Workshop to Advance Metro Detroit Traffic Incident Management
This free workshop is to be held on March 3, 2009 at the AAA-Michigan building located at 1 Auto Club Drive, Dearborn, MI from 8:00AM to 3:30PM. The morning sessions feature an action packed slate of presenters from around the Detroit Metro area focusing on the role of first responders in Metro Detroit Traffic Incident Management. The afternoon consists of break-out sessions where participates can voice their opinions and provide input into the future direction of Incident Management. Please plan on attending. Details are here.
Michigan's Evolving Transportation Funding Environment
This seminar will be held at 8:00AM on 4 March 2009 at the Genoa Woods Conference Center in an effort to address the number of emerging trends in funding the road transportation systems. View Event Paper.
ITS World Congress 2008
SEMCOG is the host for the presentations made by ITS Michigan members at the World Congress 2008. These presentations can be viewed at the SEMCOG ftp link using a web browser.
NRITS 2007
Website
The Michigan Department of Transportation would like to invite you to the 2007 National Rural ITS Conference, to be held in Traverse City, MI on October 7-10, 2007 and sponsored in part by US-DOT, Michigan DOT, ITS Michigan, and ITS America. On the shores of Michigan’s Golf Coast, the 2007 National Rural ITS Conference will provide opportunity for transportation professionals to share information and ideas on current rural transportation issues at an unparalleled destination resort.
NRITS Summary by James Schultz
ITS Michigan Opening Remarks by Jim Barbaresso
2007 Proceedings & Presentations
NRITS Flyer
Sponsor/Vendor Info Packet
RWIS Course/Workshop Agenda
GLITS review
GLITS project is a FY 2002 ITS Integration Program earmark for the State of Michigan. Funding for this project was approved in September 2003. The project builds on and expands the FY 2001 ITS Integration Program earmark for Michigan which comprises Phase I of this multi-year, regional ITS deployment and integration initiative. Phase II of GLITS includes projects carried over from Phase I, and adds several new projects
Committee Chair Gerry Conover of PRC
The 15th World Congress on ITS will be the largest international ITS event this year. "International Program Part II" is a one-hour Webinar that will provide national and international participants with up-to-date session and event highlights of the 15th World Congress on Intelligent Transport Systems. This informative Webinar will be hosted by International Committee Chair Gerry Conover of PRC Associates and will take place at 4:00 p.m. EST on October 16.
Macomb County Wireless
It's not the height of rush hour.
In fact, there isn't even any oncoming traffic.
Yet, you're sitting at a red light for what seems like forever.
That could change soon as the Road Commission of Macomb County implements computerized, wireless technology designed to make tediously slow traffic signals more bearable.
For more On this subject
T3 Webinar Upcoming
Upcoming T3 Webinar: Traffic Incident Management Plans in Southeast
Michigan and Southeastern Wisconsin: Institutional and Technical
Challenges to Managing Congestion and Improving Responder Safety http://www.pcb.its.dot.gov/t3/s080911_tim.asp
This T3 Webinar on Traffic Incident Management Plans in Southeast
Michigan and Southeastern Wisconsin: Institutional and Technical
Challenges to Managing Congestion and Improving Responder Safety will
take place on September 11, 2008, from 1:00-2:30 p.m. ETand is free of
charge. To register online, click on the link above.
CVPC/UM-Dearborn: A Call For Papers
The first international conference on Wireless Access in Vehicular Environments
(WAVE) will be held on December 8-9 at the University of Michigan-Dearborn. WAVE
2008 will bring together leading researchers from industry, government and academia
to discuss both the current state and future research directions in the following
areas:
• WAVE/dedicated short range communications (DSRC)
• Vehicular networks and intelligent transportation systems (ITS)
• Vehicular infrastructure integration (VII)
Click for Details
Dr. Peter Sweatman featured speaker at WTS
Global warming, rising fuel prices, international competition, HOV lanes, HOT lanes – what’s next? To find out, join WTS on September 11 for Transportation Today and Tomorrow, a dynamic policy seminar to explore transportation issues in an every-changing transportation world. Examining major trends – from international commerce to demographic shifts to modal neutrality – leading industry experts will present their latest thoughts, findings and feelings on the future of transportation at this pivotal moment in time. Join us September 11 in Washington DC for this exclusive opportunity to learn about tomorrow’s transportation today. All sessions will be plenary presentations by the panelists, followed by interactive discussions. click here for more information and to register click here
Lawrence D. Burns Featured Speaker at TRB
Lawrence D. Burns, Vice President of Research & Development and Strategic Initiatives at General Motors Corporation, will be the featured speaker at the Wednesday, January 14, 2009, Chairman’s Luncheon at the TRB 88th Annual Meeting. The Chairman’s Luncheon is a premier event and the largest single gathering at the Annual Meeting, attended by leaders in the transportation field from the United States and abroad. Burns—a champion at GM of the “reinvention” of the automobile around advanced propulsion, electronics, telematics, and materials technologies—is expected to share his views on the future of the U.S. motor vehicle industry in light of the nation’s energy and environmental challenges.
ITS Michigan June Newsletter
The latest ITS MIchigan Newsletter can be viewed and downloaded from here.
Peter Sweatman Elected to ITS America BOD
ITS America approved the election of new board members Randy Iwasaki, Caltrans; Patrick McGowan, Telvent Farradyne; and Peter Sweatman, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute. Congratulations Peter.
More Than Eisenhower Ever Dreamed
May 5th in Detroit The Honorable Mary E. Peters will focus on the challenges facing the nation’s transportation network, and how local, state and national leaders can take advantage of new technology and approaches to unleash a new wave of transportation investments in this country.
Detroit Economic Club Article click here
ITS Michigan BOD Member Highlighted
ITS Michigan Board of Director Jim Barbaresso has been highlighted in the February/March issue of Traffic Technology International. Jim has a long history of ITS advocacy locally here in Michigan and Nationally and Internationally as well. He has been on the cutting edge of ITS deployment in Michigan in public and private positions. For the rest of the story click here.
M-CASTL Messenger Quarterly
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to bring you the first issue of the Messenger, a quarterly newsletter for the Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL). As you will read in this issue, M-CASTL is a Tier I University Transportation Center dedicated to increasing the safety and mobility of both young people and older adults, two groups that present unique transportation-related challenges.
Messenger First Issue
M-CASTL First Annual Meeting
The first annual Michigan Center for Advancing Safe Transportation throughout the Lifespan (M-CASTL) Transportation Research and Education Conference will be held on May 6, 2008 at the University of Michigan (U-M) Union in Ann Arbor. Registration materials can be found on our website at http://M-CASTL.org.
USDOT Seeks Input on VII Test Facility
The USDOT has released an RFI seeking input on operation and use of the Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) Testing Facility near Detroit, Michigan, following completion of VII Proof of Concept testing in late Spring, 2008. The Detroit Test Environment (DTE) was created to test the concept of VII as defined by USDOT's joint VII research initiative with the auto industry and state departments of transportation. The USDOT is interested in receiving input and expressions of interest in using the DTE by other private and public sector entities and options for continuing to operate and maintain the facility. The responses to the RFI may result in the government releasing a Request for Proposals (RFP) for potential award of a contract to operate and maintain the DTE.
Responses to the RFI are requested by February 28, 2008. The RFI is available at http://www.fbo.gov/spg/DOT/FHWA/OAM/DTFH61%2D08%2DRFI%2D21208/Synopsis.html
SEMCOG Regional Transportation Partnering Workshop
Working Together for Improved Operations, Safety, Clearance, and Communications. Learn about:
*The National Unified Goal (NUG) for traffic incident management
*New ways to provide prompt, reliable traffic
information about the daily commute
*MDOT’s freeway video cameras and how
to gain access
*Local policies for safe, quick clearance
of freeway incidents
*Status of regularly re-timing Southeast
Michigan’s traffic signals
Detailed Brochure
SEMCOG University
SEMCOG University is a series of free workshops for local elected leaders. SEMCOG members can take advantage of a variety of training opportunities free-of-charge and close to home. This year, you will find workshop sessions held in a variety of locations throughout the region.
http://www.semcog.org/SEMCOG_University.aspx
A Revolution in Transportation Is Near
What if your car could warn you that a car traveling on a cross street was about to run a red light and T-bone you? Or what if it could warn you that you were going too fast to navigate a dangerous curve or that there was a stopped queue of vehicles ahead or ice on the road? What if your car could tell you that another car is in your blind spot when merging? These may sound like minor conveniences, but they could potentially save your life. In fact, experts estimate that active safety features like these could save thousands of lives per year on our nation’s roadways. The complete article is here.
U.S. Department of Transportation Seeks Technology Solutions
After receiving input and ideas, RITA will identify technology
applications and stakeholders interested in partnering with the
Department on SafeTrip-21, a multi-application field test of safety and
congestion-reducing technologies that will be launched at the 2008
Intelligent Transportation Systems World Congress in New York City and
integrated into other test locations. SafeTrip-21 builds upon research
into the use of information, navigation, and communications technologies
to prevent accidents and alleviate congestion by providing drivers with
real-time safety warnings, traffic and transit information, and advanced
navigational tools.
For more information on this high priority activity
RITA 01-07.pdf
RFI Deadline & Info
AASHTO Posts New Video on YouTube
http://www.youtube.com/user/aashtovideo
Category > Breaking News: December 19, 2007 (AASHTO)
As part of its continuing push to provide better and faster information delivery
to its members and the transportation community at large, the American
Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) today posted
its first video on YouTube, a widely-visited video sharing service. The video
"Transportation: A New Vision for the 21st Century" was shown recently
at the AASHTO Annual Meeting in Milwaukee, WI. The 8-minute video outlines
AASHTO's vision for reducing congestion, keeping America globally competitive
and meeting mobility needs over the next 50 years. The video can be viewed at http://www.youtube.com/user/aashtovideo.
Keeping traffic rolling
GRAND RAPIDS -- From an office cubicle in Grand Rapids, the wizard of MDOT looks out over a high-tech landscape. Lee Nederveld of URS watches traffic on the city's major highways -- U.S. 131, Int. 96, Int. 196 -- through the magic of the state's Intelligent Transportation System.
That's the name for 17 closed-circuit cameras trained on the highways plus the 10 big electronic signs along the freeway where Nederveld types in traffic warnings for motorists... The complete article
Michigan DOT Wins Oberstar Award for Safe Routes to School Program
With 256 Michigan schools taking part in the national Safe Routes to School Program, the Michigan Department of Transportation is being recognized with the James L. Oberstar Safe Routes to School Award for its efforts to ensure children may walk or bicycle to school in safety. The award will be presented at a news conference October 30 to Michigan Department of Transportation. The Michigan DOT was one of 14 state transportation departments competing for the 2007 award, the first time it has been presented.
MDOT ITS Program Office
The MDOT ITS Program Office will be posting a number of documents on their site for review. Please click on the following link to visit www.michiganits.com.
A major function of the Program Office is to standardize a set of Special Provisions for use with ITS projects. The Documents section of the site features a number of Special Provisions for review by industry experts.
The Program Office would like to ask you to please comment on Special Provisions that fall within your area of expertise.
There is a Review Matrix on the page that must be downloaded and used to make comments. After filling out the matrix, please send all comments to David Jones and Tiffany Holmes