PAUSE Review ITS JPO Knowledge Resource Development Activities

1. PAUSE ReviewITS JPO Knowledge Resource Development Activities 1-3 May 2007

2. Your Hosts • Jane Lappin, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, U.S. DOT • Rob Maccubbin, Noblis • Brian Philips, Noblis • Barbara Staples, Noblis • Steve Gordon, Oak Ridge National Laboratory • Jeff Trombly, SAIC • Ging Ging Liu Fernandez, Volpe Center • Matthew Rohrbach, Volpe Center • Margaret Zirker, Volpe Center

3. PAUSE Members Attendance – Round 1Spring 2007

4. About the Web Meeting Software

5. Agenda 1:05 pm Welcome and Introductions, Background 1:20 pm Review Recent Knowledge Resource (KR) Improvements 1:45 pmITS Costs Database: Costs for ITS Core Elements 2:15 pm Five Ongoing and Potential KR Development Activities 2:35 pm Developing an “ITS Decision Support Tool” Web Interface 2:55 pm Wrap-up, Final Thoughts, and Concluding Survey

6. Five ITS JPO Knowledge Resources • ITS Benefits Database • ITS Costs Database • ITS Deployment Statistics Database • ITS Lessons Learned Knowledge Resource • Applications Overview

7. Local DOTs Regions/MPOs State DOTs Transit Public Safety Public Works Commercial Vehicle Safety Private Commercial Vehicle Operators Freight Community Bridge, Tunnel, and Toll Authorities Research Federal Government Legislative Media Traveling Public ITS Vendors Transportation Consultants PAUSE = Target Audience Representatives 17 Groups Identified:

8. Past PAUSE Activities • Prototype Review for Lessons Learned Knowledge Resource (March and August 2005) • State of the Practice Knowledge Resource Concept Development (October/November 2005) • Review of Printed Publication Concepts (November 2005) • Review of Lesson Learned “Video” Proof of Concept (March 2006) • Prototyping and Testing of RSS and E-mail Subscription Services (October 2006)

9. Today’s Exercise: Prioritizing Development Activities • As we discuss a variety of topics please refer to your read-ahead material and make note of what rating you would give to the importance of carrying out the activity. 0 – Not Needed 1 – Nice to have 2 – Important 3 – Critical • At the conclusion of the call, we’ll ask you to rank the 8 activities discussed in order of importance.

10. Ongoing RSS/E-mail Adding/Updating Content to KRs State of the Practice KR Printed Publications – 2008 “Update” Report *ITS Decision Support Tool Interface Under Consideration Sample Documents KR Expand training on use of KRs *Costs for ITS Core Elements Proposed Knowledge Resource Activities * Focus Topics, to be reviewed in more detail than the other 6 activities. Note: Two additional topics listed in read-ahead will not be discussed today – Summary Benefits, Costs, and Lessons, and a Congestion Pricing Leaflet

11. Agenda 1:05 pm Welcome and Introductions, Background 1:20 pm Review Recent Knowledge Resource (KR) Improvements 1:45 pmITS Costs Database: Costs for ITS Core Elements 2:15 pm Five Ongoing and Potential KR Development Activities 2:35 pm Developing an “ITS Decision Support Tool” Web Interface 2:55 pm Wrap-up, Final Thoughts, and Concluding Survey

12. Recent and Upcoming KR Improvements • Four Leaflets Released • Improved Lesson Web Page Layout • Systems Engineering Lessons Categorization • Benefit and System Cost “re-titling” • State of the Practice Knowledge Resource • Your Comments?

13. Four Leaflets Released January 2007 • Discuss the benefits, costs, lessons, and deployment of ITS applications for: • Traffic Incident Management • Traveler Information • Work Zones • Traffic Signal Control

15. Systems Engineering top Added New Item “Systems Engineering” to Left Navigation Bar

16. Click on Concept of Operations Search Results for “Concepts of Operations” (18 unique lessons found) top

18. Re-titling Benefits and System Costs Summaries • Benefit Example • Current:Evaluation of the Motoring Public's Acceptance of a Real-Time Travel Time Prediction System in a Freeway Construction Work Zone • Proposed: Ninety-seven percent of the motoring public found predicted travel time information useful when posted at an I-75 work zone near Dayton, Ohio. • System Cost Example • Current:Phoenix Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative Evaluation Report (Final Draft), Section 4: Advanced Traveler Information Systems, Subsection 4.2 Trailmaster Web Site and Roadway Closure and Restriction System Web Page • Proposed:Costs to upgrade and redesign the Phoenix Metropolitan Model Deployment Initiative traveler information Web site was $135,782.

19. Example of Re-titled Benefits DB Entries Arterial Management Systems Benefits Adaptive Signal Control Adaptive signal control systems reduce intersection delay up to 18% in Los Angeles. Integrated adaptive signal control, highway ramp metering, and alternative route information in Glasgow, Scotland, help balance heavy traffic loads and improve commute times. Bicycle & Pedestrian Automated pedestrian detection systems deployed in three U.S. cities reduce dangerous crossings at crosswalks by 81%. Traffic Control

20. New Knowledge Resource: State of the Practice Database--Genesis • Feedback From PAUSE sparked effort to create new knowledge resource, aimed primarily at state and local agencies • Questions pointed to a new category of information needs, the State of the Practice • Requirements are focused on “how” type questions, e.g., How are other agencies… • Training staff? • Funding O&M? • Using ITS in operations? • Presenting ITS projects to the public? • Conclusion: there is an unmet need for information on the State of the Practice Read-ahead pg. 6

21. New Knowledge Resource: State of the Practice Database--Status • State of the practice data will be tied to the nine Lessons Learned categories • With support of PAUSE, nine sample state of the practice questions were developed and included in the 2006 survey • Results are included in read-ahead • 2007 survey will cover state of the practice extensively • Deployment statistics will be integrated as part of the new knowledge resource • PAUSE members may help with 2007 survey by reviewing surveys and providing feedback • Any volunteers?

22. Discussion • Four Leaflets Released • Improved Lesson Web Page Layout • Systems Engineering Lessons Categorization • Benefit and System Cost “re-titling” • State of the Practice Knowledge Resource

23. Agenda 1:05 pm Welcome and Introductions, Background 1:20 pm Review Recent Knowledge Resource (KR) Improvements - 1:35 pm RSS, E-mail Service Launch 1:45 pmITS Costs Database: Costs for ITS Core Elements 2:15 pm Five Ongoing and Potential KR Development Activities 2:35 pm Developing an “ITS Decision Support Tool” Web Interface 2:55 pm Wrap-up, Final Thoughts, and Concluding Survey

24. Ongoing RSS/E-mail Adding/Updating Content to KRs State of the Practice KR Printed Publications – 2008 “Update” Report *ITS Decision Support Tool Interface Under Consideration Sample Documents KR Expand training on use of KRs *Costs for ITS Core Elements Proposed Knowledge Resource Activities * Focus Topics

25. RSS and E-mail Subscription Update? • Officially launched RSS and the E-mail Subscription Services at TRB in January 2007. • Allows users to keep current on many Web sites by checking “headlines” in one location • Delivered automatically to their computer via RSS or Email • RSS becoming more readily available Read-ahead pg. 1

26. The ITS Subscription Services Addresses • Really Simple Syndication (RSS) • Subscribing to channels http://www.itsbenefits.its.dot.gov/rss • E-mail Subscription Service • Signing up for the email subscription service http://itsdeployment.ornl.gov/ess 26

27. How is it going? • Our customers successfully using the ITS Information Subscription Services: • RSS and E-mail Subscription Service subscribers have grown from 35 Beta testers to about 150 RSS users and 166 E-mail Subscription Service subscribers • New users try out the E-mail Subscription Service and RSS every week • Very few technical support calls received 27

28. How is it going? • What are your comments about RSS and the E-mail services now? 28

29. Agenda 1:05 pm Welcome and Introductions, Background 1:20 pm Review Recent Knowledge Resource (KR) Improvements 1:45 pmITS Costs Database: Costs for ITS Core Elements 2:15 pm Five Ongoing and Potential KR Development Activities 2:35 pm Developing an “ITS Decision Support Tool” Web Interface 2:55 pm Wrap-up, Final Thoughts, and Concluding Survey

30. Ongoing RSS/E-mail Adding/Updating Content to KRs State of the Practice KR Printed Publications – 2008 “Update” Report *ITS Decision Support Tool Interface Under Consideration Sample Documents KR Expand training on use of KRs *Costs for ITS Core Elements Proposed Knowledge Resource Activities * Focus Topics

31. Overview • Brief overview of the ITS unit costs data • Explanation why to restructure unit costs • Impacts of the change • Sample ITS core elements • Poll the PAUSE Read-ahead pg. 3

32. Background • ITS Unit Costs Database brought online September 1999 • The unit costs data are structured based on the cost elements in the ITS National Architecture Cost Analysis and ITS Deployment Analysis System (IDAS) equipment list. IDAS is an ITS planning and cost/benefit tool. Costs updates shared with the IDAS team. • Over time the costs analysis team added new cost elements to the unit costs database; unfortunately, these elements are not incorporated into IDAS. • Updated semi-annually up to September 2004; annually thereafter • Adjusted costs • Unadjusted costs • Let’s take a quick tour… www.itscosts.its.dot.gov

38. Why restructure unit costs data? • Difficulty in obtaining costs that map to many of the unit cost elements • Elements based on the 1995 National ITS Architecture – dated 1994/1995 • Many elements more representative of high-level, less tangible architecture components (e.g., systems integration – IDAS # IS017, Labor for Probe Information Collection – IDAS # TM036) • Available cost data from state and local DOTs in various formats, representative of specific planned or actual deployments • A smaller more representative set of ITS “core” elements will be more manageable and allow the ITS JPO to provide fresher (more current) cost data.

39. What are some of the impacts of this change? • IDAS • Challenge of getting the correct set of ITS core elements that can be maintained over time • If the restructuring happens • the current unit costs data will still be available from the costs Web site as a downloadable file • there will be no impact on the new CVISN cost data added September 2006 • SurveyMonkey questions http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=581053728910

40. Sample ITS Core Elements • Continue to provide same type of data as now (i.e., capital range, O&M range, lifetime, description) and same formats (i.e., online, Excel, and Acrobat) • Continue with the same or different structure? • “Subsystems” • -Telecommunications • - Roadside Detection • - Pedestrian Systems • - Enforcement Systems • - Information Systems • - … • “Applications” • -Telecommunications • - Arterial Systems • - Freeway Systems • - Pedestrian Systems • - Enforcement Systems • - Information Systems • - … - or -

41. Roadside Detection Inductive Loop Surveillance on Corridor/at Intersection Machine Vision Sensor on Corridor/at Intersection Passive Acoustic Sensor on Corridor/at Intersection CCTV Video Camera CCTV Video Camera Tower Pedestrian Detection Microwave/Infrared Traffic Camera for Red Light Enforcement … Roadside Detection Inductive Loops Machine Vision Station Remote Traffic Microwave Sensor Station Passive Acoustic Sensor Station?? Infrared Sensor Station?? CCTV Video Camera Site Portable Traffic Management System ITS Unit Costs Elements Sample ITS Core Elements

42. Transportation Management Center Basic Facilities Hardware for Signal Control Software, Integration for Signal Control Labor for Signal Control Hardware, Software for Traffic Surveillance Integration for Traffic Surveillance … Transportation Management Center Equipment/Hardware Servers Workstations/laptops Video walls Software (COTS) products Signal Control Traffic Surveillance Incident Detection & Response Freeway Control Labor Categories Manager Engineer Operator Maintenance Technician ITS Unit Costs Elements Sample ITS Core Elements

43. PAUSE Poll Questions • SurveyMonkey questions http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.asp?u=581053728910

44. Five Ongoing and Potential KR Development Activities

45. Agenda 1:05 pm Welcome and Introductions, Background 1:20 pm Review Recent Knowledge Resource (KR) Improvements 1:45 pmITS Costs Database: Costs for ITS Core Elements 2:15 pm Five Ongoing and Potential KR Development Activities 2:35 pm Developing an “ITS Decision Support Tool” Web Interface 2:55 pm Wrap-up, Final Thoughts, and Concluding Survey

46. Ongoing RSS/E-mail Adding/Updating Content to KRs State of the Practice KR Printed Publications – 2008 “Update” Report *ITS Decision Support Tool Interface Under Consideration Sample Documents KR Expand training on use of KRs *Costs for ITS Core Elements Proposed Knowledge Resource Activities * Focus Topics

47. Adding Content to Existing Knowledge Resources • ITS Benefits Database • Additional evaluation summaries • ITS Costs Database • Additional System Cost examples, updated Unit Cost data • ITS Deployment Statistics Database/Surveys • New Surveys, updated data • ITS Lessons Learned Knowledge Resource • Additional lessons • Applications Overview • New categories, links to resources Read-ahead pg. 4

48. New Knowledge Resource: State of the Practice Database--Status • State of the practice data will be tied to the nine Lessons Learned categories • With support of PAUSE, nine sample state of the practice questions were developed and included in the 2006 survey • Results are included in read-ahead • 2007 survey will cover state of the practice extensively • Deployment statistics will be integrated as part of the new knowledge resource • PAUSE members may help with 2007 survey by reviewing surveys and providing feedback • Any volunteers? Read-ahead pg. 6

49. ITS Benefits, Costs, Deployment and Lessons Learned: 2008 Update • Comprehensive report, covering breadth of ITS applications • First edition of this periodic report to include Deployment Statistics information • Features: • ITS Applications • Summary Data • Examples/Anecdotes • Deployment Trends • Lessons Learned • Synthesis Lessons Read-ahead pg. 11

50. Discussion • Adding/Updating Content to KRs • State of the Practice KR • Printed Publications – 2008 “Update” Report