Status of ITS, Reauthorization

Paul R. Olson, P.E., PTOEFHWA Resource Center

Paul.Olson@fhwa.dot.gov

April 7, 2005

Legislative Sausage Making

House BillsT&I CommitteeTEA-LU H.R. 3

Science CommitteeH.R. 3???

Senate BillS.?????

Administration’sProposal

SAFETEA

Features of SAFETEASafe, Accountable, Flexible & Efficient Transportation Equity Act

A strong continued ITS Research and Development Program ($121M/Yr)

Elimination of the ITS Deployment Program

A New ITS Performance Incentive Program ($135M/Yr)

A CVISN Deployment Grant Program ($25M/Yr); in Title I (Federal aid highways)

Real-time System Management Information Program• Statewide Incident Reporting Systems• Data Exchange Format

Senate EPW R&D Language Senate language provides $120-$135M in

ITS Research Funds Requires the use of a public/private

organization as an advisory committee (i.e., ITS America)

Establishes a number of very specific research priority areas

Requires the development of a revised program plan

Senate Deployment Language

ITS performance incentive language omitted; no deployment funds

Equivalent CVISN deployment language; located and funded as part of ITS Research Program

Equivalent Real-Time Information language

House T&I R&D LanguageTransportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users

House language authorizes $138M per year for R&D

Requires an expert panel to determine how to streamline standards development

Requires the establishment of a Commission on Intelligent Transportation System Procurement Policy

House T&I Deployment Language Includes Real-Time System Management Information

Program, but eliminates requirement for statewide incident reporting systems and requires a Steering Committee to assist DOT with data exchange format

Establishes a Broad Deployment Grant Program, but only authorizes funds for 511 ($25M/Yr)

Establishes a Categorical ITS Deployment Program ($500M/Yr) as a core program set aside

Establishes CVISN Deployment Program ($25M/Yr); in Motor Carrier Safety Section

House Science R&D Language

Authorizes $130m-$145M over six years

Specifies membership of Advisory Committee

Calls for update of ITS Program Plan

Calls for Report to Congress on strategy to use information collected from ITS

Requires 1/3 of funds to focus on reducing congestion

Requires a full review of ITS Program by National Academy of Science or other Independent Group

House ScienceDeployment Language

Includes Real-Time Information System Management Information Program equivalent to SAFETEA proposal but omits specific funding eligibility provisions from this section

ITS Funding SummaryProvision 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

CategoricalFunds

n/a n/a $500M n/a

CVISN $25M $30M (from R&D)

$25M n/a

I-95 CorridorCoalition

n/a $8-12M(from R&D)

n/a n/a

What’s Next? Current extension of TEA-21 expires

Tuesday May, 31, 2005 – Hard Shutdown Still Possible !!!!

Conference Committee ????

Administration not supportive of new taxes However!!!!

Possible 1-year extension or full bill? Right now it looks like full bill but…

Stay Tuned…

ITS Program Major Initiatives 2004

1. Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems

2. Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems

3. Next Generation 9-1-1

4. Mobility Services for All Americans

5. Integrated Corridor Management Systems

6. Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observation System

7. Emergency Transportation Operations

8. Universal Electronic Freight Manifest

9. Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems

Collision Avoidance• Rear End• Lane Departure• Road departure

Adaptive Cruise Control – Basic Building Block

Key Issue • Drive Interface!

Goal: The goal is to have all new vehicles equipped with driver assistance systems that effectively help them avoid the most common

types of deadly crashes.

Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems

Vehicle Based

Infrastructure Based

Combination of both

Key Issues• Driver Interface• Communications Network• Standards

Goal: To achieve deployment of intersection collision avoidance systems at 15% of the most hazardous signalized intersections nationally, with in-vehicle support in 50% of the vehicle fleet, by 2015.

Next Generation 9-1-1

Send and Receive Critical Information• Medically-relevant Data• Crash Data• Amber Alerts• Location• ??????

Goal: The goal of the Initiative is to establish the foundation for public emergency services in a wireless mobile society and enable E 9‑1‑1 with any communication device.

Key Issues • New Technology• Call Center Upgrades• Standards for National

Uniformity

Mobility Services for All Americans

Computerized Dispatch

Trip Scheduling

Geographic Information

Automatic Vehicle Location

Key Issues• Coordination of Services• Multiple overlapping systems• Long trip travel times• Pick-up wait times• Special needs• Service Area Gaps• Standards

Goal: Increased mobility, accessibility, and ridership by integrating transportation services, via ITS transit technologies, and extending transit service partnerships beyond the health and human service community to other federal funding agencies.

Integrated Corridor Management Systems

Unmanaged Demand

Bottle Necks

Freeways and Arterials

Few good control strategies

Lack of basic information

Key Issues• Institutional Collaboration• Lack of good data• Arterial Operations• Personnel• Training• Tools• Standards

Goal: More aggressive and proactive management of the movement of people and goods in major transportation corridors within and between large metropolitan areas through development and demonstration of proven and promising technologies and strategies for integrating the operation of transportation modes and facilities

Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observation System

Weather caused congestion

Timeliness

Information Accuracy

Key Issues• Jurisdiction• Data Quality• Sensor Location Guidelines• Data Archiving• Standards

Goal: To reduce the impact of adverse weather for all road users and operators by designing and initiating deployment of a nationwide, integrated road weather observational network and data management system.

Emergency Transportation Operations

Incident Detection/Reporting

Coordinated Incident Response

Predefined Plans

Homeland Security

Key Issues• Jurisdiction• Information System• Common Messages• Systems Security

Goal: Effective management of all forms of transportation emergencies through the application of ITS resulting in faster and better prepared responses to major incidents; shorter incident durations; quicker, more accurate, and better-prepared hazmat responses, etc.

Universal Electronic Freight Manifest

Multiple Closed Systems

Data Sharing

Data Security

Key Issues• Overall Productivity• Sensitivity of Commercial

Information• Standards

Goal: Improved operational efficiency and productivity of the transportation system through the implementation of a common electronic freight manifest.

Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

Communications Systems

Infrastructure Deployment

Key Issues• New ground up design• Security• System Reliability/Integrity• Standards• Device Ownership

Goal: The goal of the VII effort it achieve nationwide deployment of a communications infrastructure on the roadways and in all production vehicles and to enable a number of key safety, and operational services that would take advantage of this capability. This integrated communications network would enable a broad range of capabilities that, today, are virtually unattainable.

Other Program Highlights

Funding from ITS R&D

Lots of new technology needed

These are longer term programs

Many of these initiatives break new ground

Nothing final yet

Many challenges to overcome

Several Significant Challenges

Funding for local programs

Funding not consistent over long term

Many agencies/regions lack long term program goals

People, People, People, and more People

Training and skill building often not readily available

Privatization and outsourcing?

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