Description
The ITS Awareness Seminar provides an overview of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and the ITS infrastructure. The course illustrates the ITS infrastructure components by showcasing those systems that are deployed around the country and discussing multi-modal systems that will benefit from the use of the ITS infrastructure. Institutional and technical issues involved in deploying ITS infrastructure are also presented. Topics covered include: planning, design, architecture, standards, procurement, installation and construction, operation and maintenance, and funding of ITS systems. The benefits associated with various types of ITS deployment are presented and explained.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Define ITS by discussing the elements, functions, and benefits of ITS.
- Identify essential stateholders and the need for interaction between them.
- Explain the importance of integrating systems throughout a region.
- Compare and contrast two case studies of ITS deployments.
- Identify information resources, such as Websites, other training, or data libraries, for more information on ITS.
Audience
This course is intended for a variety of transportation professionals, including:
- Traffic engineers
- State, Federal and local transportation planners
- Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs)
- Transit and highway operators
- Public safety responders (enforcement, fire, EMS , towing, public works)
- Transportation Management Center (TMC) specialists
- Motor carrier managers
- Environmental groups
- IT personnel
- College and university faculty and students
- Consultants and contractors
- ITS (and even non-traditional ITS) vendors
- Practitioners in ITS-related fields, such as financial, marketing, media and others who are increasingly valued ITS partners
- Executives and managers
Length
Approximately four hours.
Course Outline
The course outline is as follows:
ITS Awareness Overview
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
- Course Learning Outcomes
- Expectations
- Lesson 1: Describing ITS
- Lesson 1 Overview
- Learning Outcomes
- ITS Alphabet Soup
- Transportation Challenges
- Transportation Solutions
- Observations
- One Challenge: Traffic Congestion
- Coordinating Traffic Signals
- Exercise: System Elements and Functions
- Describing ITS
- Transportation Challenges: Conclusion
- Categories of ITS
- Intelligent Infrastructure
- Intelligent Vehicles
- ITS Benefits
- Safety
- Mobility
- Capacity/Throughput
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity
- Energy & Environment
- Knowledge Check: Benefits of ITS
- Intelligent Infrastructure
- Arterial Management Systems
- Arterial Management Systems: Benefits
- Freeway Management Systems
- Freeway Management Systems: Benefits
- Knowledge Check: Arterial and Freeway Management Systems
- Transit Management Systems
- Transit Management Systems: Benefits
- Incident Management Systems
- Incident Management Systems: Benefits
- Emergency Management Systems
- Emergency Management Systems: Benefits
- Knowledge Check: Incident Management and Emergency Management
- Electronic Payment Systems
- Electronic Payment Systems: Benefits
- Traveler Information
- Traveler Information: Benefits
- Knowledge Check: EPS and Traveler Information
- Information Management
- Information Management: Benefits
- Crash Prevention and Safety
- Crash Prevention and Safety: Benefits
- Roadway Operations and Maintenance
- Roadway Operations and Maintenance: Benefits
- Road Weather Management
- Road Weather Management: Benefits
- Knowledge Check: On the Road
- Commercial Vehicle Operations
- Commercial Vehicle Operations: Benefits
- Intermodal Freight
- Intermodal Freight: Benefits
- Knowledge Check: Intelligent Infrastructure
- Intelligent Vehicles
- Intelligent Vehicles Applications
- Intelligent Vehicles Benefits
- Knowledge Check: Intelligent Vehicles
- What Does ITS Mean To You?
- ITS Definition
- Core Elements of ITS
- ITS Benefits: Statistics
- Knowledge Check: ITS Benefits - By the Numbers
- Lesson 1 Quiz
- Lesson 2: Integrating Systems
- Lesson 2 Overview
- Learning Outcomes
- What Is Integration?
- Integration and ITS
- Example of Integration: Home Stereo System
- ITS Integration Example
- Systems Integration Requirements
- Why Is Systems Integration Important?
- Benefits of Systems Integration
- Knowledge Check: Systems Integration
- Integrated Systems: Review
- Tools for Building Integrated Transportation Systems
- Tools: ITS Standards
- Three Benefits of Standards
- Knowledge Check: Benefits of Standards
- Current Development of Standards
- Necessity of Standards
- Examples
- Knowledge Check: ITS Standards
- ITS Standards Development
- Tools: National ITS Architecture
- National ITS Architecture: "Sausage" Diagram
- ITS Architecture
- What ITS Architecture is NOT
- Knowledge Check: ITS Architecture
- Tools: Systems Engineering
- What Is a System?
- What Is Systems Engineering?
- Systems Engineering Process: VEE Diagram
- Why Is Systems Engineering Important?
- Systems Engineering Impact
- Benefits of the Systems Engineering Process
- Example: Systems Engineering Impact
- Knowledge Check: Systems Engineering
- Review Learning Outcomes
- Lesson 2 Quiz
- Lesson 3: Stakeholders and Partnerships
- Lesson 3 Overview
- Learning Outcomes
- What Is a Stakeholder?
- ITS Architecture Stakeholders, Systems, Communications, Information
- Potential Stakeholders for ITS
- Exercise: Name Your Stakeholders
- Knowledge Check: Potential ITS Stakeholders
- Partnerships
- Regional Planning for Operations
- Knowledge Check: Benefits of Partnership
- Exercise: Sharing Between Stakeholders
- Review Learning Outcomes
- Lesson 3 Quiz
- Lesson 4: ITS Case Studies
- Lesson 4 Overview
- Learning Outcomes
- ITS Case Studies
- Metropolitan ITS Deployment: Salt Lake City
- The Challenge
- The Solution: Regional ITS Deployment
- The Solution: Traffic Management
- The Solution: Traffic Surveillance
- The Solution: Incident Management
- The Solution: Transit Management
- Benefits of Deployment
- Knowledge Check: Metropolitan ITS Deployment
- Metropolitan ITS Deployment: What About Your Region?
- Rural ITS Deployment: South Central Nebraska Transit
- The Challenge
- The Solution
- The Solution: Transit ITS
- Transit ITS Costs
- Transit ITS Benefits: Increased Accommodation
- Transit ITS Benefits: Reduced Trip Denial
- Transit ITS Benefits: Expansion
- Knowledge Check: Rural ITS Deployment
- Need for Transit ITS in Your Region?
- Road Weather Management: Muscle Shoals, Alabama
- The Challenge
- The Solution
- Costs
- Benefits
- Knowledge Check: Road Weather Management
- Road Weather Management for Your Region?
- Commercial Vehicle Operations: Oregon "Green Light" Program
- The Challenge
- The Solution
- How It Works
- Where Is It Deployed?
- Benefits to Industry
- Benefits to the Public
- Nationwide Deployment
- Knowledge Check: Truck Pre-Clearance
- Can Truck Pre-Clearance Help Your Region?
- Transit ITS Deployment: Seattle/King County Metro
- The Challenge
- The Solution
- Benefits
- Cost Savings
- Knowledge Check: Transit ITS Deployment
- Transit ITS Deployment: What About Your Region?
- Incident Management Deployment: Maryland CHART Program
- The Challenge
- The Solution
- Stakeholders
- Five Functions of CHART
- Traffic Monitoring
- Costs of Entire CHART Program
- Benefits
- Lessons Learned
- Knowledge Check: Incident Management Deployment
- Exercise: ITS for Your Region
- Review Learning Outcomes
- Lesson 4 Quiz
- Lesson 5: ITS Initiatives
- Lesson 5 Overview
- Learning Outcomes
- Current ITS Initiatives
- Integration Initiative
- Develop Regional ITS Architecture
- FHWA Rule and FTA Policy on ITS
- ITS Standards
- Systems Engineering Process
- Knowledge Check: ITS Integration
- Operations Initiative
- Congestion Continues to Grow
- What Is "Operations"?
- Knowledge Check: ITS Operations
- Security Initiative
- iFlorida
- Amber Alert System
- Knowledge Check: Security Initiative
- 511 Initiative
- Why 511?
- Deployment Status
- Knowledge Check: 511 Initative
- Review Learning Outcomes
- Lesson 5 Quiz
- Final Exam
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