Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS)

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Purpose of Panel

a.Introduction – Definitions of Open Data/Open Source
Randy Butler, RITA (10 min)

b.Open Data/Open Source Research Initiatives at Federal Level:

•Open Data in the Clarus Program
Paul Pisano, FHWA Office of Operations (15 min)

•Open Source Development for TRANSIMS
Brian Gardner, FHWA Office of Planning (15 min)

c.Open Data/Open Source Implementation Initiatives at Local Level:

•TriMet's Experience with Open Source Software Implementations, Open Source Software Development, and Open Data

Bibiana McHugh, Tri-Met (25 min)

d.Tools and Guidance for IntelliDrive Mobility:

•IntelliDrive Open Source Mobility Applications Development Portal and Test Data Environment(s)
Randy Butler, FHWA Office of Operations (20 min)


	(James) As you’ve heard over the last day and a half, we are moving forward in many important ways – developing data environments, acquiring data sets, focusing on providing the resources to develop key public sector applications but also enabling the development of other mobility applications.

	While our first goal is collaboration and building from one another, as we believe this will accelerate the development of new applications, tools, and products, our second goal is to ensure that we optimize the ability to of participants to benefit from the intellectual capital that they will provide. In this respect, we are interested in moving forward based on the principles of open data and open source development. This panel is focused on what we mean by that, what we’ve learned from other public sector endeavors at both the Federal and local levels, and how we plan to support these principles. Our panel represents folks at the cutting edge of this world from a public sector perspective. Our first and last panel member is Randy Butler from the FHWA Office of Operations. Randy is leading the development of the Mobility IntelliDrive Open Source Portal – a key resource for applications development—one of the resources that we have not yet discussed much in this workshop. Randy will start us with the definitions for open data and open source, provided in the context of our programs, and will end the panel by discussing the portal, the data sets, and the test environments as the tools we are providing to enable the efforts we’ve discussed since yesterday.

	In between Randy’s presentations, we will hear from two federal staff members who have worked on both open data and open sources initiatives, and a leading expert from a local transportation agency. First, Paul Pisano of FHWA’s Office of Operations will discuss the implications of working with open data environments through the Clarus initiative. Paul will also discuss a recent report on liability that is relevant from a policy perspective as we move forward. Second, we’ll hear from Brian Gardner of FHWA’s Office of Planning and his success with using open source collaboration for research. Third, we’ll hear from Bibiana McHugh, the IT Manager of GIS & Location-Based Services for Tri-Met in Portland Oregon. Bibiana is also the founder of the Transit Forum Network which is designed to facilitate and promote collaboration between transit agencies and developers. Bibiana will speak first-hand about institutional issues with open source software implementations, open source software development, and open data.

	Finally, Randy will present on our program tools in support of open data, open data environments, and an open source portal for collaboration in the development of new and innovative dynamic mobility applications.

	If you’ll hold your questions to the end, I’ll provide a quick summary and we’ll open it up to questions for the panelists. Randy......