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Provide robust online resources for cars equipped with automated vehicle technologies as this is the primary place drivers seek this information, not in their owner's manuals.
Current users of Tesla's automated driving features have high levels of trust in the automated driving capability of their vehicles, their trust only increasing with experience. Automation failures…
01/04/2018
Taxonomy: Navigation / Route Guidance
Emphasize financial sustainability in concept development. Keep long-term funding goals in mind when tailoring a concept to meet a short-term budget.
LESSONS LEARNED FROM USDOT PERSPECTIVE:
Program Management (Acquisition Strategy and Outreach)
- Conduct consistent and organized meetings with…
03/27/2017
Future ICM systems will require new technical skill sets. Involve management across multiple levels to help agencies understand each other’s needs, capabilities, and priorities.
Project management
- Project managers will need to understand transportation policy, planning, local context, information technology, systems engineering,…
02/17/2017
Taxonomy: Adaptive Signal Control, Response Management, Dynamic Message Signs, High-Occupancy Vehicle Facilities, Pricing, Ramp Metering, Transit Signal Priority, 511, Wireless, Multimodal Traveler Information, 511, Internet / Wireless
Be prepared to use local resources to service mission critical system components, and provide ongoing O&M training to maximize system benefits.
The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County, Nevada has been using transit ITS to improve its operations since 2003. The agency has learned many lessons that have helped it more…
01/02/2013
Taxonomy: Planning
Understand that the contractor’s availability to remain on site after the deployment of a comprehensive transit ITS is important, so is the contractor’s ability to work with the original equipment manufacturer.
Contractor’s availability to remain on site after the deployment of a comprehensive transit ITS is important, so is contractor’s ability to work with the original equipment manufacturer (OEM).…
01/25/2012
Taxonomy: Maintenance
Prepare agency staff for implementation of new ITS technologies and involve maintenance and information technology (IT) staff in the installation process.
The Regional Transportation Commission (RTC) of Washoe County, Nevada involved the agency staff in its comprehensive ITS implementation process, which began with the selection of a contractor and…
01/09/2012
Taxonomy: Planning
Ensure good data quality to successfully integrate weather alert system based upon Road Weather Information Systems.
The success of the weather alert notification system depends on accurate and reliable weather data from the sensors, appropriately defined threshold conditions, clear communication of alerts to the…
05/13/2011
Taxonomy: Dynamic Message Signs, Atmospheric Conditions, Freeway
Provide written procedures and training for issuing warnings to Regional Transportation Management Center operators for successful weather integration.
The evaluation found that the new weather alert system issued "on time" warnings 88.9 percent of the time and that messages were issued for 13 of the 15 weather events that merited weather warnings.…
05/09/2011
Taxonomy: Dynamic Message Signs, Atmospheric Conditions, Freeway
When deploying ITS for transit service, perform a technology assessment during the planning phase, gather technology operator input, and designate a project manager with adequate decision-making authority.
Operating fixed-service transit is difficult in suburban-sprawl districts because of inefficient street layouts, widely and unevenly dispersed development, and a lack of concentrated locations of…
12/21/2010
Taxonomy: Internet / Wireless / Phone, Automatic Vehicle Location / Computer-Aided Dispatch, Dynamic Routing / Scheduling
Provide ITS training for transit systems managers, operators, and maintenance personnel when deploying Advanced Public Transportation Systems.
A study of the potential for ITS technologies to improve transit services in Birmingham, Alabama emphasized the importance of training in ITS deployment. The study noted that the majority of Advanced…
08/26/2010
Taxonomy: In-Terminal / Wayside, Automatic Vehicle Location / Computer-Aided Dispatch
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