Arizona E-VII Program: Strategies for Improving Emergency Response to Traffic Incidents while Enhancing Safety for Emergency Responders
Date: October 23, 2008 Time: 1:00–2:30 P.M. ET Cost: All T3s are free of charge PDHs: 1.5
Description
The Arizona DOT, Maricopa County DOT and partners from the academic and private sectors are developing a unique VII (Vehicle Infrastructure Integration) initiative focused on emergency response and management. Underway for almost a year, the E-VII (Emergency Vehicle Infrastructure Integration) program is developing and testing advanced technologies to integrate roadway systems with emergency responder vehicles to improve emergency response to traffic incidents as well as enhance responder safety.
This emergency and incident management focus is unique among the other VII activities happening at the state and national levels, and one which Arizona hopes will complement and leverage the emerging VII knowledge base.
This webinar will provide an overview of Arizona's E-VII program, including featuring some of the applications currently being developed and tested. It will also provide an overview of a recent ITS Peer-to-Peer exchange that brought VII developers from Michigan, California, and the U.S. DOT to meet with the Arizona E-VII partners. Part of the E-VII peer-to-peer exchange included a focused working session with local emergency responders and dispatch/communications center representatives to gain insights from the responder community about potential technology applications, challenges and opportunities. The E-VII presenters will discuss how this input from the emergency responder community is being integrated with the E-VII program development.
Audience
State and local departments of transportation, incident and emergency responders, law enforcement and public safety communications personnel.
Learning Objectives
Gain insight about the status of current VII activities in California and Arizona.
Learn about unique emergency management focus of Arizona's E-VII initiative, and how public safety input is being used in the E-VII development.
Learn about innovative approaches, applications, and integration issues being addressed as part of the E-VII program.
Federal Host:
Valerie Briggs, USDOT Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Research Program
Valerie Briggs is the Policy Program Manager for USDOT's Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Research Program. The VII program is a cooperative effort among the U. S. Department of Transportation (USDOT), State governments, the automotive industry and others to develop and test an information infrastructure that uses advanced communications technologies to exchange real-time information between the roadside and vehicles and among vehicles to improve safety and mobility. Valerie joined USDOT in August 2007 from the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO's), where she led AASHTO's transportation operations group responsible for traffic operations, intelligent transportation systems, telecommunications, and transportation security programs. She has also consulted and conducted research in these areas. Valerie holds Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Civil Engineering, and a Master of Public Affairs degree, all from the University of Texas at Austin.
Presenters:
Greg Larson, Caltrans
Before joining Caltrans, Greg Larson spent eight years working for the United States Air Force as a System Engineer for electronic warfare systems. He has worked for Caltrans for more than 17 years, first as a Research Engineer at the Transportation Laboratory, then as a Senior Electronics Engineer and an Engineering Manager. Greg is currently assigned as the Chief of the Office of Traffic Operations Research in the Division of Research and Innovation. He is responsible for managing and overseeing the efforts of a professional technical staff performing research in the area of Intelligent Transportation Systems, with the Division of Traffic Operations and various Districts as their primary customers. He also serves as one of the AASHTO representatives on the national VII Program's Technical Working Group.
Faisal Saleem, Maricopa County DOT
Faisal Saleem is Maricopa County DOT's E-VII Program Manager and leads MCDOT's ITS program. Faisal has been integrally involved with several important MCDOT and regional ITS programs, including the REACT arterial incident management program, arterial ITS deployment, and special event management systems. He is leading several initiatives aimed at enhancing how information is gathered and shared among agencies. Faisal is on the Arizona E-VII leadership team.
He chairs the AZTech™ Advanced Traveler Information Systems Working Group, and he is also past president of ITS Arizona.
Larry Head, University of Arizona
K. Larry Head, Ph.D. is currently the Department Head and an Associate Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at The University of Arizona in Tucson. He received his Ph.D. in Systems and Industrial Engineering from the University of Arizona in 1989. He re-joined the university in October 2003 after six (6) years in industry where he was a Senior Vice President and Director of Research and Development at a business unit of Siemens ITS. He supervised the development of traffic management system software and advanced traffic signal controller (ATC) firmware as well as a variety of research and development projects. From 1992 to 1996 he was an Assistant Professor of Systems and Industrial Engineering at The University of Arizona. He is the Chair of the Transportation Research Boards Traffic Signal Systems Committee (AHB25), and a member of INCOSE, INFORMS, IEEE, IIE and ITE.
Lisa Burgess, Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
Lisa Burgess is a Vice President and ITS Planner with Kimley-Horn and Associates in the firm's Phoenix office. Her primary focus areas are working with states, counties, cities and other partners for ITS/Operations planning, traveler information system development and evaluation, and strategic and business planning for sustaining operations. For more than 12 years, she has been closely involved with the AZTech™ program including key projects for traveler information, TMC operations and integration, partner outreach, and most recently the Arizona E-VII program. She works with several state and local agencies in Arizona, and is involved with ITS operations planning in other states including Nevada, Michigan, Idaho California and North Carolina.
