EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT BUILDING AN ITS ARCHITECTURE

The development of a regional intelligent transport system (ITS) architecture by the Virginia Department of Transportation's Northern Virginia District (VDOT NOVA) is described. The architecture details the interconnections of VDOT facilities and stakeholders and describes the flow of information between the agencies and VDOT NOVA operations. The development of the architecture used a strawman architecture based on existing ITS frameworks and the development team's knowledge of ITS in the region. The system is coordinated with the Washington DC ITS and the Maryland Statewide architecture. The Outreach element of the project was aimed at improving stakeholder involvement. A Communications Plan was developed to provide the framework needed to support the interconnects and information flows between VDOT and the project stakeholders. GIS was used to store and process information about NOVA ITS assets. An interactive project Web site was developed to make the architecture a dynamic tool. The lessons learnt from the development of the architecture are outlined.

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• Authors:
  • TANG MCELWAIN, A
• Publication Date: 2003

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 40-5
• Serial:
  • Traffic Technology International
  • Publisher: AutoIntermediates Limited
  • ISSN: 1356-9252
  • Serial URL: http://www.ukipme.com/mag_traffic.htm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Administration; Development; Districts and authorities; Intelligent transportation systems; Planning; Transportation departments
• Geographic Terms: United States
• ITRD Terms: 155: Administration; 9013: Development; 8735: Intelligent transport system; 143: Planning; 253: Transport authority; 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00970295
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Transport Research Laboratory
• Files: ITRD
• Created Date: Mar 5 2004 12:00AM