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Executive Summary

ES.1  Establishing the ITS Foundation: 1991–2005
ES.2  The Program Leadership and Management Structure
ES.3  The Nine Major Research Initiatives: Problem Definition, Vision, and Research Approach
ES.4  Deployment Support Activities
ES.5  SAFETEA-LU Programmatic Activities
ES.6  New and Future Priorities
ES.7  Conclusion

Part I: The ITS Program: History, Structure, Goals, and Priorities

1. Introduction

2. History of the National ITS Program

2.A  Establishment under ISTEA
2.B  ITS Program Continuation under TEA-21
2.C  ITS Program under SAFETEA-LU
2.D  ITS Program Progress and Achievements

3. ITS Program Structure and Five-Year Goals

3.A Leadership and Management Structure of the ITS Program
3.A.1  ITS Management Council
3.A.2  ITS Strategic Planning Group (ITS SPG)
3.A.3  ITS Management Council and the ITS SPG: Establishing Priorities
3.A.4  ITS Joint Program Office
3.B  Five-Year Goals for the ITS Program: Legislative and Departmental Direction
3.B.1  Goals: Legislative Direction in SAFETEA-LU
3.B.2  Goals: U.S. DOT Strategic Goals

4. Establishing, Assessing, and Maintaining Programmatic and Strategic Priorities

4.A  Establishing Priorities: Stakeholder Engagement
4.A.1  ITS Advisory Committee
4.A.2  Cooperative Processes with Stakeholders to Establish Priorities
4.A.3  ITS Standards Expert Panel
4.B  Establishing Priorities: Internal Criteria
4.B.1  Management Council
4.B.2  Criteria of Success of Initiatives
4.C  Five-Year Horizon

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PART II: The ITS Research: Initiatives, Programs, and Related Research

5. Major Research Initiatives

5.A  Safety Initiatives
5.A.1  Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems (IVBSS)
5.A.2  Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems (CICAS)
5.A.3  Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)
5.A.4  Next Generation 9-1-1 (NG9-1-1)
5.B  Reduced Congestion Initiatives
5.B.1  Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)
5.B.2  Evacuation Management and Operations (EMO)
5.B.3  National Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System (Clarus)
5.B.4  Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA)
5.C  Global Connectivity Initiative
5.C.1  Electronic Freight Management (EFM)

6.  ITS Deployment Support Programs

6.A  National ITS Architecture
6.A.1  Description of the Program
6.A.2  Accomplishments to Date
6.A.3  Five-Year Horizon
6.B  ITS Standards
6.B.1  Description of the Program
6.B.2  Accomplishments to Date
6.B.3  Five-Year Horizon
6.C  ITS Professional Capacity Building (PCB)
6.C.1  Description of the Program
6.C.2  Accomplishments to Date
6.C.3  Five-Year Horizon
6.D  ITS Program Assessment
6.D.1  Description of the Program
6.D.2  Accomplishments to Date
6.D.3  Five-Year Horizon
6.E  ITS Outreach
6.E.1  Description of the Program
6.E.2  Accomplishments to Date
6.E.3  Five-Year Horizon

7. Ongoing Research Programs and SAFETEA-LU Programmatic Activities

7.A  Ongoing Initiatives
7.A.1  The National 511 Program
7.A.2  The Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1 Project
7.A.3  The Commercial Vehicle Information Systems and Networks (CVISN) Deployment Program
7.A.4  The Surface Transportation Security and Reliability Information System Model Deployment — "The iFlorida Program"
7.B  New SAFETEA-LU Research
7.B.1  Rural Interstate Corridor Communications Study
7.B.2  Road Weather Research and Development Program
7.B.3  I-95 Corridor Coalition

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PART III: Conclusion: New and Future Priorities

8. New and Future Priorities


Appendix A: Alignment of ITS Program Activities with SAFETEA-LU

Appendix B: Acronyms and Abbreviations

Appendix C: References

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Reference

1---This report fulfills the requirement set forth in SAFETEA-LU Section 5301(b). It is also an update to the second National Intelligent Transportation Systems Program Plan: Five-Year Horizon, published in 2000. Available at http://ntl.bts.gov/lib/9000/9900/9979/97r01_1.pdf. (back)