2004 Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Projects Book, Online Version
Section Ten: Mainstreaming : Introduction
The eight program strategies used by the National ITS Program to advance deployment and integration of ITS across the nation are identified in Chapter I Introduction, and summarized in Chapter II Metropolitan ITS Infrastructure. Projects developed in support of these strategies are described throughout preceding chapters.
This chapter incorporates projects supporting the eight National ITS Program strategies, but not addressed in previous sections. Additionally, this chapter serves to identify an extensive program of early deployment planning projects conducted during the period authorized by the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 and completed in 2000. These early deployment planning activities are listed by location and month and year of completion.
A. Deployment Planning
The existing planning and programming process for transportation improvements is well-established, and includes procedures for considering an area’s long-range needs, environmental issues, and creation of a specific program of projects for funding. In order to bring about meaningful contributions to transportation improvements, ITS technology applications must be integrated into the range of alternatives considered in the transportation planning process. In order to establish the foundations for routine incorporation of ITS technologies in local and regional planning processes, U.S. DOT sponsored an extensive program of early deployment planning studies during the ISTEA era. These studies provided communities with an opportunity to develop an integrated view of near-to-mid term deployment planning. Ninety of these early deployment planning studies have been completed. Other projects in this chapter include planning initiatives started under the TEA-21 Deployment Program, and projects making major contributions to the overall strategy for advancing, or “mainstreaming” ITS in the transportation community.
B. Deployment Support
Deployment support objectives include: (1) bringing together, in a series of workshops, public and private sector professionals to discuss practical solutions to problems which may be encountered in the deployment of ITS; (2) providing technical assistance through information exchange in peer-to-peer workshops and through technology transfer; and (3) identifying and carrying out activities needed to effectively promote ITS in the state and metropolitan planning processes, educating the ITS community as to how those processes work, and educating those involved in regional planning regarding ITS.
C. Professional Capacity Building (PCB)
In order to support the deployment of ITS, it is imperative that the knowledge, skills and abilities of transportation professionals at a variety of institutional levels be expanded relative to ITS. Focusing on federal employees and state and local professionals, the Professional Capacity Building (PCB) program supports the National ITS Program by:
- Increasing knowledge about ITS benefits and deployment options among decision
makers;
- Expanding the technical skills and capabilities of public sector implementing
and support agencies;
- Sensitizing officials to integration and institutional issues, and providing
strategies for addressing them;
- Developing a comprehensive and readily accessible education and training infrastructure
at multiple levels, including colleges, universities, public agencies, and commercial
providers.
Completed Projects - Early Deployment Planning
The state and local jurisdictions listed below have completed early deployment planning studies. In all cases, the project objectives were to develop and document an integrated, multimodal, areawide ITS multi-year strategic deployment plan for the implementation of ITS user services in the study area or along a corridor.
Project Title and End Date listed for each.
Akron, Ohio Metropolitan Area Early Deployment Planning Study November 1999
Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, Pennsylvania Early Deployment Planning Study April
2000
Atlanta, Georgia Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 1998
Austin, Texas Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 1998
Baltimore, Maryland Early Deployment Planning Study June 2001
Baton Rouge, Louisiana Early Deployment Planning Study September 1998
Birmingham, Alabama Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study January 1996
Boston, Massachusetts Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study January 1994
Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study June
1997
Charleston, South Carolina Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study June 1997
Charlotte, North Carolina Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study December
1993
Chicago, Illinois Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study June 1999
Cleveland, Ohio Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1996
Columbus, Ohio Early Deployment Planning Study August 1997
Dallas, Texas Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1996
Dayton/Springfield, Ohio Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study September
1997
Denver, Colorado Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study April 1993
Denver, Colorado Preliminary Engineering Early Deployment Planning Study June
1997
Des Moines, Iowa Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study December 1997
Detroit, Michigan Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1994
El Paso, Texas Early Deployment Planning Study December 1998
Fort Lauderdale, Florida Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 2000
Fort Worth, Texas Early Deployment Planning Study July 1998
Fresno, California Early Deployment Planning Study October 1998
Garden State Parkway, New Jersey Early Deployment Planning Study February 1998
Grand Rapids, Michigan Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study August 1996
Greensboro, North Carolina Corridor Early Deployment Planning Study August 1994
Greenville, South Carolina Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 1996
Hampton Roads, Virginia Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1995
Harrisburg/Lebanon/Carlisle, Pennsylvania Early Deployment Planning Study January
2000
Hartford, Connecticut Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study April 1998
Honolulu, Hawaii Early Deployment Planning Study April 1997
I-5 Seattle To Vancouver, BC and I-90 Seattle To Spokane, Washington Early
Deployment Planning Study September 1997
I-10 New Orleans, Louisiana To San Antonio, Texas Early Deployment Planning
Study August 1998
I-40 Northern Arizona Early Deployment Planning Study June 1997
I-70 Denver, Colorado Corridor Early Deployment Planning Study July 1996
I-71 Corridor Between Columbus and Cleveland Early Deployment Planning Study
August 1998
I-79 Erie To Washington, Pennsylvania Early Deployment Planning Study June 1997
I-84 Portland, Oregon To Boise, Idaho Early Deployment Planning Study September
1997
I-94 Milwaukee To Minneapolis and I-90 Beloit To Lacrosse Early Deployment
Planning Study May 1997
Indianapolis, Indiana Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study July 1996
ITS Strategic Plan For Maricopa County - Phoenix Area January 1996
Jacksonville, Florida Early Deployment Planning Study February 1998
Kansas City, Missouri-Kansas Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March
1996
Kern County, California Early Deployment Planning Study July 1997
Knoxville, Tennessee Early Deployment Planning Study September 1998
Las Vegas, Nevada Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study December 1996
Lexington, Kentucky Early Deployment Planning Study February 1997
Los Angeles/San Diego, California Corridor Early Deployment Planning Study June
1998
Louisville, Kentucky Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study August 1994
Lower Hudson Valley/White Plains, New York Early Deployment Planning Study November
1998
Memphis, Tennessee Early Deployment Planning Study July 1998
Nashville, Tennessee Early Deployment Planning Study July 1997
National Capital Metro Area (Umbrella) Early Deployment Planning Study April
1997
New Castle County, Delaware Early Deployment Planning Study August 1998
New Haven-Meriden, Connecticut Early Deployment Planning Study February 1999
New Orleans, Louisiana Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 1997
New York City, New York Early Deployment Planning Study February 2000
Newark, New Jersey Early Deployment Planning Study September 1999
Northern Virginia/Washington, D.C. Area Early Deployment Planning Study May
1996
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1998
Omaha, Nebraska Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study December 1997
Orange County, California Early Deployment Planning Project March 1996
Orlando, Florida Early Deployment Planning Study June 1998
Pennsylvania Turnpike Corridor Early Deployment Planning Study February 1996
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Institutional Coordination Study December 2000
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 1994
Portland, Maine Early Deployment Planning Study March 1998
Portland, Oregon Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study January 1995
Providence, Rhode Island Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study May 1997
Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina Areawide Early
Deployment Planning Study April 1997
Richmond, Virginia Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1996
Rochester, New York Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study May 1996
Sacramento, California Early Deployment Planning Study August 1996
Salt Lake City, Utah Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study March 1997
San Antonio, Texas Early Deployment Planning Study September 1998
San Diego Border Crossing Early Deployment Planning Study July 1998
San Francisco Bay Area Early Deployment Planning Study August 1996
San Juan, Puerto Rico Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study May 1999
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Early Deployment Planning Study July 1997
Seattle, Washington To Portland, Oregon Corridor Early Deployment Planning Study
March 1996
Springfield, Massachusetts Early Deployment Planning Study January 1999
St. Louis, Missouri Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study May 1994
Tampa, Florida Areawide Early Deployment Planning Study October 1993
Toledo, Ohio Early Deployment Planning Study November 1999
Tucson Advanced Transportation Technologies Implementation Plan July 1996
Washington, D.C. Early Deployment Planning Study November 1998
Wichita, Kansas Early Deployment Planning Study July 1998
Youngstown-Warren, Ohio Early Deployment Planning Study January 2000