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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 52 (Tuesday, March 18, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 15203]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05865]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Data Capture and Management Research Program Public Meeting; 
Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: ITS Joint Program Office, Office of the Assistant Secretary for 
Research & Technology, U.S. Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Notice.

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    The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) Intelligent 
Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will host a public 
meeting seeking input on the current operation and future plans to 
enhance the Data Capture and Management Program's (DCM) Research Data 
Exchange (RDE). The meeting will take place Wednesday, March 26, 2014, 
from 8:00 a.m. (EDT) to 4:30 p.m. (EDT) at the Federal Highway 
Administration's Research Center, located at 6300 Georgetown Pike, 
McLean, VA 22101. Persons planning to attend the meeting should 
register online at www.itsa.org/rderegistration and are encouraged to 
register early to ensure they receive the read-ahead materials for this 
meeting in a timely manner.
    The meeting will discuss:
     Current functionality and operation of the RDE;
     Potential functions, resources or services to enhance the 
operation of the RDE;
     Process and plans for collecting, managing and supporting 
the use of connected vehicle related data sets to be posted on the RDE;
     Need for and potential priorities for connected vehicle 
relates data sets to make available on the RDE in the future; and
     Opportunities to enhance the operation and use of the RDE.
    The meeting is designed to solicit feedback from stakeholders who 
are current users of the connected vehicle related data sets currently 
available to access and use on the RDE and is an appropriate 
opportunity for public sector, researchers, and private sector involved 
with ITS transportation management systems and connected vehicle 
related applications. The meeting will engage these stakeholders in a 
discussion of the current functionality, possible enhancements to the 
RDE, and possible priorities for future connected vehicle related data 
sets to make available on the RDE.
    The RDE makes available archived and real-time data from multiple 
sources and multiple modes on the surface transportation system. The 
RDE provides access to ITS data sets from multiple sources including 
connected vehicles, probe messages, traffic monitoring and reporting 
devices (e.g., volumes, speed, and crashes), incidents, traffic 
signals, weather sensors, and transit vehicles. Data accessible through 
the RDE is quality-checked, well-documented, and freely available to 
the public. These data sets allow for the electronic access to a wide 
range of issues and factors to be considered or used for analysis and 
research. This data sharing capability supports the needs of 
researchers, application developers, and others, while reducing their 
costs and encouraging innovation.
    This meeting's discussions will be fairly technical and 
predominantly focused on collecting, storing, using, and sharing multi-
source and multi-modal data with traffic management systems or ITS 
devices. A final report will be prepared summarizing the information 
presented, discussed, feedback provided, and recommendations identified 
at this meeting.
    For more information, please contact Carlos Alban, Transportation 
Program Specialist, Intelligent Transportation Society of America, 1100 
New Jersey Ave. SE., Suite 50, Washington, DC 20003, 202-721-
4223, calban@its.org.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on the 12th day of March 2014.
John Augustine,
Managing Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2014-05865 Filed 3-17-14; 8:45 am]
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