State of Texas ITS Architecture and Deployment Plans Permian Basin Region

The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued a final rule to implement Section 5206(e) of the Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) in January of 2001. This final rule requires that Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects funded through the Highway Trust Fund conform to the National ITS Architecture and applicable standards. FHWA has further established a deadline of April 2005 for regions to have an ITS architecture in place. To meet these requirements and ensure future federal funding eligibility for ITS, the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) initiated the development of regional ITS architectures and deployment plans throughout the State of Texas. There are several metropolitan areas in the state that already have ITS architectures in place or under development. The focus of the State of Texas Regional ITS Architectures and Deployment Plans program is to develop architectures in those areas outside of the Austin, Houston, Dallas, Fort Worth, and San Antonio Regions. TxDOT expanded upon the ITS architecture requirements outlined in the FHWA Final Rule, and included an ITS deployment plan as part of the regional efforts. The regional ITS architecture provides a framework for ITS systems, services, integration, and interoperability, and the regional ITS deployment plan identifies specific projects and timeframes for ITS implementation to support the vision developed by stakeholders in the architecture. TxDOT’s process for developing the regional ITS architectures and deployment plans followed a consensus-based approach to meeting the requirements in the FHWA Final Rule and supporting guidelines. This process was further tailored to meet the specific multi-agency needs of these regional plans, and was structured around stakeholder input and involvement. The addition of an ITS deployment plan provides a tangible road map for regional ITS deployment and integration.

• Record URL:
  • https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/37369
• Corporate Authors:

  Kimley-Horn and Associates, Incorporated

  12700 Park Central Drive, Suite 1800
  Dallas, TX  United States  75251

  ConSysTecCorp

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  Texas Department of Transportation

  Greer Highway Building, 125 East 11th Street
  Austin, TX  United States  78701-2483

  Federal Highway Administration

  ITS Joint Program Office
  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Publication Date: 2005-3-24

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Web
• Edition: Executive Summary
• Features: Figures; Maps; Tables;
• Pagination: 229

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Highway operations; Integrated systems; Intelligent transportation systems; System architecture; Transportation planning
• Identifier Terms: Final Rule; Highway Trust Fund; Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century
• Uncontrolled Terms: Federal funding; ITS deployment
• Geographic Terms: Texas
• Subject Areas: Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01109146
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: NTL, TRIS, USDOT, STATEDOT
• Created Date: Aug 22 2008 8:43AM