Walter Kulyk, P.E.

Director, Office of Mobility InnovationFederal Transit Administration

Session 11: ITS Research in the U.S. and Abroad2007 ITSA Annual Meeting

Palm Springs, CaliforniaJune 4, 2007

FTA Transit ITS Research Program Update

Outline

Transit in the United States

Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas

Current Major U.S. DOT Transit ITS Initiatives

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)

Transit in the United States (continued)

Ridership Trends

Source: Report Year 2005 National Transit Summaries and Trends

Transit in the United States (continued)

Ridership Trends (continued)

Source: Report Year 2005 National Transit Summaries and Trends

Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas

Fleet Management– Transit Operations Decision Support System– Transit Signal Priority

Traveler Information– Multimodal Trip Planning System

Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas (continued)

Electronic Fare Collection– Universal Transit Farecard Standard (UTFS)

Rural ITS Transit– Operational Tests

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

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

Integrated Corridor Management

Goals– Demonstrate ITS technologies for efficiently and

proactively managing corridor throughput– Provide institutional guidance, operational capabilities,

and ITS technical methods

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Local Jurisdiction 1 – Traffic Signal System

Bus Company – AVL system

State DOT – Freeway Management System

Regional Rail Agency – Train Management System

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Local Jurisdiction 2 – Traffic Signal System

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Integrated Corridor Management (continued)

ICM Partners:– Dallas – DART Lead– Houston– Minneapolis– Montgomery County,

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Houston, I-10 & US 290 4.7 10 ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Minneapolis, I-394 3.0 25 ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Montgomery Co., I-270 3.5 20 ● ● ● ● ●

Oakland, I-880 7.0 40 ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

San Antonio, I-10 1.6 15 ● ● ●

San Diego, I-15 2.8 21 ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Seattle, I-5 3.6 10 ● ● ● ● ● ●

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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

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

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

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Queue is backing up. Adjust signal timing now.

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

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

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

Congestion Mitigation Initiative

Goal– Demonstrate integrated strategies to reduce traffic

congestion

Transit Role in Four “T’s”– Tolling– Transit– Telecommuting– Technology and Operations

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