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Description:  This webinar will cover experiences from Minneapolis, Houston, and San Diego.

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 ICM: Showcasing the Pioneer Sites - Minneapolis, Houston, and San Diego

Description: This webinar will cover experiences from Oakland, CA and Montgomery County, MD.

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 ICM: Showcasing the Pioneer Sites - Oakland, CA and Montgomery County, MD

Description: This webinar will focus on Seattle, WA; San Antonio, TX; and Dallas, TX.

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 ICM: Showcasing the Pioneer Sites - Seattle, San Antonio, Dallas

The United States Department of Transportation's ITS Joint Program Office and the Federal Transit Administration recently completed an independent evaluation of advanced parking information systems deployed in Chicago, Illinois and Montgomery County, Maryland. The final report, "Evaluation of Transit Applications of Advanced Parking Management Systems", documents quantifiable system impacts in terms of parking utilization, transit ridership, traffic circulation, and customer satisfaction. The evaluation report also includes institutional issues and lessons learned by the project stakeholders throughout deployment and operation of these systems.
This T3 webinar presents background on these two advanced parking management projects as well as the findings of the national evaluation. The findings include the impact of the system on ridership and parking utilization, on mode choice, and on circulation within and between lots, as well as the overall impact of the system on customer satisfaction.
Cost: All T3s are free of charge

For more information: Findings and Lessons Learned from an Evaluation of Advanced Parking Management Systems for Transit
Transcript:  T3 Session 10/21/2008 Files

The Arizona DOT, Maricopa County DOT and partners from the academic and private sectors are developing a unique VII (Vehicle Infrastructure Integration) initiative focused on emergency response and management. Underway for almost a year, the E-VII (Emergency Vehicle Infrastructure Integration) program is developing and testing advanced technologies to integrate roadway systems with emergency responder vehicles to improve emergency response to traffic incidents as well as enhance responder safety. This emergency and incident management focus is unique among the other VII activities happening at the state and national levels, and one which Arizona hopes will complement and leverage the emerging VII knowledge base.
This webinar provides an overview of Arizona's E-VII program, including featuring some of the applications currently being developed and tested. It also provides an overview of a recent ITS Peer-to-Peer exchange that brought VII developers from Michigan, California, and the U.S. DOT to meet with the Arizona E-VII partners. Part of the E-VII peer-to-peer exchange included a focused working session with local emergency responders and dispatch/communications center representatives to gain insights from the responder community about potential technology applications, challenges and opportunities. The E-VII presenters discuss how this input from the emergency responder community is being integrated with the E-VII program development.
Target Audience: State and local departments of transportation, incident and emergency responders, law enforcement and public safety communications personnel.
Cost: All T3s are free of charge

For more information: Arizona E-VII Program: Strategies for Improving Emergency Response to Traffic Incidents while Enhancing Safety for Emergency Responders
Transcript:   T3 Session 10/23/2008 Files

Congestion is one of the greatest threats to our nation's economy. Nationwide, drivers waste nearly 4 billion hours of time and over 2 billion gallons of fuel each year, by sitting idle or inching forward in traffic jams. This results in significant increases in emission levels as well. In this T3 webinar, Wisconsin's State Traffic Engineer John Corbin provided an overview of the National Unified Goal (NUG) for Traffic Incident Management, Tom Bruff from the Detroit area Metropolitan Planning Organization provided details on Traffic Incident Management Plans in place for the Detroit/Southeast Michigan area, and Steve Cyra of HNTB (under contract to the Wisconsin DOT) presented on how Traffic Incident Management in Southern Wisconsin is being deployed.
Cost: All T3s are free of charge

For more information:
Traffic Incident Management Plans in Southeast Michigan and Southeastern Wisconsin on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript:  T3 Session 09/11/2008 Files

The TimeTable Publisher is a single system that allows a transit agency to examine, modify, and transform raw scheduling data into easy-to-read timetables for customer information purposes. The application simplifies and accelerates the production of printed on-street schedules and web schedules, which is often a very time-consuming and manual process for most agencies. This results in more accurate, current, and consistent schedule information for the customer.

The TimeTable Publisher is designed to use data directly in the Google Transit Feed Spec (GTFS) format, so it can be very easy for an agency to implement. In addition, it can connect to, and read from, other sources of data including a database, a comma separated text file, and XML. An easy-to-use interface, as well as a tool that compares the changes between two service dates, makes it easy to format and edit the data.

As an open sources application, the TimeTable Publisher is available for free so that other transit agencies can use it and even contribute enhancements to it.

Target Audience:

• Anyone involved with the production of transit timetables for publication in both printed and web/digital formats. Both technical and non-technical professionals are encouraged to attend.
• Those that have a background in Customer Information will benefit from learning how to actually use the application to modify and manipulate timetables for publication. Those that have a background in IT or Web Development will gain from the technical aspects of the software implementation and operation. The latter focus, on the technical, will be limited in scope and designed for a broader audience, but may be expanded upon in the discussion.

For more information:
T3 Session 05/14/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 05/14/2008 Files

This webinar will focus on describing the leading service and technical attributes of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). This webinar stems from an ITS Peer-to-Peer Exchange in which representatives from agencies in metropolitan New York City and Los Angeles met to share information and knowledge about BRT. In this webinar, presenters from Los Angeles will described the service and technical attributes found in the Los Angeles BRT system. Presenters from the New York City region describe how they are applying the lessons they learned to evaluate the potential for BRT in their current transit corridors.

Note: BRT technologies, such as bus signal priority, loop detectors, traveler information systems, and more will be discussed. This webinar will not, however, present an in-depth technical discussion of any one of these technologies.

Target Audience:

• Officials from transit agencies, metropolitan planning organizations, and state and local governments who are interested in acquiring knowledge about BRT.
• Agency engineers and technicians interested in learning about common technologies deployed in BRT.

For more information:
T3 Session 04/16/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 04/16/2008 Files

The purpose of this Wireless T3 Webinar is to provide technical information concerning wireless data transport systems. This information augments materials that were presented at a T3 Webinar on August 14, 2007. That first wireless webinar discussed wireless systems architecture and the data communication standards that are used in the wireless domain. The information that was presented in that first webinar should be reviewed prior to attending this T3 Webinar..

Target Audience:
This Wireless Data Transport T3 is for traffic and ITS professionals that desire to develop or refresh their knowledge of wireless systems. Some technical understanding is assumed. The target audience for the webinar includes transportation engineers, transportation planners, traffic operations engineers and managers, transit operations managers, and emergency management agency managers. The information presented will create a foundation for additional discussion.

For more information:
T3 Session 04/08/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 04/08/2008 Files

Presenters describe successful implementations of regional ITS systems that draw their effectiveness and service capabilities from cooperative frameworks established between their agencies and other transportation providers in the region. The presenters discuss best practices for encouraging and establishing regional cooperative agreements among agencies and jurisdictions related to the deployment, implementation, and operation of ITS services. The presentations contrast different strategies for building regional cooperation on ITS.

Target Audience: State, MPO, and RPO transportation engineers, transportation planners, traffic operations engineers and managers, transit operations managers, and emergency management agency managers; and FHWA Division Office and FTA Regional Office ITS and Planning personnel.

For more information:
T3 Session 03/04/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 03/04/2008 Files

The purpose of this webinar was to discuss Configuration Management (CM), a critical SE activity that supports efficient ITS project design and development, effective project implementation, and methodical system operations and maintenance. CM can be viewed as the "as-builts" of the ITS world. To illustrate this, separate case studies will be presented by the Oregon and Washington State Departments of Transportation. These agencies describe, on a practical level, how CM is used in their day-to-day business practices. The webinar explores the institutional changes, challenges, products, and processes used in carrying out CM activities. This webinar is the third in a series of T3s focusing on Systems Engineering (SE) at the practitioner level. These webinars focusses on specific SE activities critical to the successful development and delivery of ITS projects in an agreed upon schedule, scope, and budget

For more information:
T3 Session 02/21/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 02/21/2008 Files

Completed SE Webinars of the Systems Engineering Series include:

• ITS Systems Engineering (SE) for ITS: Using FHWA's New SE Handbook (Repeat webinar). March 13, 2007. See 2007 Events.
• Approaches for Integrating Systems Engineering into Your Agency's Business Practices. August 2, 2007. See 2007 Events.

This T3 Webinar focuses on the implementation of signal priority by King County Metro Transit and Los Angeles County Metro. John Toone from King County Metro Transit discuss the initial deployment of signal priority in the Seattle area, with an emphasis on the technical, political, and financial challenges faced by the agency in the late 90's. Steven Gota and Reinland Jones from Los Angeles County Metro discuss the challenges of implementing signal priority along corridors traversing through multiple jurisdictions, focusing on lesson's learned from the initial outreach with King County and the deployment of Metro's Bus Signal Priority Pilot Project and ensuing Countywide Signal Priority Expansion Program. The session concludes with John Toone's assessment of the most recent peer-to-peer exchange with LA Metro and subsequent system changes that are planned for King County Metro Transit's next generation system.

For more information:
T3 Session 01/22/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 01/22/2008 Files

Telephone services that provide real-time information about work zones, traffic incidents, and other causes of congestion allow travelers to make informed decisions about their travel routes or modes, and increase safety by helping motorists avoid areas with congestion or incidents. In 2000, in response to a petition from the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT), the Federal Communications Commission assigned 511 to transportation agencies as the easy-to-remember 3-digit telephone number for multi-modal travel information. Since that time more than 35 implementations have been installed throughout the US, giving over 100 millions people access to real-time information through 511. This webinar will give the audience a brief update on the status of the US DOT 511 Program and then describe three different 511 implementations in California, Kansas and Montana.

Target Audience: Anyone interested in learning about 511 systems.

For more information:
T3 Session 01/09/2008 on the U.S. DOT ITS Professional Capacity Building Program website.
Transcript: T3 Session 01/09/2008 Files