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Georgia ITS, Savannah, GA - October 2008
Participating Agencies: New York City Police Department, New York City, NY- Safety Agency; National Association of State EMS Officials, Augusta, ME-Safety Agency
Mr. McGinnis of the National Association of State Emergency Medical Services Officials presented on Public Safety Integration at the Georgia ITS. He specifically discussed the integration of new communication technology to enhance access to the information required for appropriate emergency patient care and transportation. This concept and technology is of interest to implement in the state of Georgia and is the first of its kind to improve congestion and incident management.
Based upon his experience in New York on September 11, 2001, Mr. Wolff of the New York City Police Department shared lessons learned from Traffic Incident Management (TIM). He provided key insight into the TIM issues and lessons learned from the management of this catastrophic event. This information is of particular interest to Georgia as the state seeks to improve its emergency preparedness procedures.
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Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program MPO Peer Exchange, Providence, RI - September 2008
Participating Agencies: Capital District Transportation Committee, Rhode Island Statewide Planning Program
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) invited a local Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) expert, Christopher O’Neill, from the Capital District Transportation Committee (CDTC), to the Advancing Management and Operations (M&O) and the Congestion Management Process (CMP) in Metropolitan Transportation Planning Workshop. This one-day workshop aims to equip senior planners and operations managers from MPOs, State Departments of Transportation, transit agencies, and local operating agencies to lead transitions toward an objectives-driven, performance-based approach in their regions, in accordance with Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) in advancing planning for operations. Mr. O’Neill provided a local user-perspective on how to incorporate an objectives-driven, performance-based approach into how M & O are considered in the transportation planning process. Mr. O’Neill discussed how CDTC can incorporate the philosophies contained in M & O and the CMP into creating stronger linkages between operations and the planning process.
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Bus Rapid Transit Peer-to-Peer Exchange, Los Angeles, CA - November 2007
Participating Agencies: New York State DOT, Westchester County DOT, New Jersey Transit, MTA Metro-North Railroad, New York City DOT, MTA New York City Transit
Several Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) initiatives are being undertaken in the New York Metropolitan Region. The peers participated in the Peer-to-Peer exchange in CA as a way to enhance their knowledge of BRT operations and to observe the most extensive implementation of BRT operations in the United States. The participants benefited from having representatives from multiple NY agencies at the peer-to-peer exchange because it allowed them an opportunity to exchange ideas and collaborate on approaches to implementing BRT systems. The BRT system in Los Angeles, CA has an advanced ITS system including transit signal priority and an array of real-time passenger information systems. The participants examined Los Angeles’ systems including Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL), Automatic Passenger Counters (APC), Automated Voice Announcements (AVA) and Automated Vehicle Monitoring (AVM). Each of these ITS techniques are being considered as part of the BRT initiatives underway in the New York Metropolitan Region.
This peer event was the basis for a T3 Webinar. View the webinar's archive
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TRB’s HOV Systems Committee - September 2007
Participating Agencies: New York State DOT
The purpose of the TRB HOV Committee’s mid-year meeting was to assess the future of HOV programs, particularly as they evolve into HOT and managed lanes programs, and identify the future direction of the committee in support of this emerging approach to addressing congestion. ITS is a critical element of these facilities, and the technical issues associated with implementation was addressed. The TRB HOV Systems Committee is at a crossroads, and it was important to hear the perspectives of practitioners at the state level in order to inform the committee's strategic planning effort. The HOV Pooled Fund Study (PFS) group, consisting of ten member states, is facing a similar challenge and is undergoing a process of reviewing and possibly revising its charter.
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Traffic and Criminal Software System - July 2007
Participating Agencies: New York State Police, Alaska DOT
The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities will meet with representatives from New York State Police to review the state’s Traffic and Criminal Software (TraCS) and the electronic Driving Under the Influence (DUI) software module. This system collects DUI data electronically from officers roadside. The state of Alaska is planning on installing a similar system and wish to gain knowledge on its operations before implementing the system in Alaska.
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ITS Data and Transit Service Planning, Chicago, IL - March 2006
Participating Agencies: Capital District Transit Authority (Albany, NY); Chicago Transit Authority
Both the Capital District Transportation Authority (CDTA) and the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) were interested in how each agency’s systems collect and process Automatic Passenger Counting (APC), Computer-Assisted Dispatch (CAD)/Automated Vehicle Locator (AVL), and real-time data. Collecting passenger-miles and hours data is becoming more important for all agencies. CTA wanted to present their intranet web page, which makes use of the AVL/APC/Automatic Fare Collection (AFC) data. This visit helped both agencies share and compare Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) data and processing methods for uses in service planning and other customer-related areas.
This peer event was the basis for a T3 Webinar. View the webinar's archive
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TMC Site Visits to Three Locations- Palm Beach, FL, New York City, NY, and Baton Rouge, LA - March 2006
Participating Agencies: Florida DOT; New York City DOT; Louisiana DOT; Texas DOT
At the time of this peer-to-peer event, the Dallas District of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) was constructing a new traffic management center (TMC), to be called DalTrans. The center was scheduled to be completed in late 2006. The Freeway Management Department would not be provided with additional employees to staff the DalTrans center, and was about to research contractual management and operations opportunities. This trip was requested so that Freeway Management Engineers could visit a similar traffic management center to theirs, where management and operations are handled by an agency other than the state’s department of transportation. TxDOT conducted three separate site visits as part of this Peer to Peer exchange.
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Using Regional ITS Architecture, Orlando, FL - March 2006
Participating Agencies: New York State DOT; New York Metropolitan Transportation Council; California DOT
The three peers presented at the Intelligent Transportation Society of America’s workshop called “Using Regional ITS Architectures.” This workshop helped attendees learn how to better utilize the Regional (and Statewide) ITS Architectures that were developed several years prior to the peer-to-peer event. Another primary objective of the workshop was to have participants share experiences and lessons learned from agencies that had used their regional ITS architectures in regional transportation planning or in the deployment of ITS projects. The workshop also presented U.S Department of Transportation views regarding conformity with the Architecture and Standards rule/ policy, and provided information about updated guidance under development by the DOT.
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Open Source Software Sharing and Multimodal Door-to-Door Trip Planner Peer Exchange, Portland, OR - October 2005
Participating Agencies: New York State DOT; San Francisco Bay Area Metropolitan Transportation Commission; Orange County Transportation Authority; Tri-Met (Portland, OR)
Tri-MET, Portland’s transportation system, hosted the Open Source Software Sharing and Multimodal Door-to-Door Trip Planner Peer Exchange. This peer exchange aimed to provide a platform for public sector agencies to discuss integrating multimodal door-to-door trip planning with Open Source software
This peer event was the basis for a T3 Webinar. View the webinar's archive
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