Efficiency and standardization are related terms in ITS and this objective aims to start the process of viewing standardization in terms of efficiency. The reduction of design costs, custom integration, and maintenance costs will lead to more efficient ITS. Meeting and integrating standards for ITS will allow stakeholders to work together more easily and perform their jobs successfully in addition to enabling the MA ITS community to take advantage of the best technologies available on the market.
Strategies:
1. Implement design, construction, integration and communication standards for ITS field devices.
2. Implement an electronic crash reporting system to reduce the amount of time required to investigate crashes.
Implementation Table
Project title: Design, Construction, and
Communications Standards for ITS
Timeframe: Immediate Project Cost: $100,000
Project Description: Implement and/or improve existing highway and multimodal
(excluding explicit rail-transit) ITS specifications and standards to maintain baseline functionality and interoperability across all ITS implementations within the
Commonwealth.
Project Lead: MassDOT – Highway Division – HOC
Key stakeholders: MassDOT – ITS Planning , MassDOT IT, MBTA, MassPort, City of
Boston, Other Participating Organizations
Project Strategy Prerequisites: None
Objectives
Standardize ITS implementation throughout the Commonwealth
Reduce and prevent dependence of ITS implementations on specific vendors or manufacturers throughout the Commonwealth
Streamline ITS planning and deployment within the Commonwealth
Reduce the overall cost of implementing ITS within the Commonwealth
Inputs
Existing standards documents and requirements
Baseline functional requirements of ITS services
Best practices in ITS standards
Outputs and Deliverables ITS construction standards
ITS integration standards
ITS standard specifications
Implementation Table
Project title: Crash Reporting System Timeframe: Long-term
Project Cost: TBD
Project Description: Leverage existing platforms or develop new system to improve
situational awareness of highways throughout the Commonwealth, decreasing time to identify, verify, locate, and investigate roadway incidents.
Project Lead: MassDOT – Highway Division – Safety
Key stakeholders: MassDOT IT, MassDOT – Highway Division – ITS Programs, MBTA,
MassPort, Other Significant Municipalities, Fire Department Association, State Police, Municipal Police
Project Strategy Prerequisites:
1.1.1 Statewide ITS Planning Guidebook
1.2.2 Standardized ITS Project Execution Process
1.2.3 Centralized ITS Planning and Approval Process
1.3.1 Standardized ITS Project Concept of Operations
1.3.2 Standardized ITS Funding and Planning Processes
3.2.1 Design, Construction, and Communication Standards for ITS
3.3.1 ITS Design Checklist
3.3.2 ITS Lifecycle Cost Template
3.3.3 ITS Operational Cost Planning and Procurement
3.4.2 Performance Monitoring Requirements
Objectives
Create a singular repository for all crash and incident information within the Commonwealth
Streamline the incident identification, verification, response, and review process across first responders and other relevant stakeholders
Inputs
Existing incident documentation practices and procedures
Best practices in incident documentation and tracking
Outputs and Deliverables Crash reporting system
Objective 3.3: Improve Efficiency of ITS and Business Processes that
Support it
To deliver the most technologically enhanced transportation possible for travelers, ITS agencies must operate their business as efficiently as possible. This objective will help MassDOT and its partners formalize and standardize all aspects of project development and delivery.
Strategies:
1. Develop ITS design checklist to be incorporated into the traditional project development process.
2. Develop a standard lifecycle cost analysis template that includes an evaluation of replacement costs and when the item will become obsolete.
3. Develop a process to improve early planning for operations and maintenance budgets associated with ITS use.
Implementation Table
Project title: ITS Design Checklist Timeframe: Short-term
Project Cost: $50,000
Project Description: Improve consistency of typical roadway and bridge project designs
by assembling a checklist for design practitioners to evaluate their designs by. The
checklist will include conceptual functionality and interoperability considerations, and any collaborative steps to be taken amongst stakeholders to ensure that the design of the project meets the needs of all users.
Project Lead: MassDOT – Highway Division – ITS Programs
Key stakeholders: MassDOT IT, MassDOT – Highway Division – ITS Programs, MBTA,
MassPort, RTAS
Project Strategy Prerequisites:
3.2.1 Design, Construction, and Communication Standards for ITS
Objectives
Ensure that all appropriate operational and maintenance ITS considerations are incorporated into the design of new ITS projects
Streamline and standardize the ITS design process
Inputs
Existing ITS design practices and documentation
ITS project needs from key stakeholders
Outputs and Deliverables ITS design checklist
Implementation Table
Project title: ITS Lifecycle Cost
Template
Timeframe: Short-term Project Cost: $80,000
Project Description: Standardized approach for evaluating the useful lifespan of typical
highway and transit ITS devices. Using the templates, ITS planning and implementation practitioners will be able to project the useful lifetime of ITS implementations, the
cost/benefit ratios of the initiative, and estimate replacement schedules and costs at a high level.
Project Lead: MassDOT – Office of Performance Management & Innovation
Key stakeholders: MassDOT – ITS Planning, ITS Programs, MBTA, MassPort, RTAS Project Strategy Prerequisites:
3.2.1 Design, Construction, and Communication Standards for ITS
3.3.1 ITS Design Checklist
Objectives
Implement efficient, “right-sized,” cost-effective ITS projects to deliver services
Enhance the transparency of ITS costs and utility
Inputs
Existing ITS cost data
Existing ITS lifespan data
Outputs and Deliverables ITS lifecycle cost template
Accurate, predictable lifespan of ITS implementations
Implementation Table
Project title: ITS Operational Cost
Planning and Procurement
Timeframe: Immediate Project Cost: $60,000
Project Description: Compile existing operational costs and develop projected operational
costs for typical highway and transit ITS implementations for use when considering
lifecycle costs of new ITS implementations. Costs can be used to project ongoing operational budgets for ITS implementations and to better anticipate these costs in organizational budgets.
Project Lead: MassDOT – Highway Division – Highway Operations
Key stakeholders: MassDOT – Highway Division – ITS Programs, MBTA, MassPort,
RTAS
Project Strategy Prerequisites: None
Objectives
Include ITS recurring operational costs into the planning and programming process
Reduce or eliminate unanticipated operational costs that rely on general funds
Inputs
Existing ITS recurring cost data
Existing funding sources and application processes
Outputs and Deliverables
ITS operational cost database
ITS operational cost funding checklist