ITS in Academics

ITS Community College Workshop #1
September 20-21, 2017 | ITS America Headquarters in Washington, D.C.

Day 1 Presentation | September 20, 2017

Community College ITS Workshop

Presenter: Randy Johnson
Presenter’s Org: Missouri Department of Transportation (MoDOT)

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Slide 1: Community College ITS Workshop

Randy Johnson, P.E., PTOE, ACTAR
Kansas City Scout

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Slide 2: The Future is Now

[This slide contains a photo of a woman in the driver’s seat of a Tesla car, on a crowded highway, not touching the steering wheel, and with a digital roadmap to the right of the steering wheel.]

Slide 3: Road to Tomorrow

Prepare MoDOT to integrate 21^st century technologies into our transportation system and services

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Slide 4: Solar Roadways

Produce clean renewable energy for homes, businesses and electric cars on the roadway
Heating elements to prevent snow and ice accumulation
Panels have microprocessors that allows the panels to communicate with each other, a central control station, and vehicles
LED lights to create lines and signage without paint

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Slide 5: “Autonomous” True s

Purpose - To remove driver from first warning vehicle in mobile highway operations
Leader-follower concept with wireless communications

[This slide contains a photo of two trucks on a test lot. The photo is marked with concentric lines between the two vehicles to indicate wireless communication from the second truck to the first truck.]

Slide 6: Rural Queue Warning System

Utilizes MoDOT’s real-time speed probe data
Post automatic messages on rural DMS
Focused on alerting traffic as soon as possible and reduce secondary accidents

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Slide 7: Hyperloop One “Global Challenge”

Kansas City - Saint Louis route is a 240-mile mixed system (passengers + cargo) that would run parallel to 1-70. About a 25 minute commute
Benefit from access to the 2^nd and 3^rd largest rail hubs in the nation

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Slide 8: Smart City - Kansas City

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Slide 9: The Future is Now

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Slide 10: What does ITS really mean?

I = Innovative
T = Technical
S = Synergy

Slide 11: Technical Needs

Network/Communications
- Basic understanding of components and how it all fits together (switches, routers, IP addresses, fiber optics, dedicated short range communications, etc.)
Traffic Technician
- Basic understanding of traffic operations such as traffic signal/ramp meter control and capacity analysis. Enjoys data analysis
Project Management/Construction Management
- Oversee project design and construction of ITS infrastructure

Slide 12: Innovation

Creativity and Imagination
“We cannot solve a problem by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”
- Albert Einstein
“Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.”
- Bill Gates
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.

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Slide 14: The Future is Now

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Slide 15: Looking Ahead

Internships and Guest Speakers - gain current knowledge
Advantages of Community Colleges
- More technical training
- Smaller investment to determine if like specific field
- Organizations help employees pay for continuing education

Slide 16: Kansas City SCOUT

Randy Johnson
email: randy.johnson@modot.mo.gov
phone: 816-347-2200

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