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Project Number: 02-04
P.I. Name & Address:
Alan
J. Horowitz
Professor of Civil Engineering
UW--Milwaukee
PO Box 784
Milwaukee, WI 53201
Phone:
414-229-6685
Fax:
414-229-6958
Email:
horowitz@uwm.edu
Project Objective:
The
primary objective of the research is to determine how best to approach the
long-range deployment problem. The project would develop a conceptual
approach to how ITS investments could be staged to maximize their benefit.
Project Abstract: This research project deals with the issue of how ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) strategies and technologies should be implemented over a long period of time (e.g. 10 to 20 years). It is common practice for long-range transportation plans to include ITS elements, but there is a pressing need for methodologies for deciding when ITS strategies should be deployed in accordance with asset management principles.
The project will identify ITS strategies that should be considered in a staged manner and accumulate or develop evaluation and decision criteria that would assist the decision-maker in developing an optimal plan for deploying ITS. Given the limited scope of the project, it will likely develop only a conceptual approach, with more work needed to develop a fully implementable model.
Task Descriptions:
Task 1: Identify those strategies
that lend themselves to staged implementation.
Task 2: Identify formal methods
for evaluating those strategies.
Task 3: Identify criteria for
evaluating the success of an ITS strategy.
Task 4: Identify ITS strategies
that need to be evaluated together or in some logical order.
Task 5: Identify those strategies
that should change or expand based on traffic demand.
Task 6: Identify formal strategies
for performing multiple year optimization of deployment.
Task 7: Demonstrate the concept
optimizing long-range strategies for either a single strategy or a small
combination of strategies.
Milestones, Dates:
Project start date: 9/1/01,
Final
report by 5/31/02
Total Budget: $84,055
Student Involvement:
One
graduate project assistant, 9 months @ 50% effort