| Hosted by Nick J. Rahall II Appalachian Transportation Institute |
|---|
|
|---|
| Home | Lodging | Registration | Vendors & Sponsors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
- Preliminary Agenda |
 |
 |
 |
|||||
 |
||||||||
Vendors Displaying American Signal CompanyBoschung America, LLCDaktronics, Inc.Digital Traffic Systems, Inc.Citilog, Inc.Cohu ElectronicsCTS Software, Inc.DeerDeterElectrobraid Fence, Inc.Gannett Fleming, Inc.High Sierra Electronics, Inc.Image Sensing Systems CAIMAGO North AmericaIntelligent DevicesInternational Road DynamicsITS CanadaLogicTree CorporationLufft USA, Inc.Marshall UniversityMcCain, Inc.Meridian Environmental Technology, Inc.M.H. Corbin, Inc.Motorola, Inc.Open Roads Consulting, Inc.RGA, Inc.RuggedComSensys Networks, Inc.SES AmericaSignal Control ProductsSkyline ProductsTrafficCastTrapeze Group VaisalaWestern Transportation Institute |
PRELIMINARY AGENDA |
|
|---|---|---|
A print friendly version of the Schedule-at-a-Glance can be downloaded by clicking here. Sunday, August 1st 12:30 - 8:00 pm 1:00 - 5:00 pm 4:00 - 8:00 pm Poster Session Setup Poster authors can setup their posters in the Grande Ballroom at this time or on Monday, August 2nd between 7:00 and 8:30 am. Staff will be on hand to help you locate your poster space and answer any questions you might have. 5:00 - 8:00 pm Monday, August 2nd 7:00 - 8:30 am 8:30 - 10:00 am Welcome - Bob Plymale, Director, Nick J. Rahall II Appalachian Transportation Institute Keynotes
2010 Best of Rural ITS Awards - presented by Steve Albert, Director, Western Transportation Institute and Rural SIG Chair National leaders will discuss what lies ahead in transportation legislation. How will innovation be encouraged and what role will intelligent transportation systems (ITS) play? 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Please note the following Vendor Show hours: Posters to be presented during Assembly:
10:30 am - 5:00 pm 12:00 - 1:00 pm 1:00 - 2:30 pm Session A1: Evolution and Deployment of MDSS
Over the past decade, significant emphasis has been placed on developing methods for providing decision support to maintenance personnel thereby promoting more effective and efficient responses to winter weather. This session will provide an overview of Maintenance Decision Support Systems with particular emphasis on costs/benefits and logistical challenges of rapid deployment. Examples from recent deployment in Indiana will be given. Session A2: Leadership Roundtable - How Does ITS Compete with Traditional Rural Transportation Projects?
Passed in February 2009, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 had three immediate goals: (1) create new jobs and save existing ones; (2) spur economic activity in invest in long-term growth; and (3) foster unprecedented levels of accountability and transparency in government spending. To date, ARRA has appeared to have little or no impact on the ITS arena. This roundtable will discuss why this may be, financial incentives that might encourage ITS investment in the future and how ITS can compete within the broader transportation community, with particular focus on the role ITS needs to play in the upcoming Transportation Authorization. Session A3: Planning for ITS Safety Deployments
This session will discuss different perspectives and approaches to planning for rural safety deployments. Beginning with an overview of the Strategic Highway Research Program 2 Reliability Focus Areas, presenters will also describe research related to Minnesota’s Intersection Safety Analysis Update, Stop Sign Warning System and Curve Warning System. Both warning systems are intended for use with relatively low volume (rural) traffic conditions. In addition, the Driver Behavior Evaluation System, which is used to collect traffic volume and speed profile data, will also be described. Session A4: Advanced Operational Concepts WORKSHOP Part 1 Participants will be able to:
TRANSIT TRACK 2:30 - 2:50 pm 2:50 - 4:30 pm Session B1: Clarus - Advanced Tools for Road Weather Management Program
Established in 2004, the Clarus Initiative is a multi-year program sponsored by FHWA’s Road Weather Management Team and RITA’s Joint Program Office. It’s primary intent? To organize and make available more effective environmental and road condition observation capabilities. This session will provide an overview and latest results from Clarus. Recent developments in weather modeling, non-winter maintenance decision support systems and multi-state control strategy tools will also be discussed. Session B2: Multi-Agency Coordination
This session will provide real-world examples of multi-agency cooperation across multiple projects and jurisdictions. The I-80 Coalition and North/West Passage Corridor will specifically be highlighted in addition to others. Session B3: Rural Safety Innovaton Program - An Overview and Status Update
Rural roads carry approximately 40 percent of the vehicle-miles traveled in the United States, yet annually account for nearly 55 percent of the fatalities. To address the challenges of rural safety, the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) began the Rural Safety Initiative in February 2008. The focus of the Rural Safety Initiative is to highlight available options to help reduce fatalities and injuries on rural roads. One element of the Rural Safety Initiative is the Rural Safety Innovation Program (RSIP). The goal of the RSIP is to improve rural road safety by assisting rural communities in addressing highway safety problems and by providing rural communities the opportunity to compete for project funding to address these problems. This session will provide an overview of the program, a status update on it, as well as highlighted RSIP sites. Session B4: Advanced Operational Concepts WORKSHOP Part 2 TRANSIT TRACK 4:30 pm 6:30 pm Tuesday, August 3rd 7:00 - 8:30 am 8:30 - 10:00 am Session C1: Winter’s Wrath 2009/2010 - Lessons Learned and Next Steps for Effective Winter Storm Management
The Winter Storm which traversed the country and impacted the East Coast on the Weekend of December 19 impacted operations in a number of states. Several agencies assessed and responded to conditions during and after the event. Their emphasis was on how their road weather management and incident management strategies responded to the conditions, and identified opportunities to “up their game.” A panel discussion will provide an opportunity for peers to share lessons learned and discuss initiatives and strategies that are being implemented and enhanced - today. The focus of the session will be raise awareness, share lessons learned and provide opportunities for agencies to continuously “raise their game” and prepare for their next rural weather incident. Session C2: Communications - New Approaches to Challenges
This session will examine how different organizations are solving communication problems in rural areas by utilizing existing infrastructure to transmit data, or turning to unlicensed radio frequencies and new signal processing capabilities to transport voice, data and video at a fraction of the cost of fiber or copper based solutions. In addition, this session will describe the development of an Automated Safety Warning Controller - a system that frequently and automatically monitors field element data and determines if a warning should be activated. Session C3: Tools for Emergency Medical Service
Many ITS tools can be applied to EMS situations to improve patient outcomes. This session will touch on many of these - from automated crash reporting to identification of factors that reduce response time in rural areas. Also included will be a discussion of the Port of Huntington’s Emergency Response Management System. This will be a unique opportunity to hear how EMS is applied in a maritime situation! Session C4: Wildlife Detection - New Research and Mitigation Efforts
Animal-vehicle collisions affect human safety, property and wildlife. This session will highlight the latest research and the established technologies used to mitigate crashes. TRANSIT TRACK
Rural communities are often separated from urban-based services by vast open areas. Meeting transit needs in these small communities is made even more difficult by budget restraints and multiple-jurisdictions. This session will discuss three projects that are addressing these concerns. These projects cover multiple counties and communities and include a wide variety of perspectives from public and private transit providers to Native American tribes. 10:00 - 10:20 am 10:20 - 11:50 am Session D1: Incident Management Tools
This session will provide tools and strategies that departments of transportation can utilize to manage or reduce incidents. Specifically, attendees will learn about maximizing the potential of dynamic message signs, utilizing variable speed limits, and providing for alternate routing following incidents. Session D2: Technology Deployment - Resources and Results
State, regional, and local agencies continue to look for resources to support decisions to invest in and deploy ITS technologies. This session will include a demonstration of how to use USDOT’s ITS Knowledge Databases as well as provide evaluation results from two test projects - a Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance System (Minnesota) and a Portable Advanced Traveler Information System (California). TOUR: Cabell County 911 Center & CSX Locomotive Shop Tour attendees will also visit the Huntington Heavy Locomotive Repair Shop located only a few blocks away. While there, you will see 11 acres under roof. They have a wheel and axle shop, alternator and traction motor repair, diesel engine rebuild, cab upgrade, heavy gear train rebuild, complete paint facility and are in the process of rebuilding 10 locomotives from the ground up. With any luck attendees may even get to see a locomotive fly! Session D4: ITS on Public Lands - A Panel Discussion
What’s the difference between a traveler information system and a visitor information system? Should a 511 system tell you when a National Park or Wildlife Refuge is open or closed. Or when the parking lot is full? Or when elk are migrating? Can ITS help you count how many bicycles and pedestrians are using a facility? This session will discuss planning for the deployment of sustainable ITS technologies on National Wildlife Refuges. TRANSIT TRACK
This session will present two systems developed to assist rural communities with implementing and managing transit information. Lessons learned from the \Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)/Federal Interagency United We Ride (UWR) developed Travel Management Coordination Centers (TMCC) will be highlighted as well as a report on how the State of Idaho is simplifying how its rural transit agencies collect service information. 11:50 am - 1:00 pm 1:00 - 2:30 pm Session E1: Incident Management WORKSHOP Part 1 Traffic Incident Management, or TIM, is a collaborative effort of public safety and transportation agencies, encompasses a planned and coordinated multi-disciplinary process to detect, respond to, and clear traffic incidents so that traffic flow may be restored as safely and quickly as possible. Typical TIM training tends to focus on urban issues and does not address the needs unique to rural areas. With nearly three-quarters of the National Highway System located in rural areas, a need exists to recognize the importance of TIM for rural roadways. Emergency Transportation Operations, or ETO, provides agencies with the framework for a sustained and standardized response. ETO events may occur less frequently, but when they do occur the operational, resources , and economic impact is great. Having an ETO program in place can make the difference between an agency controlling their response versus reacting to events.
Session E2: New Tools for Traveler Information Systems
As early as 1998, the road weather industry was researching methodologies designed to enhance the ability to determine current and future travel conditions to increase motorists’ safety and mobility. Today, new tools such as multi-state web portals, off-the-shelf software solutions and social media are allowing states to provide an even greater level of service to the traveling public while improving safety and reducing cost. This will be a dynamic session with solutions being discussed in detail! Session E3: TSAG Case Studies WORKSHOP Part 1
On November 5, 2009, a gunman opened fire at the Soldier Readiness Center at Fort Hood, Texas. Thirteen people were killed and 43 others were wounded or injured. Initial emergency alerts of the incident were communicated via calls to one of the Central Texas Regional Consolidated Public Safety Answering Points (PSAP), and subsequently were transferred to Fort Hood’s 9-1-1 Call Center. Two minutes and forty seconds after the initial 911 call, first responders from Fort Hood arrived of the scene. Soon after, EMS assets from the surrounding entities arrived to support Fort Hood responders. One-and-a-half minutes later, the assailant was incapacitated and emergency treatment and evacuation was initiated. The initial response to the incident was prompt and efficient. Two ambulances and an incident commend vehicle from the Fort Hood Post Hospital arrived on the scene within two minutes and fifty seconds. Ultimately, ambulances and EMS personnel from throughout the region responded, treated and evacuated the wounded and injured. Case Studies Workshop presenters will walk the audience through details of the incident with a focus on how the integration between the military and civilian responders and between responder disciplines worked. The Workshop will focus on emergency response and management protocols, strategies and technologies, including communications between and among Police, Emergency Medical Services, and Public Safety Dispatch Personnel. Finally, presenters will discuss successes, failures and lessons learned and will highlight emergency response activities of local and regional emergency responders and will review operations strategies and technologies at the time of and in response to the incident. Expanded description. Session E4: ITS Use in the Inland Waterways
This session will address the challenges and opportunities related to creating an ITS system for inland waterway transportation. It will describe the basics of inland waterway transportation, technology gaps, use of GPS as a stable and reliable platform for building technological systems, etc. It will also touch upon the success the US Army Corps of Engineers' Navigation Data Center has had with Federal-Industry Logistic Standardization (FILS). FILS is a collaborative Industry-Federal effort to develop and implement a common nomenclature to facilitate the electronic sharing and reporting of navigation information, with particular emphasis on the standardization of codes for vessels, commodities, and locations. TRANSIT TRACK 2:50 - 4:30 pm Session F1: Incident Manageemnt WORKSHOP Part 2 Session F2: 511 - Next Generation Systems and Lessons Learned
Georgia, Alaska and Iowa - what do these states have in common? They are leveraging existing 511 systems to create improved, cost-effective service to the traveling public. This session will highlight Georgia’s Self-Sustaining Statewide 511 system, as well as Alaska’s leveraging of GIS database to support 511 Web, IVR, etc. Iowa DOT will also expound upon the lessons learned from this past season’s winter storms. An intriguing session! Session F3: TSAG Case Studies WORKSHOP Part 2 Session F4: Enterprise Panel
The ENTERPRISE program is an international consortium focused on advancing the understanding and deployment of ITS. The program includes members from state DOTs, FHWA, Canadian provinces, Transport Canada, and Rijkswaterstaat. The panel discussion will provide a brief overview of the program and an opportunity to engage in discussion with many of the program’s Board members about their ITS activities and the impact the ENTERPRISE program has contributed to their efforts. TRANSIT TRACK SAFETEA-LU added a requirement for recipients of Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Rural Formula Grants (Section 5311 Grants) to report to the NTD. With the 2009 updates in place, State Departments of Transportation are responsible for reporting to the NTD on behalf of their subreicipients. Also reporting directly to the NTD are the Indian Tribes and Tribal Transit Program. A representative from FTA will provide an overview of the NTD reporting process, followed by a line-by-line discussion of the reporting requirements. This session will also cover common data trouble spots and issues to aid in the submission of the Rural NTD reports. 4:30 pm 6:00 pm Wednesday, August 4th 7:00 - 8:30 am 8:30 - 10:00 am Session G1: Impact of Privacy on Transportation Technology - A Panel Discussion
While not generally considered a “technology” topic, privacy issues as they apply to transportation will only continue to grow as the safety of the motoring public relies increasingly on transportation technologies and their applications. Virtually all current and emerging technologies collect data—vehicular or personal. One question about the collected data is the extent to which they contain or can be used to derive personal information; and, if so, how are the data managed to ensure personal privacy. This session looks at the issue of privacy in transportation from the perspective of state and federal law and equipment manufacturers who are members of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America (ITSA). The following methods were used: (1) a survey of existing state laws relating to privacy of personal information: (2) an extensive Internet review and collection of significant documents that relate to privacy in transportation applications: and, (3) a survey of the membership of ITSA. Session G2: Real-Time and Expanded Traveler Information Systems
This session will focus on various approaches being taken to improve traveler information sharing and dissemination. The first case study is based in West Virginia where a real-time information program compliant with SAFETEA-LU requirements has been established. [Section 1201 of SAFETEA-LU establishes the Real-Time System Management Information Program. The goals of this program are to improve security of the surface transportation system, address congestion problems, support improved response to weather events and surface transportation incidents, and facilitate national and regional highway traveler information. ] The second case study is in California where emphasis has been on creating a web-based platform (One Stop Shop) that provides route-specific, real-time, highway-based traveler information based on an origin-destination specified by the user. The third presentation will provide an overview of private sector developments in wireless, telematics and infotainment which are providing new traveler information options and capabilities. Session G3: Technology Applications for Commercial Vehicle Operations
Commercial vehicle operations and freight movement impact many different stakeholders. From maximizing route efficiency to improving enforcement to designing and maintaining better pavements - ITS technologies can and do impact many users. This session will provide attendees with up-to-date information on new and emerging technologies and uses for Weigh-in-Motion data as well as how crowdsourcing GPS data is being used by fleet operators. Session G4: Rural IntelliDrive: Program Status and Evolution
This session will be presented as a panel discussion. IntelliDrive program milestones in the context of rural applications will be discussed as will deployment and pooled fund plans. Focus will be specifically on rural applications such as road weather, mayday relay, road maintenance, incident detection, commercial vehicle services and tourism. Many opportunities exist for integrating IntelliDrive data into rural state websites and operations center - come learn about a few of them. TRANSIT TRACK 10:00 - 10:20 am 10:20 - 11:50 am Session H1: Rural ITS Deployments from a State DOT Perspective
For those individuals interested in learning how different states have managed ITS planning and deployment, this session is a must attend. Beginning with a broad overview and evaluation of Mississippi’s statewide ITS program and continuing through a discussion of Wisconsin’s traffic operations infrastructure plan and Minnesota’s statewide approach to systems engineering for traffic management, this session will provide many lessons learned as well as discuss next steps in the continually evolving arena of rural ITS deployment. Session H2: Improving Roadway Safety Operations
Many transportation departments are seeking to simplify the management of road operations that lie with their jurisdiction. This session will discuss tools and applications for transportation operations centers as well as using GPS probe data to improve roadway operations. Session H3: CVO - Agency Efforts
This session will examine the pros and cons of regional permitting as well as utilizing virtual weigh stations. Cost and access (in remote areas) will be a primary focus. Following the presentations, panel experts will discuss their agency’s efforts and answer audience questions. TRANSIT TRACK 11:50 am - 12:45 pm 12:45 am - 1:30 pm 1:30 - 2:30 pm Rural SIG Meeting TRANSIT TRACK 2:30 pm BREAK Adjournment times as shown above. |
||
Site Map | Privacy Policy | Contact Us | Past Conferences | ©2009 Meetings Northwest, LLC |
|---|