http://www.its.dot.gov Intelligent transportation systems (ITS) encompass a broad range of wireless and wire line communications-based information and electronics technologies. When integrated into the transportation system's infrastructure, and in vehicles themselves, these technologies relieve congestion, improve safety and enhance American productivity. Turbo Architecture is a software application that supports development of regional and project ITS architectures using the National ITS Architecture as a reference http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2012/turbo_architecture7.htm The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office announced that it will hold a free Policy Research Workshop on Enabling a Secure Environment for Vehicle-to-Vehicle and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure Transactions http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/v2v_meeting.htm The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office has released the following three research reports related to Connected Vehicle policy http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2012/connected_vehicle_reports.htm The Research and Innovative Technology Administration seeks a senior Transportation Industry Analyst to serve as the Chief of the Technology Innovation and Policy Division (RVT-91) of the Volpe National Transportation Systems Center http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2012/career_divisionchief.htm The National Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architecture provides a common framework for planning, defining, and integrating ITS deployments http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2012/architecture_update.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S.DOT) will host a free public workshop to discuss the Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) Program and solicit user needs for its Transformative Concepts http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/aeris__workshop2012.htm http://www.rita.dot.gov/press_room/press_releases/rita_001_12/html/rita_001_12.html The U.S. Department of Transportation will host a full day session on the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) on Sunday January 22, 2012 in Washington, DC http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2012/icm_session.htm The purpose of this webinar is to introduce the National Highway Institute's (NHI) new Turbo Architecture Web-based course to potential users (students) in the ITS community http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s120202_turbo.asp The Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) will hold a two-day free public meeting to obtain stakeholder input for two connected vehicle concepts that are designed to improve traffic management http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/connected_vehicle_trafficmang.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) has selected the Battelle Memorial Institute to develop a new Transit Safety Retrofit Package (TRP) that will be used as part of the Safety Pilot model deployment http://www.its.dot.gov/procurements/procurement_battelle.htm This new report presents information on the benefits, costs, deployment levels, and lessons learned regarding ITS deployment and operations obtained since the 2008 report http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/its_deployment.htm This webinar will discuss future 4G Long Term Evolution and will address issues such as wireless quality-of-service, new infrastructure such as micro/pico cells and peer-to-peer communications http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/connected_vehicle_techscan.htm The Intelligent Transportations Systems Program Advisory Committee released its 2011 report with 26 recommendations for the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/itspac_report2011.htm This webinar will provide an overview of Adaptive Signal Control Technology (ASCT) and the efforts of the FHWA Every Day Counts initiative to mainstream the implementation of this technology http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s111215_asct.asp Four ITS JPO staff receive RITA Awards, One receives Secretary’s Award http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/staff_awards.htm The IVBSS program is a five-year cooperative research agreement to combine several crash warning subsystems http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/ivbss_final_report.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), Research and Innovative Technology Administration will be hosting a free public webinar on December 9, 2011 to discuss plans for a certificate management entity (CME) to support a trusted and secure connected vehicle environment http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/cert_mang_webinar.htm This T3 Webinar will introduce the issues and concerns related to today's connected transportation environment and lay out best practices to help mitigate some of the potential vulnerabilities http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s111207_cybersecurity.asp During the webinar U.S. DOT will be seeking input on a set of high-level, alternative organizational structures for the CME http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/cert_mang_webinar.htm The proposed AASHTO Systems Operations and Management Guidance has been finalized and is available on the web http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/aashto_guidance.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation is taking a fresh look at Environmental Justice to understand the challenges and opportunities to strengthen the environmental justice process http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/environmental_justice.htm The U.S.DOT will be hosting a free public meeting to obtain stakeholder input on concepts, opportunities and needs for Enabling Advanced Traveler Information Services (EnableATIS) operational concept http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/enableatis_meeting.htm Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office would like to thank Research and Innovative Technology Administrator Peter Appel for his support of the development of Intelligent Transportation Systems http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/appel_departure.htm The primary objective of the Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) Initiative is to demonstrate how innovative transportation strategies and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) technologies can efficiently and proactively facilitate the movement of people and goods through major metropolitan transportation corridors http://www.its.dot.gov/icms/icm_awarded.htm The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) announces a series of webinars for its Applications for the Environment: Real-time Information Synthesis (AERIS) program http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/aeris_webinar.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today announced that the University of Michigan will conduct a road safety field trial in Ann Arbor, MI using innovative technology equipment in everyday vehicles in a real-time environment http://www.rita.dot.gov/press_room/press_releases/rita_005_11/html/rita_005_11.html The goal of this public meeting and webinar was to provide an overview of the entire ITS Connected Vehicle Safety research program, including Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V), Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I), Safety Pilot, Connected Vehicle Safety Policy, and Human Factors http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/connected_vehicle_safetymeeting.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) today announced six winners of a national competition seeking ideas for using wireless technology to enable vehicles to communicate with each other http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/challenge_winner.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Trucking Industry Mobility and Technology Coalition (TIMTC) announced a free webinar to learn more about the U.S. DOT and industry-related “Integrated Truck Program” activities http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/truck_webinar.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/pdf/its_webinars.pdf June 30, 2011, is the deadline for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (U.S. DOT’s) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Video Challenge http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/video_challenge_deadline.htm http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s110623_enhancements.asp http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s110629_farecollection101.asp The U.S. Department of Transportation will be hosting a free public workshop to discuss the Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis (AERIS) Program and present Transformative Concepts http://www.its.dot.gov/meetings/aeris__workshop.htm http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/05/27/roundtable-informs-wireless-innovation-transportation The U.S. Department of Transportation is planning an update to the National Intelligent Transportation Systems Architecture and is seeking comments from stakeholders interested in this important initiative http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/architecture_comments.htm R. Dale Thompson has joined the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS-JPO) as a Transportation Specialist for its Connected Vehicle Data and Weather Program http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/dale_thompson.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation is seeking comments on a draft Concept of Operations (ConOps) of the Core System for the United States Department of Transportation‘s (USDOT) next generation integrated transportation system http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/conops_comments.htm http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s110602_itstransit.asp http://www.cts.umn.edu/Publications/ResearchReports/pdfdownload.pl?id=1514 http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/04/04/department-transportation-s-wireless-research-ties-intelligent-transport-clean-fleet The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will be hosting a free public meeting to discuss the Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) Core System Concept of Operations on May 17th in Detroit Michigan http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/core_system_walkthrough.htm The United States Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) wants you to grab your camera and show us how ITS technologies are making transportation better in your community http://www.its.dot.gov/video_challenge/challenge.htm Guest blogger RITA Administrator Peter Appel wants truckers to take the 'Connected Vehicle Technology Challenge' and help develop systems to share data on the highways and prevent accidents. http://www.joc.com/mublog/20110308#424429 http://www.its.dot.gov/procurement.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/data_roadweather_vacancy.htm This report documents the results of a trade study on roadway geometry and inventory data http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/safety/10073/index.cfm http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/appel_letter.htm US DOT is conducting a Pre-proposal Conference (“Safety Pilot Joint Bidders Conference”) for interested parties to learn about and ask questions regarding the following three current US DOT procurements/solicitations in support of the Safety Pilot Program http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/bidders_conf.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration today announced the Connected Vehicle Technology Challenge, a new national competition seeking ideas for using wireless connectivity between vehicles to make transportation safer, greener and easier http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/cvtech_challenge.htm In 2011, the Mobility Program will conclude a first phase of activity focused on foundational research and move into a second phase focused on applications development and testing, initiating coordinated research activities on a portfolio of ten high-priority mobility applications http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2011/mobility_app.htm ICM enables departments of transportation (DOTs) to optimize use of available infrastructure by directing travelers to underutilized capacity in a transportation corridor http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/10novdec/02.cfm The Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office announces the selection of seven projects to identify research opportunities which the U.S. Department of Transportation's AERIS (Applications for the Environment: Real-Time Information Synthesis) program could leverage http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/aeris_baa.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/ITSWorld_Congress2010.htm Transforming Transportation Through Connectivity, Robert L. Bertini http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/bertini_buscan.htm Dr. Robert L. Bertini, Deputy Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation's (USDOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and Acting Director, RITA ITS Joint Program Office delivered a “Memorandum of Cooperation on Cooperation in the Field of Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS)” which was signed by Peter H. Appel, USDOT/RITA Administrator and Michio Kanai, General Director, Road Bureau of the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism (MLIT) of Japan http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/japan_mou.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) will be hosting a free public meeting to discuss the IntelliDrive(SM) Mobility research programs (Real Time Data Capture and Management and Dynamic Mobility Applications) http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/mobility_workshop.htm The purpose of this T3 webinar is to gain insight into an open-source alternative for deploying transportation management systems for state departments of transportation, municipalities, or other agencies http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s101020_opensource.asp 53 results have been received by DOT IntelliDriveSM Dynamic Mobility Applications call for ideas https://dma.noblis.org/ Deadline extended to 10/15/10 15 to submit transformative application ideas to USDOT Dynamic Mobility Applications team http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/app_template/DMA_template_form.htm This T3 Webinar is a unique offering by the Transportation Safety Advancement Group (TSAG) on behalf of the US Department of Transportation, ITS Joint Program Office and National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s100923_NG911.asp The Research and Innovation Technology Administration (RITA) is looking for a highly talented Transportation Specialist with a passion for transportation data and analysis to join the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS JPO) as the IntelliDrive Data and Weather Program Manager http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/jpo_vacancy_specialist.htm The Research and Innovative Technology Administration’s (RITA) Intelligent Transportation System Joint Program Office (ITS-JPO) announces the release of Turbo Architecture Version 5.0, which is now available as a free download from the Turbo Architecture area of the National ITS Architecture web site http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/arch_turbo5.htm Now is your chance to contribute to the strategic direction of the ITS PCB program! The program is re-energizing its strategy in response to these new challenges, to better support the growth and development of the ITS workforce. Your help is needed to shape the future of the ITS profession http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/webmeeting/register.asp http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/Appel_strategic_plan.htm Peter Appel, Administrator of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), and Federal Transit Administration Regional Administrator Dr. Yvette Taylor today joined state and local officials to mark the expansion of a $2.9 million transportation resource center that will provide enhanced, coordinated, accessible, cost-effective transportation choices for older adults, people with disabilities and low-income populations in a six county region surrounding Aiken, SC http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/aiken_center.htm Inventors who have developed a software component, hardware device or other technology that can be used to help bring about safe, efficient, greener transportation should attend these first-ever IntelliDrive inventors meetings where innovators can meet others who might be looking for new technologies http://www.its.dot.gov/press/announcement/intellidrive_inventors.htm The U.S. DOT has issued a Request for Information (RFI) to help refine the plans for one or more demonstrations focused on the use of IntelliDrive(SM) data sources for performance measurement and performance-based management http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/nri_intellidrive_performance.htm The USDOT Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Joint Program Office will hold a meeting with the Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE) IntelliDrive Task Force on August 10 and 11, 2010 during the ITE’s Annual meeting at the Vancouver Convention and Exhibit Center, 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3, Canada http://www.rita.dot.gov/publications/federal_register/2010/html/rita_2010_08_03.html http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/intellidrive_engineering.htm USDOT introduces a new strategic plan for multimodal ITS research that aims to produce safer, interconnected, and more convenient travel http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/publicroads/10julaug/04.cfm http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/Safety_workshop2010/safety_workshop_presentations.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) will host a one-day public meeting on October 20, 2010 to provide a final report on the Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety System (IVBSS) program to members of the vehicle safety research community and other interested parties http://umtri.umich.edu/public/ivbss/ Each workshop, which is open to all interested transportation parties, will engage participants to identify their current vision for the IntelliDrive system http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/intellidrive_user_workshop.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/augustine_deployment.htm Greg Krueger joins the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) and the Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office (ITS-JPO) as a Program Manager for the IntelliDrive(SM) program http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/greg_krueger.htm The following presentations are made by the USDOT staff during the recently held Transport Research Arena 2010 conference in Brussels http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/Bertini_transport_research2010.htm The Data Capture and Management Program seeks transformational change in the capture and management of data from surface transportation systems data http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/intellidrive_data_capture.htm As part of the IntelliDriveSM Dynamic Mobility Applications Program, the U.S. DOT is soliciting ideas of transformative applications that would use IntelliDriveSM and its data to improve the nature, accuracy, precision or speed of dynamic decision making by both system managers and system users http://www.its.dot.gov/intellidrive/app_template/DMA_template.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/pcb_workshop.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/intellidrive_safety_workshop.htm In 2010 the ITS/JPO Evaluation Program is conducting a review and update of the Costs database in order to collect and enter new sources of cost information and to account for new/emerging services and technologies http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/ITScost_info_request.htm The purpose of this paper is to describe a roadmap for conducting the policy research under the IntelliDriveSM Safety Program, a program focused on the technical research needed to develop, demonstrate, and test vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies for safety http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/plans_stakeholder.htm The U.S. Department of Transportation, Research and Innovative Technology Administration, ITS Joint Program Office will hold a two-day workshop to present and discuss its four draft IntelliDriveSM deployment scenarios that have been recently developed in response to key stakeholder input http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/intellidrive_deployment_wkshop.htm This white Paper traces the strategic evolution of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT’s) plans for IntelliDriveSM research. As this White Paper was being written, in Spring 2010, DOT was embarking on the ITS Strategic Research Plan, 2010-2014 - IntelliDrive research comprises a major portion of the research program http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/vii2intellidrive.htm The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), in conjunction with the ITS Joint Program Office, will be hosting a stakeholder workshop to help shape its long-range Road Weather Research Agenda http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/roadweather_workshop.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/its_2010.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/presentations/LaHood_itsamerica2010.htm The ITS JPO is working to set up a series of workshops that are open and free of charge. The workshops will be geared toward all interested parties in the automotive, telecommunications, consumer electronics, and other industries http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/intellidrive_workshop.htm http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/workshops/april28-10.asp http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/row_colleagues.htm This webinar will show participants how to use the databases and knowledge resources available through a "live" demonstration that features the websites. Following the demonstration of each of the ITS Benefits, Costs and Lessons Learned databases, participants will engage in interactive exercises where participants will use the knowledge resources to solve test case problems and respond to polling questions http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s100415_knowledge.asp Stressing the need to provide timely, high-quality road weather information to the American public, Research and Innovative Technology Administrator (RITA) Peter Appel today (March 18) announced that the U.S. Department of Transportation will sponsor up to seven innovative ideas for using the Clarus weather information system to improve roadway safety during severe weather. The Department intends to provide up to $80,000 per award in an open competition http://www.rita.dot.gov/press_room/broad_agency_announcement/ On March 12, 2010, four rural transit agencies in and around Paducah, Kentucky held a Grand Opening for their Travel Management Coordination Center (TMCC), as part of the Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) Initiative, a component of the USDOT-funded Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Program http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/tmcc.htm During her absence we intend to push ahead with our work program. To ensure that we advance and accelerate program momentum and accomplish our goals, RITA Deputy Administrator Dr. Robert Bertini will accept executive responsibility for the ITS program as acting Director, concurrent with his existing responsibilities as Deputy Administrator. ITS Joint Program Office Deputy Director, John Augustine, will step up to accept greater responsibility as the Managing Director of the Joint Program Office. I have complete confidence in Rob, John, and the JPO staff as they execute the ITS strategic research plan. They are a great team, well-qualified, extremely productive, and highly professional http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/row_absence.htm U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood has named the following candidates to serve on the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Advisory Committee, pursuant to Section 5305(h) of the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU). The ITS Advisory Committee is charged with reviewing areas of ITS research being considered for funding by the Department and advising the Secretary on ITS aspects of the Department's strategic plan. The ITS Program is overseen by the Department’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA). The Committee is expected to begin its work in the next month and the Department looks forward to future collaboration in enabling the vision of the ITS Research Program. For more information, contact Stephen Glasscock in the ITS Joint Program Office http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2010/advisory_comm2010.htm Beginning in January 2009, under the authority of a bilateral Implementing Arrangement, the US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) has been working closely with the European Commission Directorate General for Information Society and Media to develop coordinated research programs, specifically focusing on cooperative vehicle systems http://www.its.dot.gov/strat_plan/eu_directorate.htm http://www.its.dot.gov/strat_plan/index.htm The ICM newsletter is meant to keep the ICM Pioneer Sites and transportation practitioners interested in congestion management informed about what's going on in the USDOT ICM Initiative http://www.its.dot.gov/icms/new_newsletter.htm The ITS Strategic Plan was released on December 8, 2009 http://www.its.dot.gov/strat_plan/index.htm As part of her regular updates, once again the Director of ITS JPO has offers an update on the development and approval of the ITS Research Strategic Plan http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2009/row_stakeholders5.htm In an historic step towards ending gridlock in urban areas across the country, the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced that the Dallas and San Diego areas will receive $14 million http://www.its.dot.gov/press/2009/icms_dotaward.htm