ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES

ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES - DP 105

Workshop sponsored by the

Hawaii Local Technical Assistance Program

in cooperation with the

Hawaii State Department of Transportation
University of Hawaii’s Department of Civil Engineering
and the Federal Highway Administration

April 25-26, 2001

OBJECTIVES:

ITS Technologies

DP105 will focus on representative ITS technologies that can be deployed in transportation infrastructures and have been loaned by partners from both private and public sectors. Demonstrations will display the role of each technology in controlling congestion and improving mobility and safety. DP105 will include a selection of software systems for:

Traffic, Incident and Transit Management
Coordinated and Adaptive Signal Control
Integrated, Multi-jurisdictional Transportation Management
Traffic Simulation

The types of field devices will include:

A variety of controllers for Signals and Ramp Meters
Surveillance Cameras
Dynamic Message Signs of DMS's
Electronic Toll Collection Equipment
A wide selection of non-intrusive, weather, audio and other types of detectors
Communication will be presented and discussed with special emphasis on the evolving National Transportation Communications/ITS Protocol or NTCIP.

COURSE SCHEDULE:

APRIL 25		APRIL 26
8:00 AM	Introduction	8:00 AM	Freeway Management Systems Communications
8:30 AM	Freeway Management Systems Detection Video Surveillance	10:00 AM	Traffic Signal Control Surface Street Control
11:00 AM	Dynamic Message Signs Regulatory vs. Advisory	11:30 AM	LUNCH BREAK
11:45 AM	LUNCH BREAK	12:30 PM	Incident Management Detection Verification Response and Clearance Driver Information
1:00 PM	Freeway Management Systems Ramp Control Vehicle/User Devices Highway Advisory Radio	1:30 PM	Regional Multimodal Traveler Information Center
2:15 PM	Electronic Toll Collection	2:00 PM	Architecture/Protocols and Standards
2:45 PM	Transit Management Systems

INSTRUCTORS:

Rick Denney

Rick Denney is Associate Vice President of Iteris, Inc., where he provides technical leadership in traffic engineering and system design, in addition to his research duties and service as Principle Presenter of DP-105. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and the University of Texas at Austin.

Shahram Malek, Ph.D., P.E., Southeast Area Manager, Iteris, Inc.

Shahram Malek received his bachelor degree from Clemson University and completed his Masters and Doctorate degrees at Georgia Tech. One of his responsibilities as the County Traffic Engineer was the planning, designing and implementing the Clayton County ATMS as part of the Georgia-Navigator implementation prior to the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Since his departure from the public sector Shahram has worked on a variety of ITS related projects and is currently managing the Advanced Traffic Control hardware and software specification project for the Georgia DOT.

Registration

Please contact Juli Kobayashi at 956-9006, 956-8851 (FAX) or juli@eng.hawaii.edu

Deadline to register is Monday, April 16, 2001. Attendance is limited to 30 participants, so please register early.

Parking

Parking for the East West Center is $4.00. If you would like a parking pass please contact us. Make checks payable to East West Center and mail to:

Hawaii LTAP

University of Hawaii

Department of Civil Engineering

2540 Dole Street, Holmes Hall #383

Honolulu, Hawaii 96822

Attn: Gail Ikeda

Place:

HDOT Oahu District,

Conference Room

727 Kakoi Street

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.