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Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration

FTA Transit ITS Research Program Update. Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration Session 11: ITS Research in the U.S. and Abroad 2007 ITSA Annual Meeting Palm Springs, California June 4, 2007. Outline. Transit in the United States

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Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration

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  1. FTA Transit ITS Research Program Update Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration Session 11: ITS Research in the U.S. and Abroad 2007 ITSA Annual Meeting Palm Springs, California June 4, 2007

  2. Outline • Transit in the United States • Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas • Current Major U.S. DOT Transit ITS Initiatives

  3. Transit in the United States • More than 6,000 public transportation providers • 65,000 buses; 140,000 directional route miles • 15,000 rail vehicles; 9,800 directional route miles • Transit Trip Types • Work = 54% • School = 15% • Shopping = 9% Source: American Public Transportation Association Website (www.APTA.com)

  4. Transit in the United States (continued) • Ridership Trends Source: Report Year 2005 National Transit Summaries and Trends

  5. Transit in the United States (continued) • Ridership Trends (continued) Source: Report Year 2005 National Transit Summaries and Trends

  6. Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas • Fleet Management • Transit Operations Decision Support System • Transit Signal Priority • Traveler Information • Multimodal Trip Planning System

  7. Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas (continued) • Electronic Fare Collection • Universal Transit Farecard Standard (UTFS) • Rural ITS Transit • Operational Tests

  8. Key FTA ITS Research Program Areas (continued) • Collision Avoidance • Rail Transit • Rail Shared Use • ITS Standards • Transit Communications Interface Profiles (TCIP) • Transit Related ISO Standards

  9. Major ITS Initiatives • Integrated Corridor Management (ICM) • Mobility Services for All Americans (MSAA) / United We Ride • Integrated Vehicle-based Safety Systems (IVBSS) • Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII) • Vehicle Assist and Automation (VAA) • Congestion Mitigation Initiative

  10. Integrated Corridor Management • Goals • Demonstrate ITS technologies for efficiently and proactively managing corridor throughput • Provide institutional guidance, operational capabilities, and ITS technical methods

  11. Integrated Corridor Management (continued) • ICM Partners: • Dallas – DART Lead • Houston • Minneapolis • Montgomery County, MD • Oakland • San Antonio • San Diego • Seattle •

  12. Mobility Services for All Americans / United We Ride • Goals • Increase mobility and accessibility for the transportation disadvantaged and general public • Achieve more efficient use of multiple federal transportation funding resources • Demonstrate scalable and replicable models of ITS-enhanced human service transportation systems • Phase 1: system planning and design • Phase 2: system deployment

  13. Mobility Services for All Americans / United We Ride (continued) • MSAA/UWR Partners: • Aiken, SC • Atlanta, GA • Camden County, NJ • Fitchburg, MA • Kent, OH • Louisville, KY • Orlando, FL • Paducah, KY

  14. Vehicle Infrastructure Integration for Transit • Goals • Demonstrate many possible applications using the Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC) • Help accelerate private sector development of safety applications using Vehicle-Vehicle communications Queue is backing up. Adjust signal timing now. Alert! Car ahead braking! Brake now to avoid signal violation Probe data TMC

  15. Vehicle Infrastructure Integration for Transit (continued) • Potential VII-Enabled Transit Applications • “Day One” Applications: • Traveler Information • Traffic Signal Control • Incident Management • Future Applications: • Fleet Management • Electronic Payment • Outreach to Transit

  16. Integrated Vehicle-Based Safety Systems for Transit • Goal • Work with industry to accelerate introduction of integrated vehicle-based safety systems into the U.S. vehicle fleet of buses • Current Projects: • National Evaluation of Side Object Detection Systems (SODS) • Business Case Analysis for Transit IVBSS

  17. Vehicle Assist and Automation • Goals • Improve mobility and increase safety, efficiency, and productivity of bus operations in reduced rights-of-way • Deploy driver assist applications through a proof-of-concept demonstration • RFP for VAA demonstration at grants.gov within 60 days

  18. Congestion Mitigation Initiative • Goal • Demonstrate integrated strategies to reduce traffic congestion • Transit Role in Four “T’s” • Tolling • Transit • Telecommuting • Technology and Operations

  19. THANK YOU Walter Kulyk, P.E. Director, Office of Mobility Innovation Federal Transit Administration 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, D.C. 20590 Phone: (202) 366-4991 E-mail: walter.kulyk@dot.gov

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