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      <title>The ARTS Compendium</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[In order to meet the needs of travelers and the agencies responsible for the operation and maintenance of the rural transportation system, the U.S. Department of Transportation has developed the Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS) program. This publication describes the ARTS Compendium which is a computer-based clearinghouse of information, providing a manageable way to store and retrieve information about the wide range of ARTS and ARTS-related projects. The ARTS Compendium is a "living" document, additions and modifications are made whenever necessary to keep the database current. Users are encouraged to provide additions and updates through an automated process online. The compendium consists of a variety of project types, from planning studies to federally funded field operational tests. The compendium includes projects both within and outside of the ITS umbrella; all have implications within the ARTS program. In addition, not all of the projects listed are strictly rural in nature. For instance, some are vehicle-based, operating independently of the road type, and others are urban with rural applications. The first version includes approximately 170 projects.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AZ TripUSA™</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Northern Arizona has more than 6 million visitors per year. More than 2 million of these visitors will explore the World Wide Web to learn more about their destination prior to their trip. For this reason, the Federal Highway Administration, in partnership with the Arizona Department of Transportation (DOT), sponsored the development of the AZ TripUSA™ Rural Model Deployment Initiative (MDl)/Field Operation Test (FOT) in Northern Arizona along I-40. The result was TripUSA™ (developed by Castle Rock Consultants). This program is a public/private partnership created to improve traveler mobility, enhance economic development for the area, and enrich the overall experience of travelers. AZ TripUSA™ was successfully deployed during the first 6 months of 1998. TripUSA™ allows travelers who use the Internet to discover a wealth of information about their destination for use in trip and travel planning. Upon arriving at their destination, travelers can use interactive touch-screen kiosks to check road and weather conditions, find lodging and restaurants, and obtain directions to attractions.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Branson Travel and Recreational Information Program (TRIP)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The city of Branson, Missouri, has a permanent population of around 4,400 and measures approximately 7 mi (11.3 km) along its main thoroughfare, State Highway 76. Branson attracts more than 6 million visitors per year. The congestion on State Highway 76 is severe (Level of Service F) during peak and some off-peak periods. The lack of right-of-way makes it impossible for the city to "build" out of its congestion problems. With this in mind, the Branson Travel and Recreational Information Program (TRIP) project was created. The Branson TRIP project was one of five Advanced Rural Transportation System Operational Tests selected in August 1997 by the Federal Highway Administration for deployment. The Branson area provided an excellent opportunity to test Advanced Traveler Information System (ATIS) technologies in a rural tourist destination.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Advanced Transportation Weather Information System (ATWIS)</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[According to the U.S. Department of Transportation, 80 percent of the road mileage in the United States is located in rural or small urban areas and accounts for about 60 percent of all traffic fatalities. With these facts in mind, the Advanced Transportation Weather Information System (ATWIS) was developed to enhance the efficiency and safety along these rural highways through America. The primary purpose of the ATWIS research program is to demonstrate how current technologies in weather forecasting, weather analysis, telecommunications and road condition monitoring can be merged effectively to produce a safer and more efficient transportation system for both commercial and general travel.]]></description>
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      <title>Technology in Rural Transportation: "Simple Solutions"</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Rural ITS "Simple Solutions" Project, which was performed within the ENTERPRISE pooled-fund study program, aimed to identify and describe proven, cost-effective, "low-tech" solutions for rural transportation-related problems or needs. These projects, referred to as "Simple Solutions," focus on practical applications of technologies that could serve as precursors to future applications of more advanced systems or intelligent transportation systems (ITS). More than 50 solutions were initially identified and documented, and then categorized according to the 7 Critical Program Areas (CPAs) defined within the U.S. Department of Transportation's Advanced Rural Transportation Systems (ARTS) Strategic Plan. Of all the projects, 14 solutions were selected to be documented and analyzed in detail. Project selection was based on representing all of the CPAs, as well as the ability of a project to transfer to other locations. A report was written as part of this 6-month study that contains detailed descriptions of the 14 solutions, which include benefits of the technology; the expected implementation process; the potential issues associated with each technology; and each technology's role in a larger scale, fully integrated rural intelligent transportation system. The report also describes 42 other feasible solutions, examines broader rural ITS developments, and discusses other findings, such as transportation practitioners' perceptions of ITS. The 14 solutions are also published as stand-alone technical briefs.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 16:27:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Innovative Approaches for Rural Roads and Rural Connectivity</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rural roads provide transport for goods and people and contribute to poverty reduction in rural areas. These rural roads provide rural populations with access to basic socio-economic infrastructure and increase people's incomes by increasing their agricultural production. They facilitate the evacuation of products to marketing and/or export centres. They increase the mobility of goods and people in rural areas and provide connectivity with urban centres. These rural roads are deteriorated by natural factors such as rain and many others. When these rural roads are not followed by a treatment program to stay in good condition, there are enormous difficulties in accessing rural areas. Difficulties of access to rural areas lead to poverty through the under-selling of agricultural production. The degradation of rural roads causes the decline in the competitiveness of traditional agricultural sectors (cocoa-coffee, rubber-palm oil, cotton-white cashew nuts, pineapple, mango, banana, etc.) and the decline in production (cocoa, coffee, etc.) because peasant agriculture is the basis of national agricultural production. This degradation leads to food shortages in markets (rural and urban). It deprives the population of access to basic socio-economic infrastructure (hospitals and schools). This leads to high mortality and low access to schools for children. The rural population is supplied by remote marigots on impassable trails. The study of innovative approaches for rural roads and rural connectivity aims to improve connectivity in rural areas and facilitate access to basic socio-economic infrastructure. The methodology is to collect different types of data. The data collected come from both the literature review and field surveys. The document review consisted of an inventory of relevant documents, identifying the information sought and identifying the sources to be explored. The field survey consists of interviews and focus groups with resource persons. Then the data were processed and analysed. Finally, conclusions and recommendations were made at the end of the study. The application of these innovative approaches to rural roads ensures that good rural connectivity is ensured and that the transport and mobility difficulties of the rural population are addressed.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2021 15:00:48 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rural Traveler Information Needs Assessment and Pilot Study Phase III : Bordering States Rural Coverage Final Report</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Real-time traveler information services have thrived in two primary contexts: urban-focused systems and regional systems. Urban systems, strengthened by an extensive sensing and technology infrastructure, can offer significant volumes of information, updated on regular intervals. Regional systems offer information over a larger geographic area and can more readily serve travelers on less regular trips, such as recreational or longer distance travel. However, these systems generally provide information on specific areas or highway segments, meaning that prospective travelers may need to consult multiple links to determine the travel conditions they will experience, and make a prudent decision regarding when to leave, which route to take, and how to prepare for the trip.The objective of this project has been to present both route-oriented and regional real-time and near real-time information together in a single web-based location and in a user-friendly format that does not stop at jurisdictional boundary lines (state, district or county lines, for example). This allows travelers making a trip in or through rural areas to have current travel information on a route-specific basis and across a wide geographic area, customized for a specific origin and destination, which will help them to make their trip more safely and with minimum delay.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:27:14 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>California and Oregon Advanced Transportation Systems (COATS) Phase 7</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This document summarizes the work completed for continued Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) demonstration, evaluation and technology transfer in rural northern California and southern Oregon. This work was completed under the seventh phase (Phase 7) of the California and Oregon Advanced Transportation Systems (COATS) project. The purpose of the overall COATS effort has been and continues to be encouraging regional, public and private sector cooperation between California and Oregon organizations to better facilitate the planning and implementation of ITS in a rural bi-state area extending between Eugene, Oregon and Redding, California.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 24 Sep 2020 18:25:05 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>California and Oregon Advanced Transportation Systems (COATS) Phase 4: Final Report</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The California and Oregon Advanced Transportation Systems (COATS) project encourages regional, public and private sector cooperation between California and Oregon organizations to better facilitate the planning and implementation of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) in a rural bi-state area. Tasks focused on four specific areas: technology transfer, identification of Bluetooth reader deployment sites for future evaluation, a survey of automated safety warning devices, and development of a regional integrated corridor management (ICM) planning process. The incubator projects completed during the course of this phase may contribute to the future development and deployment of systems. The chain-up delay tracking project identified the number and location of sites needed to provide sufficient data to accurately determine delay; a future project will deploy Bluetooth devices at these locations to collect data to support algorithm development. A survey of safety warning devices identified hazards and other site-specific systems have been deployed; the intent is to provide drivers with advanced warnings. A key feature shared by these systems was that they were automated and self-contained in the field. The regional ICM planning work developed an overall framework for that process]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2015 09:35:09 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Professional Capacity Building for Communications - Phase 2</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1300205</link>
      <description><![CDATA[Rural intelligent transportation system (ITS) deployments are becoming increasingly complex in order to address the challenges of rural transportation. Many ITS engineers lack the critical skills for designing and maintaining reliable and robust communications networks for rural ITS field equipment. A comprehensive training curriculum for transportation communication systems is aimed at rural ITS engineers and technicians. A course on IP networking was developed including many practical exercises.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 09:27:13 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Advancing Community Transportation Through Coordination Using ITS - Lessons Learned from Aiken (South Carolina)</title>
      <link>https://trid.trb.org/View/1239133</link>
      <description><![CDATA[The Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) initiative is a United States Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) research initiative that aims to enhance the efficiency and quality of human service transportation utilizing ITS. Travel Management Coordination Centers (TMCC) demonstration is a major outcome of the MSAA initiative. ITS forms the basis of the TMCC system by enabling two essential functional features: 1) enhanced real-time traveler information capability, and 2) improved or enhanced operational coordination through advanced ITS fleet management tools. In 2008, the USDOT selected Aiken (South Carolina), Camden County (New Jersey), and Paducah (Kentucky) to develop and demonstrate the technological and institutional feasibility of a deployed TMCC and to assess its impacts. In 2010, Aiken and Paducah TMCCs became operational and began a new era of coordinated community transportation services. The Paducah KY TMCC received the 2010 Community Transportation System of the Year Award by the Community Transportation Association of America (CTAA). The process and approach that led to the ultimate success of these two TMCC demonstration projects suggests that while each TMCC design was significantly influenced by local unique operational needs and characteristics, certain foundational ITS capabilities, such as Computer-Aided Scheduling and Dispatching (CASD), are required by all. This paper documents real-world results from the Aiken deployment and confirms that human service transportation in general is an “under-challenged” area where ITS can make a major impact.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 09:08:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>South Dakota Rural ITS Deployment Plan</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report proposes the South Dakota Rural Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) program. It is the deployment plan to guide the South Dakota Department of Transportation in implementing ITS in an effort to improve traveler information, mobility and safety. The South Dakota Rural ITS Deployment Plan describes the traveling public and transportation agencies needs, current ITS environment, strategic direction for the South Dakota Rural ITS Program, and detailed descriptions of recommended projects for deployment. A separately published Executive Summary is also available.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:54:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>South Dakota Rural ITS Deployment Plan: Executive Summary</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[This report summarizes what has been proposed for the South Dakota Rural Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) program. The deployment plan is intended to guide the SDDOT in implementing ITS in an effort to improve traveler information, mobility and safety. The South Dakota Rural ITS Deployment Plan describes the traveling public and transportation agencies needs, current ITS environment, strategic direction for the South Dakota Rural ITS Program, and detailed descriptions of recommended projects for deployment. The separately published South Dakota Rural ITS Deployment Plan is also available.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2012 17:54:34 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Active Traffic Management for Urban and Rural Corridor Applications in Virginia</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As part of the Virginia Department of Transportation’s operations program, a significant emphasis is being placed on deploying Active Traffic Management (ATM) tools in both urban and rural areas. Two projects have attracted the attention of the governor, which has resulted in the projects reaching the highest level of priority – a full ATM deployment along I-66, the most congested corridor in Northern Virginia (just outside Washington, DC), and a fog warning system with variable speed limit and queue warning signage on I-77 in western Virginia. This paper presents an overview of these two projects, which demonstrate how ATM could provide benefits both for recurring and non-recurring congestion in metropolitan areas as well as weather-related traffic conditions in rural areas.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Oct 2012 17:10:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Development of a Map-matching Algorithm for Rural Passenger Information Systems via Mobile Phones and Crowd-Sourcing</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The aim of any Real Time Passenger Information (RTPI) System is to provide accurate and efficient travel and transport information to users. Most of the existing RTPI systems are largely developed in urban areas; often, rural passengers are neglected due to lack of infrastructure (for example vehicle tracking system), less number of passengers, and problems with communication systems. In this research project, a passenger centric RTPI is proposed, which uses crowd-sourcing and mobile phones so that passengers are not only information consumers but are also providers of information to the system. In the proposed RTPI, passengers can allow the system to track their location - via their smart phones - when they are travelling on public transportation; this will compensate for the lack of vehicle tracking system in public transport.  Map-matching (MM) algorithms integrate data from positioning sensors (GPS) with a digital GIS map in order to identify: firstly, the road link on which a vehicle is travelling; and secondly, to determine the vehicle’s location on that segment. In the proposed RTPI, at a given point of time, a number of vehicle locations (latitude and longitude) are received from passengers travelling on a bus. In order to provide a precise vehicle location at a given point of time, a novel map-matching algorithm using fuzzy logic - which integrates multiple vehicle locations (obtained from passenger’s smart phones) with a GIS road map - has been developed. The developed map-matching algorithm has been tested using real-world data collected on four different bus routes in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. It was identified that the developed MM algorithm is efficient and capable of supporting the proposed passenger information system.]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Jun 2012 16:03:44 GMT</pubDate>
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