Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration

Asia Pacific Economic CooperationTransportation Working Group

ITS Experts Group

Busan, South KoreaSeptember 2, 2003

Walter Kulyk, P.E.

Director, Office of Mobility Innovation

Federal Transit Administration

US Department of Transportation

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Overview

• Reauthorization• 511• Intelligent Vehicle Initiative (IVI)• Bus Rapid Transit (BRT)• National ITS Architecture• ITS Standards• Priority ITS Initiatives

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Reauthorization

• SAFETEA (the Safer, Accountable, Flexible, and Efficient Transportation Equity Act of 2003)

• Six year $247 billion reauthorization proposal

• Intelligent Transportation System Performance Incentive Program $135 million/yr. (TEA-21 was $113M/yr.)

• Intelligent Transportation System Research $121 million/yr. (TEA-21 was $100 M/yr.)

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511

• 511 Deployment Coalition– Policy and working entities– Provide national guidance

• U.S. DOT Support– State planning grants– Model deployment initiative– Research and technical assistance

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511 (continued)

• Goals by 2005– Coverage:

• 25 or more states• 30 of top 60 metro areas• More than 50% of population

– Brand Awareness: more than 25%– Customer Satisfaction:

• Information quality: 80% satisfied• Service quality: 80% satisfied

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511 (continued)

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IVI

• Funded at $25 + Million Annually• Government/Industry Partnership• Federal Role:

– Fostering the development, deployment, and evaluation of driver-assistance safety products

– Ensuring that safety is not compromised by the introduction of in-vehicle systems

• 4 Platforms – Cars, Trucks, Buses, and Maintenance Vehicles

• Forward and side collision warning, rear impact, intersection warning• Future collaboration on DSRC potential

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Bus Rapid Transit Initiative

• BRT Forums – transit operators and suppliers• BRT Consortium Projects• BRT Matrix focused on;

Running ways Stations Vehicles Service Route Structure Fare Collection ITS

• Integrated Deployment of BRT Components• BRT-ITS Program

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National ITS Architecture

• National ITS Architecture is being updated to Version 5.0

• Highlighted Changes:– Enhancement of Security Coverage – New Disaster Response and Evacuation User

Service – New Security Monitoring Subsystem – Added 511 Support to the Architecture – Added Road Closure Management

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National ITS Architecture (continued)

• Highlighted Changes (continued):– Changed "Roadside" Class to "Field" – Transit Related Updates – Updated Standards / Architecture Relationship – Emissions Management Modifications – Parking Management Area Improvements

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ITS Standards

• NTCIP standards in maintenance/update mode

• NTCIP center to center standard has reached FDIS as an ISO standard

• TCIP dialogues ready for user review this fall• SAE ATIS standard just passed committee

ballot• 5.9 GHz DSRC standards have moved to

IEEE 802.11 committee

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Priority ITS Initiatives

• DOT ITS Management Council• 15 member ITS Program Advisory Committee• Focused on delivering large multimodal projects• FTA’s proposal includes;

– Integrated Customer Focused Transit Service– Social Service and Transit Provider Coordination– Vehicle Lane Assist

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World Wide Web (WWW)Resources

www.its.dot.gov[US DOT ITS Joint Program Office]

www.fta.dot.gov [Federal Transit Administration]

www.fhwa.dot.gov [Federal Highway Administration]

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Contact Information

Walter Kulyk Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration (TRI-10) 400 Seventh Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590 Phone: (202) 366-4991 Fax: (202) 366-3765 E-mail: Walter.Kulyk@fta.dot.gov