Kansas City

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Kansas City
Regional ITS Architecture
Ron Achelpohl, PEAssistant Director of
TransportationMid-America Regional Council
September 29, 2005
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The Kansas City Region
Bi-StateKansas Missouri
7 Counties
100 Municipalities
3 Transit Operators
1,755,860 Residents(2004 Census)
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Mid-America Regional Council

• Council of Governments/Metropolitan Planning
  Organization
• Programs in Transportation, Emergency Management,
  Homeland Security, Environmental Policy, etc.
• 30-Member Board
• Extensive Committee Structure
• 110 Staff (22 in Transportation)

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ITS in Kansas City
47 Stakeholders
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Benefits of Architecture Development

• Opportunity for true intermodal planning
• Engage regional stakeholders
• Formation of a new Transit ITS Workgroup
• Create a new role for the MPO

• Shift focus from additional capacity to
  management of the existing system
• Establishment of a regional Management
  Operations Workgroup

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Development Issues
Engaging Stakeholders

• Emergency Management Freight in particular

Time Commitment
Learning Curve
Architecture Format
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The Kansas City Architecture
Foundation

• Strategic Deployment Plan (1995)
• Tier I II Workshops (2000)
• Individual Stakeholder Meetings

Format

• Internet based

• Easily disseminated
• Easily updatable
• Accommodates the dynamic nature of the
  architecture

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The Architecture Website
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The Architecture Website
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The Architecture Website
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The Architecture Website
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The Architecture Website
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Architecture Management
Since ITS Architecture is constantly evolving,
some important questions need to be addressed

1. Who is responsible for Architecture maintenance?
2. How will changes to the Architecture be processed?

In Kansas City, these questions led to the
formation of a Management Operations Workgroup.
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Management Operations Work Group
Responsible for

1. RITSA maintenance
2. Congestion Management System
3. Other Ad Hoc MO Issues

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A Work in Progress
Version 1.0 approved by the MARC Board of
Directors on August 31, 2004
Future enhancements to the architecture website
will focus on

• User friendliness
• Improved website updating

Improved coordination with other architectures
Continued refinement of the architecture
Incorporate changes to the National ITS
Architecture
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Using the RITSA

• Since adopting Version 1.0
• Used in Project Architectures for Transit
  Projects (including Bus Rapid Transit Traffic
  Signal Priority) and Freight
• Used in Project Evaluations For Transportation
  Improvement Program
• Used in Long-Range Plan Update

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RITSA in Long-Range Plan

• Incorporated by reference in Transportation
  Management Element of Draft LRTP
• LRTP to be adopted by MPO Board in October, 2005
• MARC should continue to coordinate with KDOT,
  MoDOT, transit operators and other local entities
  to implement and refine the Regional Intelligent
  Transportation Systems Architecture, and to
  integrate ITS into the regional transportation
  planning process and the operation of regional
  transportation systems.

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Maintenance Issues
Managing Change

• New Emerging Initiatives
• Non-Federal Projects!

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Maintenance Issues
Engaging Stakeholders

• Education Re-education
• New Relationships Between Stakeholders
• Stakeholder Turnover
• Public Involvement

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Maintenance Issues
Internal Management

• Training and Retaining Staff
• Labor to Maintain/Update Website
• More Complex Committee Structure
• More Internal Coordination Required

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Maintenance Issues
Mainstreaming Integration

• Linking to Planning
• Integrating into Programming
• Mainstreaming in Project Development
• Coordinating with Adjacent/Overlapping
  Architectures

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Kansas City Regional ITS Architecture
For More Information, Contact
Ron Achelpohl, PErona_at_marc.org
Marc Hansen, AICPmhansen_at_marc.org
Mid-America Regional Council600 Broadway, Suite
300Kansas City, MO 64105 www.marc.org (816)
474-4240