Intelligent Transportation Systems
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Welcoming and Opening Remarks

Presentation Outline

Purpose of Meeting

  • Provide program update and Phase I results
  • Create opportunity to meet and interact
  • Provide forum for information exchange
  • Continue to keep industry informed

Meeting Agenda

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - Morning

8:30 a.m. Welcome and Opening Remarks
Jack J. Ference, NHTSA  

8:45 a.m. IVBSS Program-Phase I Report
Jim Sayer, UMTRI  

9:15 a.m. Light Vehicle Platform Update
Tim Tiernan and Debby Bezzina, Visteon Corporation  

10:15 a.m. Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall and Courtyard Demonstrations  

10:45 a.m. Heavy Vehicle Safety Perspective
Chris Flanigan, FMCSA and Robert Petrancosta, Con-way Freight  

11:00 a.m. Heavy Vehicle Platform Update
John Kovacich and Zwick Tang, Eaton Corporation  

11:45 p.m. Lunch  

12:45 p.m. Exhibit Hall and Courtyard Demonstrations  

Meeting Agenda, cont’d

Thursday, April 10, 2008 - Afternoon  

1:15 p.m. Light Vehicle and Heavy Truck Verification Testing and Test Results
Wassim Najm and Ryan Harrington, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center; Muqtada Husain, Visteon and Scott Bogard, UMTRI  

2:30 p.m. Verification Testing & The NIST Independent Measurement System
Richard Norcross, National Institute of Standards and Technology  

3:00 p.m. Coffee Break, Exhibit Hall and Courtyard Demonstrations  

3:30 p.m. Light Vehicle and Heavy Truck On-road Test Results
Ryan Harrington, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center  

4:00 p.m. Field Operational Test Planning
Jim Sayer, UMTRI  

5:00 p.m. 7:00 p.m. Adjourn/Outdoor Vehicle Static Displays and Meeting Reception in Exhibit Hall

Meeting Agenda, cont’d

Friday, April 11, 2008  

8:00-8:30 a.m. Attendee Registration/Continental Breakfast  

8:30 a.m. Human Factors and DVI Development Task
John Sullivan and Paul Allen Green, UMTRI  

9:45 a.m. Data Acquisition and Field Test Data Analysis
David LeBlanc, UMTRI  

10:30 a.m. Coffee Break  

10:45 a.m. Overview of 15th ITS World Congress in New York
Pat McGowan, Telvent Farradyne, World Congress Demonstrations Chair  

11:00 a.m. IVBSS at the 15th ITS World Congress in New York
David LeBlanc, UMTRI  

11:15 a.m. Final Q&A Session
Jack J. Ference, NHTSA  

12:00 p.m. ADJOURN

Updated Program Timeline
Program Announcements

  • Publication of Reports
    • First Annual Report DOT HS 810 842
    • Human Factors/DVI Summary Report DOT HS 810 905
    • Functional Requirements UMTRI 2008-17, 18
    • Performance Guidelines UMTRI 2008-19, 20
    • Verification Test Procedures UMTRI 2008-15,16
    • Phase I Interim Report (late May-early June)
    • Preliminary FOT Report (late June)
  • Phase I Go-No/Go Decision
  • Heavy Truck Outreach in Planning Stages

Questions

Jack J. Ference, PMP
Intelligent Technologies Research Division
1200 New Jersey Avenue, W46-448
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-0168

jack.ference@dot.gov  

Information on the Web:
RITA JPO web site: www.its.dot.gov
IVBSS web page on RITA ITS JPO: www.its.dot.gov/ivbss
NHTSA IVBSS web page in planning stages – this summer
IVBSS web page on ITSA web site: www.itsa.org/ivbss.html