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National Rural ITS Conference, Anchorage, AK - September 2008
The 2008 National Rural Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference provided an opportunity for transportation professionals from across the nation to network and attend mini-training sessions and in-depth information exchanges. One training session discussed the cost-saving benefits associated with using Open Source software. Ms. Bibiana McHugh, Information Technology Manager, provided a presentation that focused on Tri-Met’s Open Source software and how it is used by other transit agencies. Ms. McHugh discussed the benefits of using the Open Source software in conjunction with Intelligent Transportation Systems applications.
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Northwest Transportation Conference, Corvallis, OR - February 2008
Participating Agencies: Puget Sound Regional Council, Purdue University, Oregon DOT
The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and other agencies in the Portland Metropolitan Region would like to implement arterial traffic time information into their regional Advanced Traffic Information System strategy as a way to mitigate congestion. ODOT is also interested in implementing elements of Active Traffic Management as part of their overall strategy to mitigate congestion and better operate the transportation system. Dr. Bullock is the foremost expert on arterial travel time and his presentation on the results of his work helped local agencies better understand the topic. Ms. Mayhew was a member of the International Scan on Active Traffic Management and presented on the findings of that scan and its possible implementation in Oregon.
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Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations presentation on Concept of Transportation, Little Rock, AK - October 2007
Participating Agencies: TriMet Portland
Mr. Makler was invited to speak at the 2007 Association of Metropolitan Planning Organizations (AMPO) Annual Conference. He shared best practices in terms of how MPOs plan for operations and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and how they help facilitate regional coordination of ITS/operations implementation.
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FHWA Regional ITS Architecture Use and Maintenance Workshop - August 2007
Participating Agencies: Anchorage MPO, TriMet
The peer served as a transit peer expert for the FHWA sponsored course and conducted a peer review of systems engineering reviews with the Anchorage MPO dealing with implementation and maintenance of ITS projects.
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Fare Collection Workshop, Atlanta, GA - March 2006
Participating Agencies: Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon
At the time of the peer-to-peer event, the Tri-County Metropolitan Transportation District of Oregon (TriMet) had begun a pilot program adding fare collection technology to ticket vending machines (TVM) for its light rail operating system. The Fare Collection Workshop in Atlanta, GA provided an opportunity for TriMet’s Maintenance of Way Supervisor of Fares to meet with and solicit feedback from other transit agencies and fare equipment suppliers, and to inform them of TriMet’s plans.
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Northwest Transportation Conference, Corvallis, OR - February 2006
Participating Agencies: Minnesota DOT; Missouri DOT; Iowa State University; ITS Oregon
The representative from Iowa State University participated in panel discussions at Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Oregon, a statewide conference on ITS issues. He discussed the use of cellular phone probe data for highway performance measures in Missouri, winter maintenance performance measures, the traffic management center pooled fund study, and the Interstate 394 High Occupancy Toll Lanes (HOT Lanes) project in Minneapolis. The conference included three sessions dealing with performance measures, congestion mitigation and management, and ITS operations and maintenance.
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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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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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