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From the Director
Making
the Case for Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination
The
Practice of Regional Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination
Regional
Transportation Operations Collaboration and Coordination and the Regional ITS
Architecture Development Process
A
Self-Assessment—Where Are You in Regional Collaboration and Coordination?
Applications
of Regional Operations Collaboration and Coordination Planning for Transportation
Operations:
TRANSCOM’s Regional Approach to Operations
Southern California ITS Priority Corridor
Maryland CHART
Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN)
Baltimore Regional Operations Coordination (B-ROC)
Project
Montgomery County ATIS
Cross-Jurisdictional Signal Coordination in Phoenix
San Antonio’s Advanced Warning to Avoid Railroad Delays
(AWARD) Project
San Antonio Medical Center Corridor Project
Phoenix’s Roadway Closure and Restriction System (RCRS)
Ventura County Fare Integration
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Capital Wireless Integrated Network (CapWIN)iv
CapWIN, an integrated transportation and criminal justice information wireless network, is a concept that is being developed as a result of the need for improved coordination and information sharing among public safety and transportation agencies and organizations in Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC. Currently, agencies in the DC region do not have the means to communicate directly with each other in a mobile environment. Whenever incidents occurred, responders rely on their own communication centers as intermediaries in passing messages to other responders. With CapWIN, agencies will be able to communicate directly with each other and can access information for use in planning and implementing traffic control during major incidents. Law enforcement and emergency medical services will also use CapWIN to share critical information across counties and regions and improve response to emergencies.
The transportation-related benefits of CapWIN include:
- Reduced traffic delays;
- Increased customer satisfaction;
- Shared historical information among agencies;
- Improved resource allocation through real-time information;
- Increased worker safety in construction zones;
- Improved response to natural and man-made disasters;
- Increased transportation and public safety assistance through increased information; and
- Reduced duplication of expenditures on technology.
 Structure
- Incident management responders in the Washington, D.C., region, such as law enforcement, fire and rescue, EMS, transportation agencies, motorist assistance services, information service providers, and the media are committed to working together to improve communication among themselves to improve coordinated response to emergencies.
- User groups play an active role in developing the strategic plan and all other aspects of the project.
Processes
- As a result of CapWIN, improved voice and data communications help in achieving the regional goal of improving transportation and law enforcement agencies’ traffic incident response capabilities.
- The Coordination Working Group provides a forum for all interested parties to coordinate their respective activities to minimize overlap of initiatives and to pool resources.
Products
- With input from all agencies involved, a strategic plan has been developed outlining function needs, system requirements, security requirements, information priorities, implementation strategy, and a long-term business plan that addresses ongoing operations and maintenance.
- Memorandums of understanding have been developed with each participating agency for the maintenance and long-term requirements of the network.
Resources
- Involved public safety and transportation agencies are interested in developing partnerships that will allow them to share limited resources in working toward the common goal of improving safety for their customers.
- CapWIN creates guidelines and standards in public safety and transportation communication systems in order to protect agencies from investing in costly technologies that are actually useless because they are incompatible with other agencies’ systems.
- These improved systems are seen as a return on investment of time and resources.
Performance
- The integrated wireless network allows transportation agencies to communicate directly with each other and thereby share real-time and historical information in a way useful to improving system performance.
- Data collected will be put in a meaningful, relevant, and understandable form readily accessible for use, regardless of location in national, State, or local databases.
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CapWIN, www.capwinproject.com
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