ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVATIVE TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS

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ACCELERATING THE DEPLOYMENT OF INNOVATIVE
TRANSPORTATION SOLUTIONS

• Hamed Benouar
• Executive Director, Center for Commercialization
  of ITS Technologies
• PATH Deputy Director, Transportation Management
  and Information Systems

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Three Major Motivators

• improve Californias transportation economy
• Help address security issues
• Help Caltrans achieve its goals

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Expand Coop with Industry and Practitioners

• Cooperative RD
• Collaborate with Industry Partners
• Commercialization Center
• Promote collaboration
• Joint project development
• Collaborate with entrepreneurs and small
  businesses to promote innovation
• Product evaluation/refinement
• Facilitate Deployment
• Collaborate with industry and practitioners
• Showcase deployments

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Moving Research to Deployment
Research
Prototype Development Preliminary Testing
Real-world System Testing Refinement (TESTBEDS)
Facilitating Deployment and Commercialization
through Collaborative Research and Development
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RD and deployment Dual Track

• Research with deployment in mind
• Involve the implementers early on
• Close coordination between researchers and
  implementers throughout the process
• PeMS project experience
• Research agenda development
• Organize effectively to meet needs
• Program area advisory groups
• Multi-modal integration

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Using Technology to Improve Multi-Modal
Integration

• Detection and surveillance systems
• Ramp Metering
• Improving Traffic Management and system
  Performance
• Multi-modal traveler information
• Improving transit
• Bus Rapid Transit
• Demand Responsive Transit
• Regional Bus Systems (using HOV)
• Innovative Mobility Research Program
• Carsharing
• Smart Parking
• Segway
• Smart Growth
• Multi-modal integration and system management

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Deployment Showcase

• System management and mobility choices
• Real life showcase with committed partners
• Integrated corridor
• Freeway
• Arterial
• Transit
• Vehicle technology
• New mobility options
• Experience integrated multi-modal system
• Demonstrates feasibility and promote more
  deployments
• Goal is full operations by end of 2005