handout - Traffic Signal Systems Committee

Software Procurement• Resources• ITS Procurement Resource Guide• ITS Procurement Using Federal Aid – Course Available February 2000Guidance• The Road to Successful ITS SoftwareResources• ITS Software acquisition – Course available on requestNCHRP Report• ITS Software: Effective Acquisition Practices6. National Telephone Number for Traveler Information (N11)• Petition with FCC for common 3-digit number nationwide for traveler information• If approved, potential for significant demand for services• Demand for and emergence of nationwide traveler information services, not justmetropolitan based but intercity, interstate, rural7. National Dialogue on Operations and ManagementPost-Interstate MissionThe Federal Highway Administration is kicking off a national dialogue on the future oftransportation operations and management in the United States. With the Interstate HighwaySystem essentially complete, coupled with the advent of technological advances, a key factor inproviding for future mobility will be optimizing performance of the existing infrastructure, alongwith modest infrastructure construction. In other words, the new challenge for transportation inthe 21 st century is managing the performance of transportation resources to deliver integratedtransportation services to customers under varying conditions.To this end, FHWA has established a national steering committee to recommend actionsneeded for a new operations mission to take hold, and become embraced as the legislativetiming for the next transportation bill approaches. The steering committee has met andprioritized the key actions that must take place in order to be successful. The are: Setting the