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- Jeffrey F. Paniati
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Office of Operations
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Federal Highway Administration
- U.S.
Department of Transportation
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- System Management and Operations
- Congestion Management
- Real-Time Information
- ITS
- Freight
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- Incorporation of system management and operations.
- Significant focus on congestion mitigation, including:
- Congestion management
- Real-time information
- ITS
- Strong recognition of importance of freight investment, albeit with
significant earmarking.
- Continued support for ITS R&D; ITS Deployment mainstreamed.
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- Transportation Planning (6001)
- Specific requirement to include “operational and management strategies”
in metropolitan transportation plan.
- Renames CMS as Congestion Management Process and includes specific
reference to the need to provide for “effective management and
operations” and “implementation of operational management strategies.”
- Specific requirement to include “capital, operations and management
strategies investments, procedures, and other measures to ensure the
preservation and most efficient use of the existing system,” in
statewide plans.
- Planning regulations under
development, to be issued as NPRM spring 2006. Guidance for Congestion Management
Process to be issued shortly.
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- Research
- Surface Transportation Congestion Relief Solutions (5502)
- $36 million over 4 years for research.
- $3 million over 4 years for training and technical assistance.
- Focus on:
- Congestion measurement and reporting
- Effective congestion relief strategies
- Future Strategic Highway Research Program – SHRP II (5210)
- $205 million over 4 years for research.
- Managed by National Academy of Sciences.
- Four focus areas, including:
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- Real-Time Systems Management
Information Program (1201)
- Establish capability in all States to provide real time:
- Sharing of information
- Monitoring of traffic
conditions
- Purpose – ease congestion, improve response to severe weather,
accidents, and other incidents; and enhanced security.
- Eligible for funding under NHS, STP, and CMAQ.
- Must be part of regional ITS architectures.
- DOT to establish data exchange standards within 2 years.
- Initial program announcement to be issued for comment early February.
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- Transportation Technology Innovative Demonstration Program (5508)
- Two-part extension and expansion of Intelligent Transportation
Infrastructure Program established by TEA-21.
- $2 million per city available to support deployment of traffic
monitoring infrastructure and commercialization of data.
- Twenty-two new cities + thirteen original cities that have not received
prior funding are eligible.
- Part I: Existing contract with
Mobility Technologies will be completed as planned (11 additional
cities).
- Part II: Create and complete new
program to use any unobligated and any new appropriated funds.
- Federal Register solicitation on interest issued on October 19, closes
on February 6.
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- Requires Report to Congress assessing Gulf Coast State evacuation
planning for catastrophic hurricanes.
- Due date specified in SAFETEA-LU – October 2006.
- Joint responsibility – DOT and DHS.
- FY 2006 Appropriations provides $1 million to fund study. Requires delivery of report by June
2006.
- Outreach to State and local
governments expected in February-March.
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- Deployment Funding
- Mainstreamed throughout
Federal-aid
- program; including high
priority projects.
- Eligible under NHS, STP, and
CMAQ.
- Categorical NEPA exclusion.
- ITS Deployment funds in 2005
only.
- $100 million, over 4 years, for
CVISN
- deployment.
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- Research and Development (5301-5310)
- Program reauthorized and
expanded.
- $550 million over 5 years
- Road weather - $20 million (5308)
- I-95 Corridor - $35 million (5211)
- Rural and Interstate Corridor Communications Study - $3 million (5507)
- New advisory committee required.
- New 5-year program plan
required.
- Work underway to establish advisory committee. Program plan to be completed by
August.
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- Projects of National and Regional Significance (1301)
- Funds high-cost infrastructure projects.
- Benefits—economic productivity, international trade, safety, reduced
congestion.
- $1.8 billion for 25 projects.
- National Corridor Infrastructure Improvement Program (1302)
- Funds construction of highway projects in corridors of national
significance.
- Focus on international and interregional trade.
- $1.9 billion for 33 projects.
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- Intermodal Distribution Pilot
Grants (1306)
- Provides funding to address infrastructure and freight distribution
needs at inland ports and intermodal freight facilities.
- $30 million for 6 projects.
- Guidance for all three freight programs issued on January 4. Required NPRM to formally establish
program to be issued in the spring.
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- Improve safe movement of motor vehicles between U.S. and Canada/Mexico
(1934)
- $33 million distributed by formula--commercial vehicle volume, personal
vehicle volume, freight volume by weight, number of ports of entry.
- Improvements within 100 miles of border.
- Projects in Canada and Mexico eligible.
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- Truck Parking Facilities (1305)
- Pilot program to address CMV long-term parking shortage on NHS.
- Includes construction of new facilities, modifying existing facilities,
ITS.
- $25 million discretionary funds.
- Interstate Oasis Program (1310)
- Identification of “oasis facilities” to provide rest area services off
the interstate.
- Idling Reduction Facilities on
Interstate ROW (1412)
- Allows placement of idle reduction facilities in rest areas and
charging of fees for use.
- Truck Parking Program NPRM to be issued in February and March. Request for information on Interstate
Oasis Program schedule to be issued in early February.
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- National Cooperative Freight Transportation Research Program (5209)
- $15 million over 4 years
- Administered by the National Academy of Sciences
- Broad advisory committee
- Broad research agenda
- Freight Planning Capacity Building Program (5204h)
- $3.5 million over 4 years
- Goals:
- Target investments
- Strengthen decisionmaking capacity
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- More $
- Advances system management and operations
- Increases focus on congestion relief
- Creates opportunities
- Managed lanes
- Real-time information
- Interoperability
- Maintains strong ITS R&D program
- Significantly expands attention to freight needs
- Funds congestion-related RD&T
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Notes
