1. Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration Session 11: ITS Research in the U.S. and Abroad 2007 ITSA Annual Meeting Palm Springs, California June 4, 2007 FTA Transit ITS Research Program Update

2. Outline  Transit in the United States  Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas  Current Major U.S. DOT Transit ITS Initiatives

3. Transit in the United States  More than 6,000 public transportation providers –65,000 buses; 140,000 directional route miles –15,000 rail vehicles; 9,800 directional route miles  Transit Trip Types –Work = 54% –School = 15% –Shopping = 9% Source: American Public Transportation Association Website (www.APTA.com)

4. Transit in the United States (continued)  Ridership Trends Source: Report Year 2005 National Transit Summaries and Trends

5. Transit in the United States (continued)  Ridership Trends (continued) Source: Report Year 2005 National Transit Summaries and Trends

6. Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas  Fleet Management –Transit Operations Decision Support System –Transit Signal Priority  Traveler Information –Multimodal Trip Planning System

7. Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas (continued)  Electronic Fare Collection –Universal Transit Farecard Standard (UTFS)  Rural ITS Transit –Operational Tests

8. Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas (continued)  Collision Avoidance  Rail Transit –Rail Shared Use  ITS Standards –Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP) –Transit Related ISO Standards

9. Major ITS Initiatives  Integrated Corridor Management (ICM)  Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) / United We Ride  Integrated Vehicle-based Safety Systems (IVBSS)  Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)  Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA)  Congestion Mitigation Initiative

10. Integrated Corridor Management  Goals –Demonstrate ITS technologies for efficiently and proactively managing corridor throughput –Provide institutional guidance, operational capabilities, and ITS technical methods

11. Integrated Corridor Management (continued)  ICM Partners: –Dallas – DART Lead –Houston –Minneapolis –Montgomery County, MD –Oakland –San Antonio –San Diego –Seattle

12. Mobility Services for All Americans / United We Ride  Goals –Increase mobility and accessibility for the transportation disadvantaged and general public –Achieve more efficient use of multiple federal transportation funding resources –Demonstrate scalable and replicable models of ITS- enhanced human service transportation systems Phase 1: system planning and design Phase 2: system deployment

13. Mobility Services for All Americans / United We Ride (continued)  MSAA/UWR Partners: –Aiken, SC –Atlanta, GA –Camden County, NJ –Fitchburg, MA –Kent, OH –Louisville, KY –Orlando, FL –Paducah, KY

14. Vehicle Infrastructure Integration for Transit  Goals –Demonstrate many possible applications using the Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) –Help accelerate private sector development of safety applications using Vehicle-Vehicle communications Brake now to avoid signal violation Alert! Car ahead braking! Probe data TMC Queue is backing up. Adjust signal timing now.

15. Vehicle Infrastructure Integration for Transit (continued)  Potential VII-Enabled Transit Applications –“Day One” Applications: Traveler Information Traffic Signal Control Incident Management –Future Applications: Fleet Management Electronic Payment  Outreach to Transit

16. Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems for Transit  Goal –Work with industry to accelerate introduction of integrated vehicle-based safety systems into the U.S. vehicle fleet of buses  Current Projects: – National Evaluation of Side Object Detection Systems (SODS) – Business Case Analysis for Transit IVBSS

17. Vehicle Assist and Automation  Goals –Improve mobility and increase safety, efficiency, and productivity of bus operations in reduced rights-of-way –Deploy driver assist applications through a proof-of-concept demonstration  RFP for VAA demonstration at grants.gov within 60 days

18. Congestion Mitigation Initiative  Goal –Demonstrate integrated strategies to reduce traffic congestion  Transit Role in Four “T’s” –Tolling –Transit –Telecommuting –Technology and Operations

19. THANK YOU Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Phone: (202) 366-4991 E-mail: walter.kulyk@dot.gov