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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 30 (Tuesday, February 14, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8324]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3349]

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis 
(AERIS) User Needs Workshop; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Research and Innovative Technology Administration, 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 free 
public workshop to discuss the Applications for the Environment: Real-
Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) Program and solicit user needs for 
its Transformative Concepts on March 14, 2012, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 
March 15, 2012, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Hall of States, 444 North 
Capitol Street NW., Washington, DC 20001, 202-624-5490. On March 14th, 
the first three hours of the workshop will also be webcast at no charge 
for those participants who are not able to participate in person. An 
electronic feedback form will be made available to allow participants 
to provide additional input.
    Persons planning to attend any part of the workshop or participate 
in the three-hour Webinar should register online at http://www.itsa.org/AERIS_User_Needs_Workshop by February 29, 2012. Please 
specify if you plan to attend in person or participate via Webinar. For 
additional questions, please contact Adam Hopps at Ahopps@ITSA.org or 
202-680-0091.

About the AERIS Program

    At the core of Federal ITS research is connected vehicle research--
a multimodal initiative that aims to enable safe, interoperable 
networked wireless communications among vehicles, the infrastructure, 
and passengers' personal communications devices. This research 
leverages the potentially transformative capabilities of wireless 
technology to make surface transportation safer, smarter, and greener. 
The objective of the AERIS research program is to generate and acquire 
environmentally-relevant real-time transportation data, and use these 
data to create actionable information that supports and facilitates 
``green'' transportation choices by transportation system users and 
operators. Employing a multi-modal approach, the AERIS Program will 
work in partnership with the vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-
infrastructure (V2I) communications research efforts to better define 
how connected vehicle data and applications might contribute to 
mitigating some of the negative environmental impacts of surface 
transportation.

About the AERIS User Needs Workshop

    The purpose of this workshop is to obtain stakeholder input on the 
Concepts of Operations (ConOps) that will be developed for the set of 
AERIS Transformative Concepts. Transformative Concepts are integrated 
operational concepts that use V2V, V2I, and other data and 
communications in innovative ways to operate surface transportation 
networks to reduce transportation-related emissions and fuel 
consumption. Transformative Concepts are intended to change the way 
surface transportation systems operate, with an emphasis on combining 
connected vehicle applications to provide significant environmental 
benefits. The AERIS Transformative Concepts include: (1) Eco-signal 
operations, (2) eco-lanes, (3) low-emissions zone, (4) eco-traveler 
information, (5) support for alternative fuel vehicle operations, and 
(6) eco-integrated corridor management. During this workshop, the AERIS 
team will facilitate interactive breakout sessions to obtain 
stakeholder input on desired capabilities, data needs, and modeling 
needs. This valuable feedback will be utilized by the USDOT to further 
define the Transformative Concepts and provide input into the ConOps. 
Input from this workshop will enable the USDOT in conducting future 
research and modeling to determine potential environmental benefits in 
a connected vehicle environment. For more information on the AERIS 
Program and the Transformative Concepts, visit: http://www.its.dot.gov/aeris/index.htm.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on the 8th day of February 2012.
Shelley Row,
Director, ITS Joint Program Office.
[FR Doc. 2012-3349 Filed 2-13-12; 8:45 am]
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