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ITS Heartland - April 2007
Participating Agencies: South Dakota DOT; ITS Heartland Chapter
The ITS Heartland meeting included a roundtable meeting where engineers from the member states discussed ITS initiatives in their respective states. Member state DOTs included: Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Oklahoma. This peer visit also allowed a representative from South Dakota DOT to participate in the exchange. Discussions included: the basis for regional institutional cooperation in regional ATIS, Corridor Management, and Homeland Security.
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Annual Meeting for ITS America’s Heartland Chapter, Des Moines, IA - March 2006
Participating Agencies: Ohio DOT; ITS Heartland (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma DOTs)
One objective of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Heartland Chapter of ITS America is to facilitate information-sharing for ITS projects and activities. The chapter also showcases ITS applications in five Heartland states: Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. At the time of the peer-to-peer event, all five state departments of transportation (DOTs), major universities in each state, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) had been involved in the development of the Heartland Chapter. Potential benefits of membership in the ITS Heartland Chapter include information exchange, educational opportunities, project coordination, creation of public-private partnerships, access to future customers, and research-sharing. The Chapter holds annual meetings to allow members to discuss ITS issues, share ideas, learn about activities in other states, and have vendors showcase new products. A representative from the Ohio DOT participated in a panel session with five other state DOT engineers.
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Adaptive Controls and Web Site Development Meeting, Washington, D.C -
Participating Agencies: Washington State DOT; City of Portland, OR; Broken Arrow Police Department, OK
The purpose of this invitational travel was for each peer to present at the Planned Special Events and Traffic Incident Management Workshop, during the Transportation Research Board’s 85th Annual Meeting. The workshop’s intent was for those familiar with traffic incident management programs to learn from planned special events programs, and vice versa. The law enforcement representative from the Broken Arrow Police Department gave a presentation on tactical planning, while the City of Portland participant discussed traffic engineers’ needs as they relate to performance measures. Additionally, the Washington SDOT representative delivered a presentation on traffic incident management.
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