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How to Accelerate How to Accelerate DeploymentDeployment
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Shelley Row, P.E., PTOE
Shelley Row Associates, LLC
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Time to Rethink How We Sell ITSTime to Rethink How We Sell ITS
Benefit/Cost isn’t always Benefit/Cost isn’t always the best approachthe best approach
Logical isn’t always logicalLogical isn’t always logical
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Three Types of ITS ImplementationsThree Types of ITS Implementations
1.Applications or technologies with a direct impact on agency expenses
Electronic Toll Collection: 99% of Toll plazas
94% Toll lanes
Transit Automatic Vehicle Notification77% of 117 fixed bus route agencies have AVL
16,000 fixed route buses equipped with smart card readers
Excellent Rate of Deployment
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Three Types of ITS ImplementationsThree Types of ITS Implementations
2. Applications providing direct assistance to travelers
Good Rate of Deployment
511 coverage for all or parts of 38 states covering 70% of US population
36 of 40 metro areas and 58 locations use travel time on DMS
109 freeway management agencies report posting traveler information on DMS
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Courtesy: Nokia
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Three Types of ITS ImplementationsThree Types of ITS Implementations
3. Applications that collect data or optimize performance but where the benefit is not monetized
Average Rate of Deployment
266 Operational Traffic Management Centers (TMCs)266 Operational Traffic Management Centers (TMCs)
For collection of travel times:54% of all freeways in 75 metro areas are under surveillance
50% of intersections in 75 metro are under electronic surveillance
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What Are Our Options?What Are Our Options?
A. Connect projects with intangible benefits to ones with monetary benefits (ITS or roadway construction)
B. Reduce the price point to further increase the value
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Growth in Vehicle Probe DataGrowth in Vehicle Probe Data
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• 15 minute snapshot of incoming GPS data (fleets, cars, phones, apps, etc.) – Source INRIX®
Courtesy: INRIX
Rise and Fall of Gadgets
NOTE: 2010 data are estimates and 2011 data are projections. GRAPHIC: Alicia Parlapiano / The Washington Post - January 10, 2011
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What Are Our Options?What Are Our Options?
Reduce the price point to increase valueReduce the price point to increase value
7700 freeway miles under surveillance from roadside infrastructure
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A. Connect projects with intangible benefits to ones with monetary benefits (ITS or roadway construction)
B. Reduce the price point to further increase the value
C. Sell the project to meet other objectives (political, social or other goals)
What Are Our Options?What Are Our Options?
Think Less. Live MoreThink Less. Live More.www.shelleyrow.com
Time to Rethink How We Sell ITSTime to Rethink How We Sell ITS
Benefit/Cost isn’t always Benefit/Cost isn’t always the best approachthe best approach
Logical isn’t always logicalLogical isn’t always logical
Learn from Our ExperienceLearn from Our Experience