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Intelligent Transportation Systems: Career Possibilities - Three Real World Cases

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Page 1: INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS:
Career Possibilities - Three Real World Cases

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Exciting professional opportunities abound, spanning important leadership and enabling efforts at all levels of government and a fertile environment for entrepreneurial ventures. If helping to make safe, smart, and sustainable transportation a reality is your goal, you can find a niche where your unique skills and passions are just what is needed.

Case 1: I-95 Corridor Coalition/Vehicle Probe Project (I-95 Corridor Coalition now known as the Eastern Transportation Coalition)

What is the Coalition?

• Sixteen states working together
• Focused on the transportation system along the nearly 2,000 mile 1-95 corridor from Maine to Florida
• Goals are enhancing the efficiency and safety of personal and freight travel

(Extended Text Description: Graphic image depicting the I-95 Vehicle Probe Project. The image contains a map of the East Coast with various roadways highlighted in green, including the I-95 corridor, along with various small logos and images on the bottom, all overlapping a photo of a road that leads off into the distance. The small logos and images along the bottom include the 511 logo, a traffic management center, a roadway with signage, HERE, INRIX and TomTom logos, a mobile phone with a map on the screen, a van, car, and truck.)

 

What is the Vehicle Probe Project?

• Collaborative effort begun in 2008
• Goal to bring high-tech data collection and analytics to the 1-95 corridor
• Three data vendors: INRIX, HERE, and TomTom
• Cutting edge data analysis and visualization through the Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (CATT) Lab

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Want to learn more?

Kelly Wells
NCDOT Mobility Program Manager
VPP Suite Chair
kwells@ncdot.gov

 

(Extended Text Description: Example screen shot of Center for Advanced Transportation Technologies (CATT) Lab software showing various maps with highlighted routes around major roadways. Text on the left highlights the purpose of the images: Trend Maps are interactive!)

Image Source: https://tetcoalition.org/. Used with permission.

Michael Pack
Director, CATT Lab
http://www.catt.umd.edu/
packml@umd.edu

 

Sidebar:

 

Did You Know?

That I-95

• Serves 35% of the nation’s total vehicle miles traveled
• Carries 5.3 billion tons of freight per year

That the Region

• Has 38% of all the jobs in the U.S.
• Represents the second largest economy in the world at $4.7 trillion (40% of U.S. GDP)

Source: https://tetcoalition.org/i-95-facts/

 

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Career Possibilities - Three Real World Cases

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Case 2: Translōc - High Technology for Transit

What is Translōc’s mission?

"Our mission is to take mass transit from last resort for some, to first choice for all."

 

How did Translōc’s begin?

An entrepreneurial leap by NC State computer science graduates in 2002

Translōc was a 2013 White House Champion of Change Awardee

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Image Source: https://transloc.com/. Used with permission.

 

 

Want to learn more?

Doug Kaufman
CEO
Translōc, Inc.
doug@TransLoc.com

 

Case 3: SANRAL Design-Build-Operate-Maintain ITS Project

What South African cities are involved?

Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Pietermaritzburg/Durban

Who is doing the work?

Kimley-Horn (based in Cary, NC) is leading the team as SANRAL’s Representative

Why use a DBOM project?

SANRAL decided that a consolidated contract was the most effective way to deliver a comprehensive solution for the National ITS program

 

Want to learn more?

Mark Dunzo
Senior Vice-President
Kimley-Horn and Associates
mark.dunzo@kimley-horn.com

Jeff Dale
Associate
Kimley-Horn and Associates
Jeff.dale@kimley-horn.com

 

Image Source: Kimley-Horn and Assoc., Inc. Used with permission.

 

Sidebar:

Translōc’s mission promises to unclog urban streets and clean up the air

"As a technologist and a mass transit rider, I couldn’t let go of the idea that mass transit deserved great technology, too." Josh Whiton, Founder

SANRAL - South African National Roads Agency, LTD

Kimley-Horn keeps at least one professional on site at all times

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