ITS in Academics

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

Day 2 Presentation | September 21, 2017

ITS PCB Program Resources

Presenter: ITS PCB Staff
Presenter’s Org: U.S. DOT Volpe Center

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The slides in this presentation include the U.S. DOT ITS Joint Program Office (JPO) logo.

Slide 1: ITS PCB Program Resources (8:45-10:00 am)

• ITS PCB Program Background
• ITS Case Studies
• T3 Webinars
• T3e Webinars
• ITS Curriculum Webpage
• ITS Standards and Transit Standards
• ITS ePrimer
• CITE Courses & Products
• NHI Courses

Slide 2: The U.S. DOT Offers Free ITS Training

The U.S. DOT’s Professional Capacity Building (PCB) Program:

• Established by congressional legislation to build and sustain a capable and technically proficient ITS workforce
• Provides comprehensive, accessible, flexible ITS learning for the transportation industry
• Focused on transportation professionals - develop their knowledge, skills, and abilities while furthering career paths

• Increase your knowledge of ITS technologies
• Excel at your career
• Advance the mission of your organization

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Slide 3: ITS PCB Program Background

• Part of U.S. DOT ITS Joint Program Office (ITS JPO)
• Authorized by Congress in 1996 to develop the workforce competencies to transform the transportation infrastructure through ITS
• Reauthorized by the 2012 Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21^st Century (MAP-21) & reaffirmed by the 2016 Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (FAST Act)
• In 2010 embarked on new strategic direction:
  • Develop new ITS content and fill gaps in existing content.
  • Build partnerships to direct learning to the right audiences.
  • Move to cost-effective, engaging delivery methods.
• Ever increasing effort to expand coordination with wider (non-Federal) partners: Academia & Professional Associations

[This slide contains a lifecycle circular flow chart with four categories: Leverage, Accelerate, Deliver, and Evaluate feeding into each other circularly with arrows. Inside the circle is a Venn Diagram of four overlapping circles: Technology Transfer, Professional Development, Leadership Outreach, and Knowledge Exchange. At the center where they overlap, there is a circle containing the main goal: Building the ITS Profession.]

Slide 4: ITS PCB Partners

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Slide 5: ITS PCB Program Content

Targeted delivery, through strategic use of partners:

Tier 1: Emerging Technologies	Connected Vehicle: Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V) Vehicle to Infrastructure (V2I) DSRC (for Transportation) Technology Policy Automated Vehicles Smart Cities MOD/ATTRI	T3 Webinars CITE Courses ITS America State Chapter Workshops Academic Case Studies
Tier 2: Current Research	Short-term Intermodal Research Research Initiatives ICM Smart Roadside AERIS	T3 Webinars P2P ePrimer CITE Courses ITS Video Library ITS Knowledge Resources
Tier 3: Existing Technologies	Adaptive Signal Control Arterial Management Freeway Management Crash Prevention & Safety Road Weather Management Driver Assistance And more…
Tier 4: Foundational/Cross-Cutting Topics	Standards ITS Architecture CVRIA Systems Engineering Telecommunications DSRC Data Collection & Mgmt. Security Data Communications Procurement	CITE Courses Standards Modules NHI Courses

Slide 6: Partnering with Higher Education

The U.S. DOT looks to colleges and universities as partners in educating the next generation of leaders in Connected Vehicles

• Priority Audiences Over the Next 1 to 3 Years
  • Federal Agencies
  • Transportation Executives and General Managers
  • Transportation Practitioners (including Engineers and Planners)
  • Manufacturing/Industry
  • IT/Communications
  • Data Aggregators
  • Automobile Manufacturers
• Anticipated Audiences Over the Next 3 to 5 Years
  • Insurance and Privacy Audiences
  • Public Safety/Law Enforcement
  • Freight/Commercial Vehicle Owners and Operators
  • Media
  • Advocacy Organizations

Slide 7: ITS Case Studies

• Case Study developed from input from University Workshops
• 6 Case Studies
  • Adaptive Signal Control
  • National ITS Architecture
  • ITS Concept of Operations
  • Civil Design Considerations for ITS Implementation
  • Travel Time Based Performance Measures
  • Transit Service (online soon)
• Case Studies can be found online at /casestudies/default.aspx

[This slide contains a screenshot of the ITS in Academics page on the ITS PCB website.]

Slide 8: ITS Case Studies - 2016 Pilots

• Civil Design Considerations for ITS Implementation
  • Gonzaga University (Undergraduate)
  • Florida International University (Undergraduate & Graduate)
• ITS Concept of Operations at University of Massachusetts (Undergraduate)
• Transit Service and ITS by TSI at Oklahoma University

[This slide contains four logos: UMass Amherst, Oklahoma University, Gonzaga University, and Florida International University. This slide also contains a photo of the Florida International University entrance sign and two photos of filled classrooms.]

Slide 9: Talking Technology and Transportation (T3) Webinars

[This slide contains a screenshot of the ITS Courses and Training page on the ITS PCB website.]

Slide 10: T3 Webinars and Archive

• Online, 90 minute, interactive seminars
• FREE by ITS PCB Program
• Past webinars available through T3 archive (3-4 weeks after live event)
• Professional Development Hours (PDHs) eligible
• Invite T3 Webinars proposal:
  • Highlight an ITS related case study, problem solving challenge, or topic
• To join announcement list:
  • Send email to T3@dot.gov with the subject line “Add to Email List.”

Recent T3s (available now in archive):

• Traffic Incident Management - What’s New?
• Variable Speed Limits Systems: Are They for Everyone?

T3 Webinar Series:

• Automated Vehicle Awareness Series (2015-2017)
• Open Payment Series (2016-2017)
• Mobility On Demand Series (2017-2019)
• Smart Cities Awareness Series (2017-2020)

Register at: PCB Home

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Slide 11: Talking Technology and Transportation in Education (T3e) Webinars

Purpose

T3es are envisioned as a forum to bridge academic research with the larger transportation community. The goals are multifaceted and aim to:

• Allow transportation professionals to learn about emerging trends and interact with academia.
• Provide students an opportunity to present their work to the professional community and perfect their presentation skills.
• Offer an opportunity for academic institutions to showcase their programs and labs to a national audience.
• Provide those in all sectors with an opportunity to network and find synergy, potentially forming partnerships for deployment, operations, or new research topics.

[This slide contains a hierarchal chart showing the different opportunities for webinars. Each level is arranged as an overlapping circle; each one is smaller than the previous one. From largest to smallest, the circles are: U.S. DOT, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Research & Technology (OST-R), ITS Joint Program Office, ITS PCB Program, T3 Webinars, and T3 Education (T3es).]

Slide 12: T3e (education) Webinars

Format

• Focus on a specific ITS topic, theme, or subject area
• Up to 60-minutes in length—the first 25-40 minutes is devoted to presentations on relevant research, while the remaining time is set aside for an interactive question and answer discussion.
• Presenters may be university students, staff members, researchers, or professors but usually includes multiple presenters.
• T3es present a unique forum for exchange between academia, government, and industry.

/t3_webinars.aspx

[This slide contains a screenshot of the ITS Courses and Training page on the ITS PCB website.]

Slide 13: T3e (education) Webinars

Process

• Because the T3es are focused on academic research, unlike other T3 webinars, T3e presenters come exclusively from academia.
• In contrast to traditional T3s, which are hosted by a federal DOT staff member, a professor will serve as the host on a T3e webinar.
• The T3e Webinar content is developed by the professor and presenters, who determine the topic(s) and learning objectives.
• All T3es are produced by the Volpe Center T3 team who works with professors and students throughout.
• All T3e webinars are archived and available for viewing on the T3 website which presenters and can access and share freely.

Spaces are available on the calendar for 2018!
Please speak to Jaime if you are interested.

Slide 14: T3e (education) Webinars

• Sample of Past T3es
  • Network-Wide Impacts of Connected Vehicles on Mobility: An Agent-Based Modeling Approach | Oregon State University
  • Connected Vehicles and Rural Road Weather Management | Univ of Wyoming
  • Solar-powered Automated Transit Networks: The Future of Sustainable Urban Transportation | San Jose State University
• Upcoming T3es
  • Analysis of Freight Crashes along the I-10 Corridor: Potential ITS Countermeasures | Northern Arizona University - September 26, 2017
  • Title | University of Tennessee, October 11, 2017

Slide 15: ITS Curriculum Webpage

Purpose

To publish information about ITS courses in order to provide:

• Prospective graduate & undergraduate students interested in ITS with a “one-stop-shop” resource with information on university ITS programs & courses; and
• Educators with a platform to feature their ITS courses and an opportunity to informally network with other educators, exchanging lesson plans and best practices.

You can help develop this into a meaningful resource by providing us with:

• A list of your ITS courses, along with one or two web links to course descriptions/information
• A two-to-three sentence description that sums up ITS-related initiatives at your institution
• A university point of contact, and
• A university logo that we can publish on our website.

Slide 16: ITS Curriculum Webpage

Found at: PCB Home

Within ITS in Academics: /curriculum.aspx

The webpage will ultimately feature a comprehensive list of educational institutions that offer coursework in ITS, connected vehicles, automated vehicles, smart cities, or other innovative transportation research, and provide links to curriculum information and ITS-centric programs.

[This slide contains a screenshot of the ITS Curriculum Resources page on the ITS PCB website.]

Slide 17: ITS Curriculum Webpage

• Organized by state, clicking on a school listed expands to show details about the program that offers ITS coursework.
• This is envisioned as a resource for all levels of higher education, and aims to incorporate community colleges, tech, and trade schools.

[This slide contains a screenshot displaying search results on the ITS Curriculum Resources page on the ITS PCB website.]

Slide 18: ITS Standards/ITS Transit Standards

• FREE, 1.5-2 hour modules that teach how to procure, implement, and operate ITS standards-based devices
• First posted 2013
• 56 general ITS Standards Training Modules online
• 21 ITS Transit Standards Training online
• New as of this year
  • 8 ITS Standards
  • 10 ITS Transit Standards
  • 8 ITS Standards updated

/stds_training.aspx

[This slide contains a screenshot of the ITS Courses and Training page on the ITS PCB website and the ITS Standards Training logo.]

Slide 19: General ITS Standards Training Modules

[This slide contains a screenshot of the table of available training modules on the ITS Standards Training Modules page on the ITS PCB website and the ITS Standards Training logo.]

Slide 20: ITS Transit Standards Training Modules

[This slide contains a screenshot of the table of available training modules on the ITS Transit Standards Training Modules page on the ITS PCB website and the ITS Standards Training logo.]

Slide 21: ITS ePrimer

• Collaboration among ITE, APTA and ITS America
• 14 online modules, with multi-media examples
• Key elements include:
  • Technical content
  • Navigation to individual modules
  • Links to video and interactive material
  • Training and resource links
  • Feedback links
• Posted 2014
• Updates 2018

[This slide contains a screenshot of the ITS ePrimer page on the ITS PCB website and the ePrimer logo.]

Slide 22: ITS ePrimer

/ePrimer/default.aspx

[This slide contains a screenshot of the table of available ITS ePrimer modules on the ITS ePrimer page on the ITS PCB website and the ePrimer logo.]

Slide 23: What is CITE?

• Consortium for ITS Training and Education
• A unique consortium of over 100 university and industry partners
• Provide interactive online advanced transportation courses
• Types of offerings
  • Certificate Programs
  • Independent Study Courses
  • Blended Courses
  • Full Semester Courses

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Slide 24: CITE’s Audience

• College/University Students
  • Courses taken from University Partners
  • College credit given for completion through partners
• Industry professionals
  • Courses taken directly through CITE
  • CEUs given for completion

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Slide 25: Newest Courses Available

• Archived Data for Planning, Operations and Safety
• Connected Vehicles 101
• Cyber Security
• Performance Measurement
  • Intro to Operations Performance Measures and Management
  • Nuts and Bolts of Operations Performance Measurement
  • Operations Performance Management: Real-time Operations to Long Term Planning
• Travel Time (Vehicle Probe Data)

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Slide 26: National Highway Institute (NHI) Courses

Background

• Established by Congress in 1970
• Training and education arm of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA)
• Hundreds of trainings in more than 18 transportation industry-related program areas

Course Offerings

• Instructor-led training from short, 1-day courses to multi-week sessions
• Web-Conference trainings—live, online learning taught by remote instructors
• Web-based trainings that are available online 24/7 (over 160 in catalog)

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Slide 27: National Highway Institute (NHI) Courses

Course Topic Areas

• Asset Management
• Communications
• Construction and Maintenance
• Freight and Transportation Logistics
• Geotechnical
• Highway Safety
• Hydraulics
• Intelligent Transportation Systems
• Structures
• Transportation Performance Management
• Transportation Planning

Search courses at: https://www.nhi.fhwa.dot.gov/home.aspx

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