Implementation: Results from the Using Your Regional ITS Architecture Peer Exchange Network Workshop...

Implementation: Results Implementation: Results from the Using Your from the Using Your Regional ITS Architecture Regional ITS Architecture Peer Exchange Network Peer Exchange Network WorkshopWorkshop

Mac Lister Mac Lister FHWA Resource CenterFHWA Resource Center

ITS America Annual MeetingITS America Annual MeetingSession 20Session 20

May 2, 2005May 2, 2005

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OutlineOutline

Peer Exchange BackgroundPeer Exchange Background Peer Exchange Topic AreasPeer Exchange Topic Areas Meeting Results by Major Topic Meeting Results by Major Topic

AreaArea– Overview Overview – Key FindingsKey Findings

SummarySummary

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Peer Exchange Peer Exchange BackgroundBackground

Kansas City, MOKansas City, MO 7-8 December 20047-8 December 2004 24 Participants24 Participants 8 Regions8 Regions

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Participants IncludedParticipants Included

Regional Transportation PlannersRegional Transportation Planners State ITS Engineers & Program State ITS Engineers & Program

SpecialistsSpecialists ITS Project EngineersITS Project Engineers City and State Traffic EngineersCity and State Traffic Engineers FHWA Area EngineersFHWA Area Engineers

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Regions ParticipatingRegions Participating

Amarillo Amarillo Binghamton Binghamton Northeastern Illinois Northeastern Illinois Central Ohio Central Ohio Southeast Michigan Southeast Michigan Kansas City Kansas City Sacramento Sacramento Puget Sound Puget Sound

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Purpose of the Peer Purpose of the Peer ExchangeExchange Share experiences Share experiences Gather lessons learnedGather lessons learned Document findingsDocument findings Aid regions in earlier stages of Aid regions in earlier stages of

deployment/usedeployment/use

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Peer Exchange Topic Peer Exchange Topic AreasAreas

Linking the Regional ITS Linking the Regional ITS Architecture and the Architecture and the Transportation Planning ProcessTransportation Planning Process

Using The Regional ITS Using The Regional ITS Architecture for Project Architecture for Project DevelopmentDevelopment

Maintaining the Regional ITS Maintaining the Regional ITS ArchitectureArchitecture

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Regional ITS Architecture Regional ITS Architecture Connection to the Transportation Connection to the Transportation Planning ProcessPlanning Process

The development of the Regional ITS The development of the Regional ITS Architecture is in collaboration with the Architecture is in collaboration with the formal transportation planning processformal transportation planning process

Integration with the planning process is Integration with the planning process is key to meeting the intent of the FHWA key to meeting the intent of the FHWA rule and FTA policyrule and FTA policy

Local stakeholders must decide how to Local stakeholders must decide how to bring both processes together to best bring both processes together to best serve the regionserve the region

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Where Can the Regional ITS Where Can the Regional ITS Architecture be Applied ?Architecture be Applied ?

ITS ProjectImplementation(SE Process)

Funding

Region descriptionRegion description Stakeholder Stakeholder

identificationidentification System inventorySystem inventory Needs and Needs and

servicesservices Operational Operational

conceptconcept Functional Functional

requirementsrequirements Interfaces / Interfaces /

Information flowsInformation flows Maintenance planMaintenance plan AgreementsAgreements Standards Standards

identificationidentification Project sequencingProject sequencing

Regional ITS Regional ITS Architecture ProductsArchitecture Products

Conceptof Operations

High LevelRequirements

DetailedRequirements

High LevelDesign

DetailedDesign

Implementation

Operations &Maintenance

SystemVerification

SubsystemVerification

Integration &Test

ITS Strategic Planning

• Needs ID• Regional Integration

Planning• Project Definition

ITS Related Project

Transportation Planning Process

Long Range Transportation

Plan

State Transportation Improvement

Program

GoalsObjectivesPoliciesProjects

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Key Findings:Key Findings: Linking the Linking the Architecture and the Architecture and the Transportation Planning Transportation Planning ProcessProcess

The RA development process fosters The RA development process fosters involvement of operators/project involvement of operators/project developers in the larger transportation developers in the larger transportation planning processplanning process

The RA process has helped to get relevant The RA process has helped to get relevant stakeholders from a variety of modes stakeholders from a variety of modes involved in the ITS planning processinvolved in the ITS planning process

Posting the RA on the Internet is useful for Posting the RA on the Internet is useful for information sharing, gathering updates, information sharing, gathering updates, and making changes to both the RA and and making changes to both the RA and other transportation plansother transportation plans

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Key Findings:Key Findings: Linking the Linking the Architecture and the Architecture and the Transportation Planning Transportation Planning ProcessProcess The RA is useful for transportation planning in The RA is useful for transportation planning in

that it provides a complete inventory of ITS that it provides a complete inventory of ITS project elements, a description of how projects project elements, a description of how projects are integrated, and stakeholder agreement on are integrated, and stakeholder agreement on project deployment needsproject deployment needs

Some regions use their ITS Deployment Plan as Some regions use their ITS Deployment Plan as a vehicle for including RA project needs in the a vehicle for including RA project needs in the transportation planning processtransportation planning process

Different regions have their own way of Different regions have their own way of approving their RA and considering it ready for approving their RA and considering it ready for useuse

Integrating the RA project sequencing list with Integrating the RA project sequencing list with the TIP project list can help reduce redundancy the TIP project list can help reduce redundancy and aid funding decisionsand aid funding decisions

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Using The Regional ITS Using The Regional ITS Architecture for Project Architecture for Project DevelopmentDevelopment

FHWA Final Rule 940.11/FTA Policy and FHWA Final Rule 940.11/FTA Policy and ITS Project Implementation ITS Project Implementation – Requires all ITS projects be based on a Requires all ITS projects be based on a

systems engineering analysissystems engineering analysis on a scale on a scale commensurate with the project scope commensurate with the project scope

– All ITS projects shall accommodate the All ITS projects shall accommodate the interface requirements and information interface requirements and information exchanges as specified in the Regional ITS exchanges as specified in the Regional ITS ArchitectureArchitecture

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High LevelDesign

DetailedDesign

Implementation

Operations &Maintenance

SystemVerification

SubsystemVerification

Integration &Test

Systems Engineering Systems Engineering LifecycleLifecycle

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Where can the Regional ITS Where can the Regional ITS Architecture be Applied ?Architecture be Applied ?




High LevelDesign

DetailedDesign

Region descriptionRegion description Stakeholder identificationStakeholder identification System inventorySystem inventory Needs and servicesNeeds and services Operational conceptOperational concept Functional requirementsFunctional requirements Interfaces / Information Interfaces / Information

flowsflows Maintenance planMaintenance plan AgreementsAgreements Standards identificationStandards identification Project sequencingProject sequencing

Regional ITS Regional ITS Architecture ProductsArchitecture Products

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Key Findings:Key Findings: Using The Regional ITS Using The Regional ITS Architecture for Project Architecture for Project DevelopmentDevelopment

The RA development process allows The RA development process allows operators/project developers to operators/project developers to understand how a project fits in the understand how a project fits in the overall deployment vision for a overall deployment vision for a region/stateregion/state

Having an identified RA coordinator Having an identified RA coordinator helps ensure that ITS and/or enabling helps ensure that ITS and/or enabling technologies are considered in capital technologies are considered in capital projects projects

State DOT project development State DOT project development manuals need to be updated to reflect manuals need to be updated to reflect ITS, RA and systems engineeringITS, RA and systems engineering

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State IT departments can be engaged State IT departments can be engaged as partners/stakeholders in project as partners/stakeholders in project developmentdevelopment

FHWA assistance welcomed in getting FHWA assistance welcomed in getting the RA and systems engineering the RA and systems engineering message out to other stakeholdersmessage out to other stakeholders

Training is a key to widespread Training is a key to widespread acceptance and using the RA and acceptance and using the RA and systems engineeringsystems engineering

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Setting aside project money for Setting aside project money for training can help minimize project risktraining can help minimize project risk

RA and systems engineering benefits RA and systems engineering benefits need to be documented and sharedneed to be documented and shared

Methods need to be found to Methods need to be found to encourage RA and systems encourage RA and systems engineering for projects where no engineering for projects where no federal funds are usedfederal funds are used

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Maintaining the Maintaining the Regional ITS Regional ITS ArchitectureArchitecture

Maintenance procedures needs to be Maintenance procedures needs to be developed and implemented (per the Rule) developed and implemented (per the Rule) to to – Keep RA current as needs and plans evolve Keep RA current as needs and plans evolve

within the regionwithin the region– Expand the RA to include new stakeholders as Expand the RA to include new stakeholders as

they are identified or engagedthey are identified or engaged– Reflect changes as projects are designed and Reflect changes as projects are designed and

implementedimplemented– Reflect changes in project priority or status Reflect changes in project priority or status

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Key Drivers of Regional Key Drivers of Regional ITS Architecture ITS Architecture MaintenanceMaintenance

Transportation Planning

ITS Project Implementation

Regional ITS Architecture

Other Drivers(technology, new service,

political etc.)

Border RA & Statewide

Architecture

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Key Findings:Key Findings: Regional ITS ArchitectureRegional ITS Architecture MaintenanceMaintenance

In-house RA development may provide In-house RA development may provide some maintenance benefits, although staff some maintenance benefits, although staff turnover could be an issue. Consultants turnover could be an issue. Consultants can be consideredcan be considered

Changes in the National ITS Architecture Changes in the National ITS Architecture and Turbo Architecture do not require a and Turbo Architecture do not require a change the RA unless the changes affect change the RA unless the changes affect the components in the RAthe components in the RA

RA maintenance needs to be carried out RA maintenance needs to be carried out through a well defined configuration through a well defined configuration management processmanagement process

All sources for changes should be All sources for changes should be consideredconsidered

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Key Findings:Key Findings: Regional ITS ArchitectureRegional ITS Architecture MaintenanceMaintenance

Tracking changes on a project by Tracking changes on a project by project basis and correspondingly project basis and correspondingly updating the RA is a challengeupdating the RA is a challenge

Some agencies have had success in Some agencies have had success in funding RA maintenance from SPR or funding RA maintenance from SPR or MPO work plan fundsMPO work plan funds

Finding funding and resources for RA Finding funding and resources for RA maintenance is a common issuemaintenance is a common issue

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SummarySummary

Lots of valuable information and Lots of valuable information and lessons learned resulted from workshoplessons learned resulted from workshop

Workshop summary will be made Workshop summary will be made available available

DOT is factoring findings into future DOT is factoring findings into future programs/effortsprograms/efforts

Contact Mac Lister for more informationContact Mac Lister for more information– [email protected]@fhwa.dot.gov– Phone 708-283-3532Phone 708-283-3532

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