WisDOT 511 Activities

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WisDOT 511 Activities

• 511 Deployment Coalition Working Group March 29
  31, 2006
• Dearborn, MI
• Phil DeCabooter

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Planning Activities

• GCM Corridor Planning Contracts 2003
• First Phase Near Completion
• Condition Acquisition Reporting System Tested By
  Wisconsin State Patrol 2004

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Next Steps

• Working on a contract with the new UW Traffic
  Operations and Safety (TOPS) Lab to provide
  program management services
• Scope being developed
• Coordinator search currently in process

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Program Management Services

• Statewide traveler information coordination
• Telecommunications coordination
• Develop business model alternatives
• Deployment recommendations
• Commissioning
• Statewide operations communication network
  coordination

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Project Details

• 36 months
• 511 program manager to be hired
• Two PhD co-principal investigators
• Student assistance

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Program Manager Activities

• Determine appropriate use of data being collected
  for TransPortal data hub
• Research interoperability agreements
• Identify emerging 511 research needs
• Guide discussions with PSC TeleComms
• Determine potential cost-share arrangements
• Recommend a statewide deployment approach
• Facilitate Wisconsin 511 Commissioning
• Develop ITS design standards to support 511
• Identify potential partnerships
• Support maintenance of the statewide architecture

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Questions/Contacts

• Todd Szymkowski
• szymkowski_at_engr.wisc.edu
• Phil DeCabooter
• phil.decabooter_at_dot.state.wi.us