Module 1 - I101 - Using ITS Standards: An Overview
Webinar Chat Transcript
Date: May 16, 2011 @ 2:00-3:00 p.m. ET

(Note: This document has been converted from a recording of the Webinar chat to 508-compliant HTML.

Learning Assessment 1: What do you see as possible benefits of using standards?
Answers:
Ease of maintenance.
Cheaper deployments. Interoperability of deployments.
Supports competitive bidding.
Makes testing easier.

Learning Assessment 2: What do you think are potential costs of implementing a standards-based system?
Answers:
Problems with interface with legacy systems.
Time.

Learning Assessment 3: What do you think some of the most common technical challenges are?
Answers:
Not enough skilled technical resources.
Institutional: reluctance to change the way things have always been done.

Learning Assessment 4: What lessons have you learned from your own projects?
Answers:
Before installing PTZ cameras at intersections, be sure to beware of private property and their concerns in regards to privacy.
One of the lessons Learned: ICT (Information Communication Technologies) Eng and ITS Eng culture clash - Two different worlds.

Q: In slide 41 you show NTCIP 1206 doing traffic flow and traffic sensor control. I believe you mean NTCIP 1209.
A: It could probably be either. I think I did it correctly, but I could see 1209 being applicable, too.

NTCIP 1206 - Object Definitions for Data Collection and Monitoring (DCM) Devices: Specifies object definitions that may be supported by data collection and monitoring devices, such as roadway loop detectors.

NTCIP 1209 - Data Element Definitions for Transportation Sensor Systems (TSS): Object definitions that are specific to and guide the data exchange content between advanced sensors and other devices in an NTCIP network. Advanced sensors include video-based detection sensors, inductive loop detectors, sonic detectors, infrared detectors, and microwave/radar detectors.