MINNESOTA'S MODEL DEPLOYMENT - ORION

This paper describes the Twin Cities metro area Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) deployment initiative - the Orion project. The background and development of the project, which evolved from the Minnesota Guidestar ITS program, are described. The Orion project participants and organizational structure are described, as are the key components of the intelligent transportation infrastructure for the Twin Cities metro area. Costs of the deployment are included, as is the current status of the project. Various important lessons have been learned during the course of the project definition and development and these are also discussed within the paper. Finally, the future activities for Orion are outlined.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • Full conference proceedings available only on CD.
• Corporate Authors:

  Institute of Transportation Engineers (ITE)

  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Wright, J L
• Conference:
  • Institute of Transportation Engineers 67th annual Meeting
  • Location: Boston, MA
  • Date: 1997-8-3 to 1997-8-7
• Publication Date: 1997

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: n.p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Costs; Deployment; Intelligent transportation systems; Project management
• Geographic Terms: Minneapolis (Minnesota); Saint Paul (Minnesota)
• Old TRIS Terms: Project analysis
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Finance; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00751623
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Aug 9 1998 12:00AM