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2006 ITS Planning Forum - October 2006
Participating Agencies: Ohio DOT; Missouri DOT; Kentucky Transportation Cabinet; Smartways Wisconsin/ITS America
Three speakers from Ohio, Missouri, and Kentucky presented at the 2006 ITS Planning Forum as part of the Smartways (Wisconsin Chapter of ITS America) conference. The ITS Forum is an annual event that assembles ITS experts from around the country, as well as local experts. The theme of the 2006 forum was "How Can ITS Help Me?" The emphasis was on both urban and local ITS practices. The speakers gave presentations on CVO/freight, ITS and Homeland Security, and co-located centers and communications (i.e. interagency agreements, funding and staffing).
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Ohio Public Transit Association Conference, Columbus, OH - May 2006
Participating Agencies: Ohio Public Transit Association
The Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU) requires the Secretary of Transportation to implement a comprehensive Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) program – one that gives high priority to fully implementing a nationally interoperable 511 system throughout the United States by 2010. The National 511 Deployment Coalition, which included active participation by the ITS Joint Program Office, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA), designated the largest 60 metropolitan areas in the country to deploy 511 systems.
The Ohio Public Transit Association (OPTA) approached the Coalition and requested assistance in developing a session at its annual meeting on May 18-19, 2006. Several transit agencies in the state urged OPTA to conduct a workshop or session on 511 systems, since they were considering working with the state highway agency to deploy such a system. The representative from Hodges Transportation Consulting discussed transit’s role in 511 deployments. He had managed the incorporation of transit content into Utah’s statewide 511 system, in time for the 2002 Winter Olympics.
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Annual Meeting for ITS America’s Heartland Chapter, Des Moines, IA - March 2006
Participating Agencies: Ohio DOT; ITS Heartland (Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma DOTs)
One objective of the Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Heartland Chapter of ITS America is to facilitate information-sharing for ITS projects and activities. The chapter also showcases ITS applications in five Heartland states: Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska and Oklahoma. At the time of the peer-to-peer event, all five state departments of transportation (DOTs), major universities in each state, and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) had been involved in the development of the Heartland Chapter. Potential benefits of membership in the ITS Heartland Chapter include information exchange, educational opportunities, project coordination, creation of public-private partnerships, access to future customers, and research-sharing. The Chapter holds annual meetings to allow members to discuss ITS issues, share ideas, learn about activities in other states, and have vendors showcase new products. A representative from the Ohio DOT participated in a panel session with five other state DOT engineers.
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