Asia Pacific Economic CooperationTransportation Working Group

ITS Experts Group

Busan, South KoreaSeptember 2, 2003

Walter Kulyk, P.E.

Director, Office of Mobility Innovation

Federal Transit Administration

US Department of Transportation

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Overview

• Reauthorization• 511• Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI)• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)• National ITS Architecture• ITS Standards• Priority ITS Initiatives

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Reauthorization

• SAFETEA (the Safer, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003)

• Six year $247 billion reauthorization proposal

• Intelligent Transportation System Performance Incentive Program $135 million/yr. (TEA-21 was $113M/yr.)

• Intelligent Transportation System Research $121 million/yr. (TEA-21 was $100 M/yr.)

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511

• 511 Deployment Coalition– Policy and working entities– Provide national guidance

• U.S. DOT Support– State planning grants– Model deployment initiative– Research and technical assistance

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511 (continued)

• Goals by 2005– Coverage:

• 25 or more states• 30 of top 60 metro areas• More than 50% of population

– Brand Awareness: more than 25%– Customer Satisfaction:

• Information quality: 80% satisfied• Service quality: 80% satisfied

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511 (continued)

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IVI

• Funded at $25 + Million Annually• Government/Industry Partnership• Federal Role:

– Fostering the development, deployment, and evaluation of driver-assistance safety products

– Ensuring that safety is not compromised by the introduction of in-vehicle systems

• 4 Platforms – Cars, Trucks, Buses, and Maintenance Vehicles

• Forward and side collision warning, rear impact, intersection warning• Future collaboration on DSRC potential

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Bus Rapid Transit Initiative

• BRT Forums – transit operators and suppliers• BRT Consortium Projects• BRT Matrix focused on;

Running ways Stations Vehicles Service Route Structure Fare Collection ITS

• Integrated Deployment of BRT Components• BRT-ITS Program

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National ITS Architecture

• National ITS Architecture is being updated to Version 5.0

• Highlighted Changes:– Enhancement of Security Coverage – New Disaster Response and Evacuation User

Service – New Security Monitoring Subsystem – Added 511 Support to the Architecture – Added Road Closure Management

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National ITS Architecture (continued)

• Highlighted Changes (continued):– Changed "Roadside" Class to "Field" – Transit Related Updates – Updated Standards / Architecture Relationship – Emissions Management Modifications – Parking Management Area Improvements

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ITS Standards

• NTCIP standards in maintenance/update mode

• NTCIP center to center standard has reached FDIS as an ISO standard

• TCIP dialogues ready for user review this fall• SAE ATIS standard just passed committee

ballot• 5.9 GHz DSRC standards have moved to

IEEE 802.11 committee

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Priority ITS Initiatives

• DOT ITS Management Council• 15 member ITS Program Advisory Committee• Focused on delivering large multimodal projects• FTA’s proposal includes;

– Integrated Customer Focused Transit Service– Social Service and Transit Provider Coordination– Vehicle Lane Assist

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World Wide Web (WWW)Resources

www.its.dot.gov[US DOT ITS Joint Program Office]

www.fta.dot.gov [Federal Transit Administration]

www.fhwa.dot.gov [Federal Highway Administration]

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Contact Information

Walter Kulyk Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration (TRI-10) 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 Phone: (202) 366-4991 Fax: (202) 366-3765 E-mail: Walter.Kulyk@fta.dot.gov