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EnableATIS Vision and Operational Concept

Introductory Stakeholder Webinar
  • October 12, 2011
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Agenda
  • Welcome & Context
  • Presentation Team Introductions
  • Mobility Program Background
  • Introduce EnableATIS
  • Setting the Stage for the Stakeholder Workshop
    • Background
    • Draft EnableATIS Vision
    • Logistics
  • Wrap-up
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Context for this Webinar
  • ITS Program advancing through connected vehicle activities & initiatives
  • Important to gain insight & input from the community
  • Next phases for Dynamic Mobility Application efforts
  • EnableATIS is one of the high priority DMA focus areas
  • Upcoming Stakeholder workshop & involvement
    • Webinar provides background & preparatory information
    • Workshop & Webcast provide more details to allow for informed & engaged discussions
    • Electronic Feedback / Follow-up form to allow for further input
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Introductions
  • USDOT Team
    • Bob Rupert – Government’s Task Manager
    • Karl Wunderlich – Program Support (Noblis)
  • Contractor Team
    • Erin Flanigan – Cambridge Systematics
    • Lisa Burgess – Kimley-Horn
    • Alan Toppen – Kimley-Horn
    • Mike Harris – Kimley-Horn
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Agenda
  • Welcome & Context
  • Presentation Team Introductions
  • Mobility Program Background
  • Introduce EnableATIS
  • Setting the Stage for the Stakeholder Workshop
    • Background
    • Draft EnableATIS Vision
    • Logistics
  • Wrap-up
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ITS Research = Multimodal and Connected
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Mobility Program
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"Vision"
  • Vision
    • Expedite development, testing,
      commercialization, and deployment
      of innovative mobility application
      • maximize system productivity
      • enhance mobility of individuals within the system
  • Objectives
    • Create applications using frequently collected and rapidly disseminated multi-source data from connected travelers, vehicles (automobiles, transit, freight) and infrastructure
    • Develop and assess applications showing potential to improve nature, accuracy, precision and/or speed of dynamic decision
    • Demonstrate promising applications predicted to significantly improve capability of transportation system
    • Determine required infrastructure for transformative applications implementation, along with associated costs and benefits
  • Project Partners
  • Strong internal and external participation
      • ITS JPO, FTA, FHWA R&D, FHWA Office of Operations,
        FMCSA, NHTSA, FHWA Office of Safety

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Transformative Application Bundles:
Identification of Prioritization Approach
  • Goal
  • Identify, with help of stakeholders, collection of applications for
    • development and testing in Phase 2 of Program
  • Approach
  • Solicit ideas for transformative applications
    • Initial request closed on 31 July; second call closed 15 October
    • More than 90 submittals, quantity and quality exceeded expectations
  • Share concepts with our stakeholders throughout the process
  • Refine concepts to a manageable set of consolidated concepts (33)
    • Consolidated concepts used in variety of exercises at Mobility Workshop, 11/30-12/1/10 and with other stakeholder groups
    • ITE Task Force, Transit stakeholders, Freight stakeholders
  • Combine stakeholder and federal input to support program prioritization


  • Candidate Applications Prioritization Criteria
  • Potential for transformative impact
  • Makes use of connected vehicle data
  • Significant stakeholder interest
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Transformative Application Bundles:
Bundling Rationale and Prioritization Process
  • Consolidate input from external stakeholder groups, workshop
  • Consider internal stakeholder priorities
    • Leveraging on-going or other planned research
  • Group Applications into Bundles
    • Similar high-level data needs
    • Interaction among applications predicted
    • Evident value in concurrent development
    • Encourage coordinated non-federal research activity
  • Bundling increases transformational impacts
    and reduces costs of research and development
  • Resource-constrained prioritization process based on expected value of developing application bundles, as well as individual applications
    • Applications the program cannot fund at this time are still candidates for collaborative development with other programs or stakeholders
  • High-Priority Application Bundles announced at TRB 2011
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What is EnableATIS?
  • High priority application from Connected Vehicle/Mobility workshop feedback
  • Unique among Dynamic Mobility Applications
  • Represents a program environment for future traveler information capabilities
    • Transformative uses and applications
    • Enhanced user-level decision support
    • Improved system management
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Agenda
  • Welcome & Context
  • Presentation Team Introductions
  • Mobility Program Background
  • Introduce EnableATIS
  • Setting the Stage for the Stakeholder Workshop
    • Background
    • Draft EnableATIS Vision
    • Logistics
  • Wrap-up
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Industry Shifts and Perspectives
  • Today is different than 2 years ago, 10 years ago
  • Wireless – widely available, lower cost
  • Personal mobile devices
  • Rapid technology evolution
  • Shift toward more integrated modal information
  • Different approaches to data sharing
  • On the cusp of true predictive and transformative applications of this information
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EnableATIS Operational Concept
  • Establish a vision for EnableATIS
  • Stakeholder input to:
    • User Needs
    • Transformative Goals
    • Performance Measures
  • Operational Concept will:
    • Outline preliminary  application opportunities
    • Define Federal role in future traveler information program(s)
    • Assess readiness of the market to support the next generation traveler information systems


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Stakeholder Selection
  • Federal and national
  • State, regional, local
  • Policy and advocacy
  • Multimodal
  • Academia and research
  • Technology developers
  • Traffic and ATIS industry experts
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Stakeholder Roles for EnableATIS Operational Concept
  • Provide input to the vision for EnableATIS
  • Participate in upcoming workshop and webcast for EnableATIS Needs, Goals, Performance Measures
  • Provide review of operational concept priorities
  • Electronic feedback form available following the workshop/webcast
  • EnableATIS needs your specific knowledge and expert input
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EnableATIS – Draft Vision
  • EnableATIS promotes an open approach to multi-source data sharing, integration, delivery, and future information provision paradigms.


  • EnableATIS provides a dynamic and transformative framework for real-time, multi-modal, and actionable traveler information services to improve the safety and mobility of the transportation network.

  • The framework created by EnableATIS facilitates micro-level traveler decision support needs as well as effective macro-level system management capabilities.
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Workshop Logistics
  • Thursday, October 27
  • Capital Hilton, Washington D.C.
  • 10:00 AM – 4:30 PM
    • Lunch Break provided
    • Travel provided for public sector
  • Introductory modules also webcast
  • Free but Registration required through ITS America
    • E-mail to Adrian Guan: aguan@itsa.org
  • All materials will be posted: http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/enableatis_meeting.htm
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Workshop Format
  • Introductory information and context for DMA and Connected Vehicles
  • Group input to key industry trends, and transformative concepts
  • Topic-specific breakout groups
  • Revisit and update draft vision
  • Wrap up and next steps


  • First portion also will be webcast for those who cannot participate in person
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Workshop Objectives and Outcomes
  • Multi-field, multimodal input and direction on:
    • What does the next generation of traveler information look like?
    • How will we use it?
    • What will be, or should be, different?
    • Brainstorming on operational scenarios
    • Roles (federal, state, local and private)
    • Timeframes and priorities
    • Challenges, constraints and influences
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Workshop Alternates
  • Introductory modules also conducted by webcast
  • Electronic feedback form for additional input
    • Form will be available on the USDOT meeting notice web page
    • Will be open to broader audience than workshop
    • Will provide preliminary feedback to the workshop
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EnableATIS Project Timeline
  • Workshop – October 27, 2011
  • Workshop Summary – November 2011
  • Draft Operational Concept – February 2012
  • Final Operational Concept – April 2012
  • Readiness Assessment – April 2012
  • Wrap Up – May 2012
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For more information
  • Bob Rupert
  • EnableATIS Government Task Manager
  • FHWA Office of Operations
  • Robert.Rupert@dot.gov



  • Lisa Burgess
  • Project Manager
  • Kimley-Horn and Associates, Inc.
  • Lisa.Burgess@kimley-horn.com


  • http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/enableatis_meeting.htm
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Questions?