CALIFORNIA-OREGON ADVANCED TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE TECHNICAL REPORT

The California/Oregon Advanced Transportation System (COATS) project is a cooperative effort between transportation, law enforcement, tourism, emergency management, land management, commercial vehicle and other partners to address the transportation needs of the bi-state region through the use of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). One of the products of this effort will be the completion of an ITS strategic deployment plan, which will guide deployment of advanced technologies in the southern Oregon/northern California area in the future. Many ITS strategic plans typically focus on analyzing the financial and organizational needs associated with deployment, but give little consideration to the requirements for sustaining the ITS infrastructure. These considerations may be especially critical in rural areas, where it may be harder to dispatch maintenance staff to repair devices, and where deployments may be critical to ensure and promote the safety of the traveling public. To address that concern, this report documents the operations and maintenance needs associated with the COATS ITS infrastructure. Because specific deployment quantities and locations have yet to be determined, the operations needs of ITS are discussed on a generic basis, understanding that power, communications and other needs are dependent upon the nature of the deployment. Maintenance needs are discussed more specifically for over fifty ITS devices, highlighting typical repair needs and the unique challenges that may be present with any given technology. The operations and maintenance needs are combined to present a rough estimate of the annual operations and maintenance costs on a per-device basis. Finally, institutional and organizational challenges that may impact operations and maintenance are discussed, creating a blueprint for further work in this area.

• Record URL:
  • https://merritt.cdlib.org/d/ark%3A%2F13030%2Fm5vt40hn/1/producer%2FCOATS-OM.pdf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • This paper is on the CD-ROM, "Rural COATS (California Oregon Advanced Transportation Systems.")
• Corporate Authors:

  Western Transportation Institute

  Montana State University, Bozeman
  P.O. Box 174250
  Bozeman, MT  United States  59717-4250

  California Department of Transportation

  Division of New Technology and Research, P.O. Box 942873
  Sacramento, CA  United States  94273-0001

  Oregon Department of Transportation

  Transportation Building, Capitol and Center Streets
  Salem, OR  United States  97310

  Federal Highway Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2000-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 85 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Commercial vehicles; Communications; Costs; Deployment; Emergency management; Infrastructure; Intelligent transportation systems; Intelligent transportation systems programs; Land use; Law enforcement; Maintenance; Needs assessment; Operations; Organizations; Power; Repairing; Rural areas; Strategic planning; Tourism
• Identifier Terms: California/Oregon Advanced Transportation Systems (COATS)
• Geographic Terms: California; Oregon
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Energy; Finance; Highways; Maintenance and Preservation; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; Security and Emergencies; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00942339
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: Technical Report
• Files: TRIS, ATRI, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: May 29 2003 12:00AM