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7.4 Stakeholder Agreements
As the Strategic Deployment Plan is implemented and ITS is further deployed in the region, several
agency interfaces, information exchanges, and integration strategies need to be defined to provide
the ITS services and systems identified by the stakeholders in the region. Interfaces and data flows
among public and private entities in the Sacramento Region will require agreements among
agencies that establish parameters for sharing agency information to support traffic management,
incident management, provide traveler information, and other functions identified in the Regional
ITS Architecture.
Currently, there are no formal agreements in place in the Sacramento Region with regards to ITS.
Stakeholders acknowledged that in order to successfully deploy ITS solutions in the Region,
agreements will need to be put in place. With the implementation of ITS technologies, integrating
systems from one or more agencies, the anticipated level of information exchange identified in the
architecture, it is likely that formal agreements will be needed. These agreements, while perhaps
not requiring a financial commitment from agencies in the Region, should outline specific roles,
responsibilities, data exchanges, levels of authority, and other facets of regional operations. Some
agreements also will outline specific funding responsibilities, where appropriate and applicable.
Table 7.7 provides a list of potential agreements for the Sacramento Region based on the interfaces
identified in the Regional ITS Architecture. Many of these agreements will need to be instigated as
STARNET becomes active. Since agreements often take several months to route through the
proper review and approval channels, there should be a focus on development coordination as each
of these agreements are anticipated and then a commitment by stakeholders to carry the agreement
through to the adoption stage. This will help streamline the agreement process.
It is important to note that as ITS services and systems are implemented in the Region, part of the
planning and review process for those projects should include a review of potential agreements that
would be needed for implementation or operations.
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September 2005