2021

The workshop will explore successful practices, resources, and issues agencies should consider with: 1) developing and maintaining an inventory of TMS assets and resources, 2) monitoring and assessing TMS assets and resources, and 3) assessing and reporting on TMS capabilities. In addition to podium presentations, the workshop will feature a highly interactive breakout-session with small-group discussions, to gain the most benefit from the expertise of attendees. The next generation of TMSs will offer agencies the potential to significantly improve safety and mobility. The workshop outcomes will assist agencies as they transition to next-generation of their systems. However, these transitions require agencies to make decisions regarding all of the TMS assets and resources, the condition of these assets, and a full assessment of their agency and system’s capabilities and performance.

AGENDA

10:00 AM

Welcome: Introductions, Workshop Purpose, and Desired Outcomes - Jon Obenberger, FHWA

10:05 AM

Session 1: What TMS Assets and Resources Should Agencies Inventory, Monitor, and Assess?

Moderator: Bill Halkias (Attica Tollway Operations Authority; IBTTA)

Description: Speakers will frame the management of TMS assets and resources and each of the three presentations that follow. Speakers will define, describe, clarify the meaning, and briefly introduce the information compiled that will provide the basis of the information to be considered and discussed in Session 2.    

Outcomes: Shared understanding of and importance of the topics presented; clarified meaning/intent of each topic; and an initial “sample” list of issues for agencies to consider with developing and maintaining an inventory, monitoring and assessing, and reporting on the condition and performance these assets

Recorder: Fanis Papadimitriou (Attica Tollway Operations Authority; TRB Freeway Operations Committee)

Topics and Speakers:(9 min. each speaker)

1.      TMS Assets and Resources – Framing the Discussion, Peter Marshall (Siemens)

2.      Developing and Maintaining an inventory of TMS Assets, Daniel Lukasik (Parsons)

3.      Monitoring and Assessing TMS Assets, Leslie Jacobson (WSP)

4.      Reporting on the Condition and Performance of TMS Assets (Craig Toth, HNTB)

5.      Audience Q&A: Moderator facilitates answering audience questions regarding issues/challenges

10:55 AM

Session 2: Breakout Session—Identifying Issues to Consider, Successful Practices, and Resources to Use

Moderator: Susanna Zammataro (International Road Federation – Geneva)

Description: Attendees will join different breakout groups addressing these three topics.  Each group will review and add to the lists provided for issues to consider, successful practices & needed resources.

Outcomes: Each breakout group will update these lists based on their discussions and identify and report out in Session 3 the top three priorities for key issues to consider, successful practices & needed resources.

12:00 PM

Session 3: Discuss Breakout Session Results

Moderator: Lisa Burgess (Kimley-Horn; TRB Active Traffic Management Joint Subcommittee)

Description:The moderator will ask each breakout group to highlight the top three issues to consider, successful practices, and needed resources their breakout group identified for the topic they discussed.  The moderator will ask for questions and feedback from the audience after all four breakout groups have reported out.

Outcomes:  List of key issues to consider, successful practices, and needed resources identified from the breakout-sessions for each topic addressing TMS assets and resources: 1) Developing and Maintaining an Inventory, 2) Monitoring and Assessing, and 3) Reporting on the Condition and Performance.

Recorder: Phil Masters (Parsons, TRB Freeway Operations Committee), Paul Anderson (TTI, TRB Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Committee)

12:40 AM

Action Planning: Identify Topics for Research or Industry Consideration & Collaboration

Moderator: Raj Ponnaluri (AASHTO Committee on TSO, ITS Work Group)

Description: The moderator will: summarize highlights from Session 3, help translate outcomes of the workshop into action (by leading a discussion to identify topics for future research and collaboration), and give participants an opportunity to provide feedback on these topics or suggest other actions.

Recorder: Alan Clelland (DKS Associates, TRB Traffic Signal Systems Committee)

12:50 AM

Immediate Next Steps & Sponsors’ Perspectives

Moderator: Greg Krueger, TRB Intelligent Transportation Systems Committee

Speakers:  Beverly Kuhn (TRB Freeway Operations Committee)

Doug Gettman (TRB Traffic Signal Systems Committee)

Sherif Ishak (TRB Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Computing Applications Committee)

Lisa Burgess (TRB Active Traffic Management Joint Subcommittee)

Les Jacobson (TRB Regional Transportation Systems Management & Operations Committee)

Raj Ponnaluri or Brian Simi (AASHTO Committee on TSO, ITS Work Group)

John Bassett or Alex Wassman (Traffic Management Center Pooled Fund Study)

Malika Seddi (ASECAP)

Emanuela Stocchi (IBTTA)

Martin Russ (ERTICO Traffic Management Work Group)

1:00 PM

Adjourn