# Presentation: 187378

## ITS Program Advisory Committee MeetingSeptember 25, 2007

## Opening

***Opening***

**Introductions**
- Meeting Purpose
- Agenda

## Opening

***Opening***

- Introductions
**Meeting Purpose**
- Agenda

## Meeting Purpose

***Meeting Purpose***

- ITS Program Advisory Committee orientation:
- Legislative,
- Administrative, and
- Organizational issues

- The meeting agenda is structured to provide the background that will enable committee members to support substantive discussion on the ITS Program issues at the November meeting.

## Opening

***Opening***

- Introductions
- Meeting Purpose
**Agenda**

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
**Ethics and FACA Briefing**
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)

***Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)***

- Advisory committees play important role in shaping federal government programs and policies
- Federal officials and nation have access to information and advice on broad range of issues
- In turn, public is afforded opportunity actively to participate in the federal decision-making process

## Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)(cont)

***Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)(cont)***

- ITSPAC established pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA), October 6, 1972; and the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), August 10, 2005
- The FACA recognizes merits of seeking advice and assistance of nation’s citizens and seeks to assure that advisory committees:
- Provide advice that is relevant, objective, and open to the public
- Act promptly to complete their work
- Comply with reasonable cost controls and recordkeeping requirements
- The General Services Administration (GSA) monitors advisory committee activities government-wide

## Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)(cont)

***Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA)(cont)***

- Advisory committee meetings shall be open to the public, and timely notice of the meetings shall be published in the Federal Register
- FACA/GSA requires that the committee sponsoring agency appoint:
- Committee Management Officer (CMO) to oversee administration of FACA requirements
- A Designated Federal Official (DFO) to:
- Call, attend, and adjourn committee meetings
- Approve agendas
- Maintain required records on costs and membership
- Ensure efficient operations
- Maintain records for availability to the public
- Provide copies of committee reports to CMO for forwarding to Library of Congress

## Agenda

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
**ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter**
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## ITSPAC Charter

***ITSPAC Charter***

**Scope and Objectives:**
- Function of advisory committee is advisory only
- ITSPAC is expected to:
- Provide input into development of ITS aspects of Surface Transportation Research and Technology Development Strategic Plan, and, specifically, into _Five-Year ITS Program Plan_ updates (specifics in next agenda topic)
- Review, at least annually, areas of ITS research being considered for U.S. DOT funding to determine:
- Whether the activities are likely to advance either ITS state-of-the-practice or state-of-the-art
- Whether ITS technologies are likely to be deployed, and if not, to determine the barriers to deployment
- The appropriate roles for government and the private sector in investing in the research and technologies being considered

## ITSPAC Charter (cont)

**U.S. DOT Secretary Report to Congress on ITSPAC recommendations:**
- To be transmitted to Congress not later than February 1 of each year
- Report will include
- All ITSPAC recommendations made during preceding calendar year
- Explanation of how Secretary has implemented the recommendations
- For recommendations not implemented, reasons for rejection

## ITSPAC Charter (continued)

***ITSPAC Charter (continued)***

**Duration:** Committee will remain in existence 2 years from charter effective date unless recommended for termination or renewal by the Secretary (charter due for renewal in February 2008)
**To Whom Committee Reports:** Committee will report to the Secretary of Transportation through the ITS Joint Program Office
**Membership:**
- Committee will be composed of not more than 20 members appointed by the Secretary of Transportation upon recommendation by the ITS Management Council and the ITS Joint Program Office
- Membership will be fairly balanced in terms of metropolitan and rural interests, and will include, to the extent possible, individuals and/organizations that represent minorities, women and disabled persons.
- Committee members serve for up to 2 years, or until replacements have been appointed

## ITSPAC Charter (continued)

***ITSPAC Charter (continued)***

**Committee Officers:** Chairman and Vice-Chairman will be appointed by the Secretary of Transportation with recommendations from ITS Joint Program Office
**Meetings:**
- Held at call of or with advance approval of DFO
- DFO must be present at each committee meeting
- Approximately three meetings per year
- Special meetings and working group meetings may be held as necessary
- All meetings open to the public
- A quorum (at least one-half of appointed members) must exist for any official action
- Meeting agendas must be approved in advance by the DFO in consultation with the Committee Chairman

## Agenda

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
**ITS Program Plan**
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## ITS Program Plan

- SAFETEA-LU directs that the Secretary of Transportation develop a 5-year National ITS program plan that shall:
- Specify goals, objectives, and milestones for research and deployment of ITS
- Specify the manner in which specific programs and projects will achieve goals, objectives, and milestones in the context of:
- Major metropolitan areas
- Smaller metropolitan and rural areas
- Commercial vehicle operations

## ITS Program Plan (cont)

- SAFETEA-LU directs that the Secretary of Transportation develop a 5-year National ITS program plan that shall (cont):
- Identify activities that provide for dynamic development, testing, and revision of standards and protocols to promote and ensure interoperability of ITS technologies
- Establish cooperative process with State and local governments for:
- Determining surface transportation system performance levels
- Developing plans for accelerating incorporation of ITS into surface transportation systems

## ITS Program Plan (cont)

- The ITS program plan shall be submitted and biennially updated as part of the transportation research and development strategic plan.  2008 update milestones:
- Final draft: June 2008
- Submission to Congress: August 2008
- The _Five-Year ITS Program Plan_ is available on line in the ITS Electronic Document  Library (http://www.its.dot.gov/library.htm), document # 14289

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
**Research and Innovative Technology **
**	****Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)**
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA)

- Coordinates the U.S. DOT research programs and is charged with advancing the deployment of cross-cutting technologies to improve our Nation’s transportation system. As directed by Congress in its founding legislation, RITA leads DOT in:
- Coordinating, facilitating and reviewing the Department’s research and development programs and activities
- Advancing innovative technologies, including intelligent transportation systems
- Performing comprehensive transportation statistics research, analysis and reporting
- Providing education and training in transportation and transportation-related fields

## ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)

- Responsible for ITS Program strategic leadership, coordination, and oversight

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
**ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group**
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## ITS Management Council

***ITS Management Council***

- The U.S. DOT “Board of Directors”
- Purpose: to guide and direct Federal ITS program
- Role: to ensure the overall effectiveness of ITS program and to provide connection between ITS program and Modal Administrations.
- Chair: RITA Administrator
- Members:
- U.S. DOT Deputy Secretary
- Under Secretary for Policy
- Assistant Secretary for Transportation Policy
- Modal Administrators from operating administrations

## ITS Strategic Planning Group

***ITS Strategic Planning Group***

- Role: provides ITS program internal management coordination and programmatic advice to ITS Management Council and ITS Joint Program Office
- Chair: ITS Joint Program Office Director
- Members: Modal Associate Administrators

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
**Overview of Current ITS Program**
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## ITS Research Program
R&D Initiatives	
Technology Transfer

- R&D Initiatives
- Technology Transfer

***Overview of Current ITS Program***

## Overview of Current ITS Program (cont)

***Overview of Current ITS Program (cont)***

- ITS major research initiatives are centerpiece of ITS Program
- Focus on innovative combinations of technologies to solve critical transportation problems related to safety, mobility, and global connectivity
- Consistent with Congressional goals, purposes, and research objectives outlined in SAFETEA-LU and also with U.S. DOT goals of:
- Safety
- Congestion reduction
- Productivity/global connectivity

## Overview of Current ITS Program (cont)

***Overview of Current ITS Program (cont)***

- Each initiative is:
- Partnership that includes:
- U.S. DOT Modal Administrations
- Private-sector organizations
- State and local transportation agencies
- Professional associations
- Other public-sector interests
- Oriented to focus on fewer, larger, higher-risk, high-payoff “major initiatives”
- Nine major initiatives were approved by the Management Council
- Congestion Initiative was added this year

## Major Initiatives

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

- Safety

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

- Mobility

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

- Global Connectivity

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

## Congestion Initiative

- Secretary’s Signature Congestion Program
- More than $1B total funding (most from transit)
- $100M ITS funds:  $20M ’07, $40M ’08, $40M ’09
- ITS funds for:
- Technology components for operational tests
- Evaluation & Oversight ($5M)
- Developing evaluation and oversight plan
- Urban Partners: Miami, Minneapolis, New York City, Seattle, San Francisco, San Diego

## Technology Transfer

**Information Dissemination**
**Professional Capacity Building**
**Architecture & Standards **
***National ITS Architecture Version 6.0***
***105 ITS standards***
***88 published***
***13 in final process ***
***4 in development***
**Benefits & Costs, Lessons Learned, Deployment Statistics**

**Notes:**
Feb 9-10 in San Francisco there will be an public meeting to discuss Applications, Technical Approach, Deployment approach, and Policy issues – e.g.  privacy;  this meeting will be followed up with later workshops on individual, more focused subjects

Auto Companies have formed the VII Consortium non-profit Corp..... 

Requirements based on Use Cases documented, Deployment analysis underway

VII Web Site will be activated on Jan 26th which will widen the reach of the initiative and involve a larger community.

Preliminary VII technical architecture has been completed

ASTM has developed a standard for the application layer and the FCC has made a ruling that any DSRC user must comply with the ASTM standard

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
**Strategic Direction**
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## Time for a Fresh Look at our Strategic Direction and Vision

***Strategic Direction***

## Strategic Direction (cont)	

**The Conundrum:**
- Big Transportation Problems
- Congestion
- Safety
- Productivity

## Strategic Direction (cont)	

**Traditional Solution:**
- Public investment through
- Federal-Aid Program
- State and Local Funds
**BUT**
- Trust Fund is Going Broke (2009)
- Funding is Insufficient for Basic Needs
- Technology Investments Typically are Low Priority

## Slow Pace of Deployment

- At the present rate, full deployment will not be achieved for years.
- Not until **2035** in freeways, **2019** in transit

**Source**: ITS Deployment Statistics Database (www.itsdeployment.its.dot.gov)

**Freeway Miles with Real-Time**

**Data Collection**

**Fixed Route Vehicles Equipped**

**with AVL**

**Notes:**
28 years to achieve full deployment in freeways.
12 years to achieve full deployment in transit.

## Strategic Direction (cont)

**At the Same Time:**
- Information Technology Explosion
- Small
- Fast
- Ubiquitous Connectivity
- Person-to-person
- 	Networking

## Strategic Direction (cont)	

**Information Technology Explosion is:**
- Market Driven
- Enabled by Open Access Internet
- Based on Industry Set Standards

## Strategic Direction (cont)

## Time For a New Vision

**ITS Advisory Committee**

**Program Plan**

**Major Initiatives Ending**

**Reauthorization**

**Common,**
**Clear, **
**Concise**
** ****Vision**

## Strategic Direction (cont)	

**ITS Advisory Committee **
- Advise and input on strategic direction
- Reach out to others in your industry for input
- Link to the ITS Program Plan (text complete June ’08)
- November Meeting
- Share knowledge of your industry’s current state and market trends
- Discuss implications for the ITS program
- Discuss opportunities for the future ITS program

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
**General Discussion**
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
- Closing

## Agenda

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
**Next Steps**
- Public Comments
- Closing

## Next Steps

- Advisory Committee Meeting in Washington, DC at HQ U.S.DOT on November 26/27, 2007
- Focus on current state and market trends
- Administration and Logistics
- Travel service information to be mailed to you to facilitate your making airline, lodging, and other transportation arrangements
- Read-ahead materials and agenda will be FedEx-ed NLT October 31
- Meeting scheduled November 26 from 1 PM – 5 PM and November 27 from 8 AM – 4 PM.

## Next Steps (cont)

- Preparation
- Review read-ahead material, especially SAFETEA-LU: Reference on ITS Advisory Committee, SEC. 5305 (h) (3) Duties
- Secretary of Transportation will appoint a Committee Chair and Vice Chair
- Reminder
- Advisory Committee recommendations will be included in a report from the Secretary to the Congress due February 1, 2008.

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
**Public Comments**
- Closing

## Agenda

***Agenda***

- Opening
- Ethics and FACA Briefing
- ITS Program Advisory Committee (ITSPAC) Charter
- ITS Program Plan
- Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
- ITS Management Council and ITS Strategic Planning Group
- Overview of Current ITS Program
- Strategic Direction
- General Discussion
- Next Steps
- Public Comments
**Closing**