1. May 22, 2003 ITSA Executive Networking Session #63 Hidden Text

2. What is Kansas City Scout Partners – Public / Public Partners – Public / Private Solutions Benefits Agenda

3. Bi–State Freeway Management System 75 Mile Initial Deployment –Focus is on Congestion & Incident Management –Kansas City Metropolitan Area Identified: 1.6 Million Population –3rd Largest City in the Nation in Land Mass What is KC Scout?

4. Partners

5. How Kansas City Scout Began 1996: Strategic Deployment Plan for ITS in Kansas City Completed  Focus: Incident and Congestion Management on Freeways  Kansas and Missouri DOT’s Partnered  KDOT Project Administrator

6. The Beginning of a Partnership 1997: KDOT & MoDOT Finalize Long-Term ITS Partnership  Commitment to Design, Construct, Operate and Maintain a Bi-state ITS Project  MoDOT Project Administrator  Design Begins: 1998  Regional ITS Coordinator Hired  Project Named and Branded: “Kansas City Scout”

7. Project Team

8. Scout Partner Strategy Design Contract Consultants –Black & Veatch (Prime / PS&E) –NET (Technical/ ATMS Software Developer) Unique Partner Strategy Construction / Integration –Capital Electric / NIS Public Partnership – KDOT and MoDOT – Operation Greenlight, (Regional Signal Coord. ) – Looking to PSAP’s, Cities & Counties www.marc.org/transportation/ogl/

9. Scout Partner Strategy – cont. University’s of Missouri and Kansas (MU & KU) Unique Partner Strategy MODOT & KDOT Private Partnerships –Cisco Systems – Network Standard for States of MO & KS –Media Agreement – Video access –Contracted operations

10. Benefits of the Partnerships Coordination of Project as a System Statewide Network Standards for KS & MO NTCIP Compliance Across ATMS Network Uses IP Based Communications Seamless Project Crossing the MO/KS State Line. Baseline Data of Pre-and Post Conditions Media Interests Similar in Traffic Market Contracted Operations Provide Flexibility

11. Integrating ITS in Kansas City Congestion Management Strategies Transit AVL\GPS systems Operation Greenlight 911 Accident Data Media Agreements

12. What Will Scout Look Like? 75 Miles of Coverage – 75 Closed Circuit Television – 37 Dynamic Message Signs – Vehicle Detection Stations ½ mile – Highway Advisory Radio – Motorist Assist and Emergency Response Changeable Message Sign (CMS) Closed Circuit Camera (CCTV) Traffic Sensors

13. What Will Scout Look Like? Motorist Assist –Alleviate Congestion –Responds to Emergencies –Responds to Incidents –Coordinates with EMS Successful Public Outreach

14. What Will Scout Look Like? Electronic Message Sign (DMS/CMS) – Kansas (For Urgent Traffic Messages Only)

15. What Will Scout Look Like? Electronic Message Sign (DMS/CMS) – Missouri (For Urgent Traffic Messages Only)

16. What Will Scout Look Like? Video Wall (TOC)

17. What Will Scout Look Like? Traffic Operations Center (TOC) Lee’s Summit, Missouri

18. Ray Webb, Director, KC Scout (816) 622-0520  (816) 622-0520  Webbr@mail.modot.state.mo.us Hidden Box www.kcscout.net