Welcome to the 5th Clarus Initiative Coordinating Committee Meeting

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Welcome to the 5th Clarus Initiative
Coordinating Committee Meeting
Clarus ICC Meeting 5, Sept 2007 Kansas City, MO

• Paul Pisano
• Team Leader, Road Weather Management
• Federal Highway Administration

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State DOT Attendance Today
26 State DOTs Represented _at_ Clarus ICC 5
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Diverse Stakeholder Community

• 31 State DOT personnel representing 26 states
• 24 persons representing 16 private sector
  organizations
• Toll Roads (NY State Thruway)
• Municipal (City/County of Denver)
• Academic (NJ Inst of Technology, Univ of OK, Univ
  of North Dakota, TTI)
• International guests from Canada UK

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Vendor Tables

• Eight companies have tables set up at the rear of
  the auditorium. Please take the time to visit.
• Quixote Transportation Technologies
• Vieux, Inc.
• Vaisala, Inc.
• IWAPI, Inc.
• Meridian Environmental Technology
• University of North Dakota
• DTN/Meteorlogix
• International Road Technologies

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Meeting Objectives

• Provide the status of the Clarus Initiative
• Describe the state of Clarus System Development
  its Graphical User Interface
• Provide an update on the Multi-state Regional
  Demonstration its 3 phases
• Provide detailed updates about VII and how it may
  effect Clarus
• Discuss potential task forces

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Meeting Objectives

• Encourage participation in the Clarus Initiative
  by all public transportation agencies
• Promote participation in Connection Incentive
  Program (CIP)
• Discuss potential barriers to participation
• data dissemination policy
• disclaimers and legal liability

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Presentations

• All presentations will be available for download
  from the Clarus Initiative site within 2 weeks of
  this meeting
• www.clarusinitiative.org