of tools and techniques needed to improve system management and operations and reduce congestion.

 Of the funds provided, $20 million is directed at a new comprehensive road weather program, $35 million is earmarked to the I-95 Corridor Coalition, and $3 million is set aside for a Rural and Interstate Corridor Communications Study.

 Other significant provisions include requirements for the establishment of an ITS advisory committee and the development of a new 5-year program plan.

 SAFETEA-LU was silent on the location of the ITS-JPO allowing the Administration to move forward with plans to move the JPO to the new Research Innovative and Technology Administration.

Status:  Moving to charter new advisory committee and to identify potential members.  Preparing new 5-year program plan which will include I-95 Corridor Coalition.  Requires identification of how corridor activities are furthering SAFETEA-LU ITS goals.  Working on transition of ITS-JPO to RITA—likely in early 2006.  FHWA to continue to manage I-95 activities.

## ITS Deployment Funding

- Mainstreamed throughout Federal-aid program; including high priority projects.
- Eligible under NHS, STP, and CMAQ.
- Operational and management strategies must be included in metropolitan transportation plans.
- Categorical NEPA exclusion.
- ITS Deployment funds in 2005 only.
- $100 million, over 4 years, for CVISN
-    deployment.

**Notes:**
 SAFETEA-LU mainstreams ITS deployment throughout the Federal-aid program, including high priority projects, clarifying eligibility and referencing ITS in a number of different areas.  It makes clear that ITS is eligible for funding under NHS, STP, and CMAQ and requires the establishment of a Categorical NEPA exclusion for ITS projects. 
	Note:  Categorical exclusion means a category of actions which do not individually or cumulatively have a significant effect on the human environment...and...for which, therefore, neither an environmental assessment nor an environmental impact statement is required.

 While SAFETEA-LU ends the TEA-21 funded ITS Deployment Program in 2005, it establishes a new program to fund the deployment of the Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks at $100 million over 4 years.

## Real-Time Systems Management Information Program (1201)

-  Establish capability in all States to provide real time:
-  Sharing of information
-  Monitoring of traffic conditions
-  Purpose – ease congestion, improve response to severe
-    weather, accidents, and other incidents; and enhanced
-    security.
-  Eligible for funding under NHS, STP, and CMAQ.
-  Must be part of regional ITS architectures.
-  DOT to establish data exchange standards within 2 years.
*Initial program announcement to be issued for comment early February.*

**Notes:**
 In addition to building the system, preserving it, and operating it, this bill recognizes the importance of informing the customer.

 The bill calls for development of a nationwide capability to monitor, in real-time, the traffic and travel conditions of our Nation’s major highways and share that information. 

 Planning and deployment eligible under NHS, STP & CMAQ programs.

 State and local governments must include reference to real-time information system as part of their regional ITS architectures.

 It requires USDOT, within 2 years, to establish data exchange formats to ensure that information can be readily exchanged across jurisdictional boundaries–in other words, this is not just a collection of discrete local programs.

 And, finally, Congress gave us a related performance goal – nationwide deployment of 511 by 2010.

Status:  Establish program goals and issue general program guidance in early 2006...to be followed by State/local engagement in establishing more detailed program direction.

## Transportation Technology Innovative Demonstration Program (5508)

- Two-part extension and expansion of Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Program established by TEA-21.
- $2 million per city available to support deployment of traffic   monitoring infrastructure and commercialization of data.
- Twenty-two new cities + thirteen original cities that have not received prior funding are eligible.
- Part I:  Existing contract with Mobility Technologies will be completed as planned (11 additional cities).
- Part II:  Create and complete new program to use any unobligated and any new appropriated funds.
*Federal Register solicitation on interest issued on October 19, closes *
*on February 6.** *

**Notes:**
 SAFETEA-LU also continues, expands, and renames the          current Intelligent Transportation Infrastructure Program as the Transportation Technology Innovative Demonstration Program.
 29 cities are currently eligible for this program.
 Current program and contract includes deployment activities in 16 cities.  Funding remains for 11 additional cities. 
 Currently available uncommitted program funds will allow deployment in 2-3 additional cities beyond completion of existing contract.
 Additional funding may be provided during the appropriations process.
 Solicitation issued requesting response from eligible cities by February 6, 2006, indicating whether they are interested in participating in program and whether they are willing to participate in existing contract or desire to wait.

## Pricing

-   Hot lanes mainstreamed (1121)
-  Continues Value Pricing Program (1604(a))
-   $59 million in new funding, including $12 million for
-     projects not involving tolls.
-   New Express Lanes Demonstration Projects (1604(b))
-   Allows tolling of new or existing lanes to reduce
-     congestion and/or improve air quality.
-   15 projects, no separate funds.
-   DOT to establish interoperability requirement for
-     automatic toll collection.
*Office of Operations designated as lead contact for all pricing/toll programs.  Federal Register notices on pricing programs issued on January 6.  NPRM on ETC interoperability to be issued by June.*

**Notes:**
SAFETEA-LU also provides some new and expanded congestion management tools.  For example, it:

 Maintains the Value Pricing Pilot Program (1/4 of final 4 years reserved for congestion pricing projects that do not involve tolls).
 Also, calls for 15 demonstration projects involving variable rates and automated tolling of new capacity on bridges, tunnels, and highways to:
 manage congestion directly, or
 finance highway expansion to ease congestion
 As part of this program, the Department is required to establish interoperability requirements of automatic toll collection.  While this requirement only pertains to the 15 projects, it could have larger implications for the industry.
 Office of Operations (HOP) has been designated as lead contact for all pricing toll/programs in SAFETEA-LU.  In addition to this, also includes 1604© Interstate System Construction Toll Pilot Program.  HOP will assist agencies in identifying appropriate pricing program and coordinate with other FHWA offices.

Status:  Coordinated program guidance to be published by end of 2005.
              Work on required rulemaking underway.  
              Expect to publish NPRM in early 2006.

##   Major Initiatives 

**Integrated Vehicle-**
**Based Safety Systems**
**Cooperative **
**Intersection **
**Collision Avoidance **
**Systems **
**Next Generation 911**

- Safety

**Integrated Corridor**
**Management Systems**
**Mobility Services for **
**All Americans**
**Clarus **
**Emergency **
**Transportation**
**Operations**

- Mobility

**Universal Electronic**
**Freight Manifest**

- Global Connectivity

- Crosscutting:
**Vehicle Infrastructure**
**Integration**

## Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems (IVBSS)

**Goal:  *****Accelerate introduction of integrated vehicle-based safety systems into the U.S. vehicle fleet.***
**Approach**
- Develop performance specifications and test procedures for integrated systems that includes rear-end, lane change, and run-off-road crash avoidance.***	***
**Status**
- Completed development and testing of stand-alone systems as part of IVI Program.
- Extensive stateholder engagement to scope program.***	***
- Cooperative Agreement to develop and field test an integrated system awarded to UMTRI.
- Completed crash analysis and development of test scenarios (Volpe).
**Plans for 2006**
- Conduct IVBSS Public Meeting. (April)
- Complete initial draft of objective test procedures.
- Conduct technical interchange meetings on the following:
- Human factors and DVI development work
- Development of objective test procedures
- Independent evaluation requirements.

## Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance System (CICAS) 

**Goal:  *****Advance deployment of intersection collision avoidance systems at the most hazardous signalized intersections***
**Approach**
- Develop and test intersection violation warning system.  Conduct research on gap- assist systems.	**	**
**Status**
- Working with CAMP to reach consensus on and to develop stop sign and signal violation warning task.
- Negotiating tasks with MN and CA DOT’s for gap stop sign assist and gap left turn assist respectively.
- Developing a cost benefits analysis tool to give better estimates relating to CICAS value and potential for deployment.
**Plans for 2006**
- Award task to CAMP for signal and stop sign violation.
- Award independent evaluation task (Volpe) and complete independent evaluation plan for FOT.
- Award tasks to MN and CA for gap-assist work.
- Develop initial version of cost benefit tool.

## Next Generation 911 (NG911)

**Goal:  *****Improve ability to receive (or send) emergency notification from public.***
**Approach**
*Design a 911 system that enables the transmission of voice, data or video from different types of communication devices to appropriate public authorities.*
**Status**
- Coordinated effort with NEMA and FCC.
- Completed preliminary stakeholder outreach with public safety and  telecommunications communities.
- Completed initial systems engineering analysis including the Concept of Operations (CONOPS).
**Plans for 2006**
- Conduct stakeholder forums with specific stakeholders.
- Award and initiate NG911 system design and the proof of concept demonstration.

## Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)

**Goal:   *****Improve mobility and reduce congestion in major urban corridors.***
**Approach**
- Provide the institutional guidance, operational capabilities, and ITS technical methods needed for effective ICM Systems.
**Status**
- Fundamental research complete.
- Developing a Generic Concept of Operations (CONOPS) for release in February 2006.
- Completing a Planning and Implementation Guide to assist in analyzing and implementing ICM strategies for a given corridor.
**Plans for 2006**
- Award up to 8 cooperative agreements to develop local concept of operations and system requirements.
- Begin development of additional analysis, modeling and simulation tools.
- Modify existing tools to do “Corridor” analysis and measure benefits for the operational strategies.
- Identify common performance measures and data accuracy requirements.

## Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)

**Goal:  *****Improve mobility and accessibility for all, including the transportation disadvantaged.***
**Approach**
- Use ITS transit technologies to integrate transportation services among health and human service providers and with public transit.
**Status**
- Completed foundation research to guide human service transportation model demonstration.
- Completed a generic concept of operations.  Issuing solicitation seeking local communities to plan and design scalable and replicable models of coordinated human service transportation systems (February 2006).
- Developed tools to asist communities to measure success in service coordination, in partnership with the United We Ride initiative.
**Plans for 2006**
- Select up to 10 local communities to launch planning and design activities for coordinated human service transportation models.
- Establish an independent technical assistance team to oversee and provide direct support to the planning and design efforts.

## CLARUS 

**Goal:  *****Establish a nationwide road weather observation network****.*
**Approach**
- Integrate existing road weather sensors into a national network.  Combine with other weather data for improved roadway-based forecasts.
**Status**
- Established partnership with NOAA.
- Fostered robust stakeholder input.
- System design underway.
- A proof-of-concept test of the system design will be executed in early 2006 using data from the Utah, Minnesota, and Alaska.
**Plans for 2006**
- Complete the technical evaluation of the proof-of-concept test.
- Compete and award a Clarus regional multi-state demonstration
- Conduct research on the meteorological value of applying VII data.

## Emergency Transportation Operations (ETO)

**Goal:  *****Improve major emergency evacuation through use of ITS***
**Approach**
- Being reevaluated.  Initially focused broadly on ETO.  Being rescoped to focus on evacuations.
**Status**
- Nine projects initiated in 2005 to address a range of emergency transportation operational issues.  Five complete, including:
- Guidance for Transportation Operations in Biohazard Emergencies
- Travel Information for Disaster Situations
- Recommended Practices for Managing “No Notice” Evacuations
- Nearing completion of gap analysis of state-of-the-practice for evacuations.
**Plans for 2006**
- Utilize gap analysis to restructure initiative to focus on effective transportation management support for evacuations.
- Identify ITS evacuation decision support tool(s) and resources to facilitate highway related evacuations and re-entry.
- Complete standard work facilitating exchange of incident information between public safety and transportation communities.

## Electronic Freight Management (EFM)

**Goal:  *****Establish  a common message portal that enables real-time access to shipment information  by all supply chain partners.***
**Approach**
- Establish open-system architecture and standards for exchange of shipment information.  Demonstrate feasibility with a manufacturer and their partners in air freight supply chain.
**Status**
- Agreement with Limited and seven of their supply chain partners in place.
- System design of a web based informational exchange initiated.
- Engaged standards development and implementation organizations.
- Engaged key Federal partners
**Plans for 2006**
- System design will be completed.
- Field operational test of web based service will be initiated.
- Continued evolution of standards development.
- Expand industry awareness.

## Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

**Goal:  A*****ccelerate  availability vehicle-vehicle and vehicle-infrastructure communications.***
**Approach**
- Facilitate nationwide deployment of a communications infrastructure on the roadways and in all production vehicles* *through public-private partnerships.
**Status**
- Architecture developed
- Initial applications identified and beginning development process
- VII design contracts initiated for
- The Vehicle  --  VII Consortium (auto companies)
- Network Infrastructure --  Booz Allen Hamilton
- Privacy principles developed.
- Workshop for Privacy Advocates planned for January and February
**Plans for 2006**
- Complete DSRC standards & prototype testing
- Begin system integration testing.
- Define operational test approach
- Finalize privacy principles.
- Develop initial benefits/cost estimate.

## In Summary- The Year Ahead

- Implementation of SAFETEA-LU Programs with ITS implications.
- Many major initiatives in system design phase.
- Several major initiatives in proof-of-concept phase.
- Continued support for ITS deployment.
- Move of ITS-JPO to RITA.
- Beginning to look beyond existing major initiatives.