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Lessons Learned Overview

Lessons Learned capture the real life experience of practitioners in their planning, deployment, operations, maintenance, and evaluation of ITS. It is a relection on what was done right, what one would do differently, and how one could be more effective in the future.  Read more >

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 Design & Deployment;  Funding;  Human Resources;  Leadership & Partnerships;  Legal Issues;  Management & Operations;  Policy & Planning;  Procurement;  Technical Integration

Application:

 Alternative Fuels;  Arterial Management;  Commercial Vehicle Operations;  Crash Prevention & Safety;  Driver Assistance;  Electronic Payment & Pricing;  Emergency Management;  Freeway Management;  Information Management;  Intermodal Freight;  Road Weather Management;  Roadway Operations & Maintenance;  Traffic Incident Management;  Transit Management;  Transportation Management Centers;  Traveler Information

Goals:

 Customer Satisfaction;  Efficiency;  Energy & Environment;  Mobility;  Productivity;  Safety

Systems Engineering:

 Changes and Upgrades;  Concept of Operations;  Detailed Design;  Feasibility Study / Concept Exploration;  High-Level Design;  Operations and Maintenance;  Regional Architecture(s);  Retirement/Replacement;  Software / Hardware Development Field Installation;  Subsystem Verification;  System Requirements;  System Validation;  System Verification & Deployment;  Systems Engineering Program Management;  Systems Engineering Project/Technical Management;  Unit / Device Testing

Major Initiatives:

 Cooperative Intersection Collision Avoidance Systems;  Electronic Freight Management;  Emergency Transportation Operations;  Integrated Corridor Management Systems;  Integrated Vehicle Based Safety Systems;  Mobility Services for All Americans;  Nationwide Surface Transportation Weather Observing and Forecasting System - Clarus;  Next Generation 9-1-1;  Vehicle Infrastructure Integration (VII)

Program Activities:

 511 Travel Information;  Amber Alert;  Commercial Vehicle Information Systems And Networks (CVISN);  Intelligent Grade Crossings;  Intelligent Railroad Systems;  Intelligent Vehicle Initiative;  Intermodal Freight Technology;  Public Safety;  Real Time Traveler Information;  Rural ITS Deployment;  Transit Systems;  Wireless Enhanced 9-1-1;  Work Zones

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Latest Lessons Updates

• Added: 10/22/2019 - Emphasize pilot projects to get real-world data on impact of automated vehicles, recommends United K... (09/01/2019)
• Added: 10/17/2019 - Current generation adaptive cruise control systems do not prevent phantom traffic jams.... (05/09/2019)
• Added: 10/16/2019 - Cat's eye retro-reflectors extend the range of lane detection when using automated vehicle camera te... (01/13/2019)
• Added: 10/16/2019 - Study finds that certain confined spaces prohibit the use of large aerial drones to inspect bridges;... (08/04/2018)

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Links

• U.S. DOT, ITS Joint Program Office (JPO)
• ITS JPO, Program Assessment and Evaluation
• U.S. Department of Transportation
• International Benefits, Evaluation, and Costs (IBEC) Working Group

Available Documents

• ITS Benefits, Costs, Deployment, and Lessons Learned: 2011 Update
• Presentation - Navigating the Knowledge Resources for Rural Applications
• ITS Lessons Learned Write-Up Guide
• ITS Benefits, Costs, Deployment, and Lessons Learned: 2008 Update
• Congestion Initiative Leaflets
• ITS Taxonomy

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