TITLE: TEA-21 Oversight: Intelligent Transportation Systems

CIS-NO: 2003-S321-11  
SOURCE: Committee on Environment and Public Works. Senate  
DOC-TYPE: Hearing Retrieve the full text of testimony  
DOC-NO: S. Hrg. 107-567  
DATE: Sept. 10, 2001  
LENGTH: iii+216 p. il.  
CONG-SESS: 107-1  
ITEM-NO: 1045-A; 1045-B  
SUDOC: Y4.P96/10:S.HRG.107-567  
 
GPO-STOCK-NO: 552-070-29587-9.

SUMMARY:
Hearing before the Subcom on Transportation, Infrastructure, and Nuclear Safety to review the development and deployment of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) using innovative technologies to alleviate traffic congestion and improve highway safety.
 
Hearing was held in light of Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century (TEA-21) provisions authorizing funding for ITS R&D and incentive grants to States and localities to deploy ITS technologies.
 
Supplementary material (p. 26-216) includes witnesses' written statements and written replies to Subcom questions.

CONTENT-NOTATION: Intelligent transportation systems dev and deployment review

DESCRIPTORS:  
   SUBCOM ON TRANSPORTATION, INFRASTRUCTURE, AND NUCLEAR SAFETY. SENATE;  FEDERAL AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS-TRANSPORTATION; FEDERAL AID TO STATES-TRANSPORTATION; MOTOR TRANSPORTATION; TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATIONS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS AND SAFETY; TRAFFIC ENGINEERING; TRANSPORTATION EQUITY ACT FOR THE 21ST CENTURY; TRANSPORTATION RESEARCH

03-S321-11 TESTIMONY NO: 1     Sept. 10, 2001 p. 7-17, 26-195
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   JOHNSON, CHRISTINE (Director, ITS Joint Program Office, DOT)
   TINKLENBERG, ELWYN (Commissioner, Minnesota Department of Transportation; representing American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials)
   YERMACK, LAWRENCE (President, PB Farradyne; representing Intelligent Transportation Society)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Review of DOT ITS program and related issues; perspectives on ITS current deployment, benefits, and future direction.
 
INSERTIONS:
   a. Proper, Allen T. (et al., Mitretek Systems), "Intelligent Transportation Systems Benefits: 2001 Update" June 2001, with bibliography (p. 31-118).
   b. ITS Joint Program Office, "Tracking the Deployment of the Integrated Metropolitan Intelligent Transportation Systems Infrastructure in the USA: FY2000 Results" July 2001, with graphs, tables, and bibliography (p. 130-191).
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Intelligent transportation systems dev and deployment review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF STATE HIGHWAY AND TRANSPORTATION OFFICIALS; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION; GOVERNMENT INFORMATION AND INFORMATION SERVICES; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SOCIETY; MITRETEK SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL DATA: COMMUNICATIONS AND TRANSPORTATION; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN AREAS
 
 
03-S321-11 TESTIMONY NO: 2     Sept. 10, 2001 p. 17-25, 196-216
 
WITNESSES (and witness notations):
   BEALL, JAMES, JR. (Chair, Santa Clara County, Calif., Board of Supervisors; representing San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission)
   MANNING, MARTIN (Director, Clark County, Nev., Department of Public Works; representing American Public Works Association)
   ALBERT, STEPHEN (Director, Western Transportation Institute)
 
STATEMENTS AND DISCUSSION:
   Overview of ITS programs in the San Francisco Bay area; perspectives on transportation challenges and ITS deployment in rural areas, with policy recommendations.
 
CONTENT NOTATION:
   Intelligent transportation systems dev and deployment review
 
TESTIMONY DESCRIPTORS:
   AMERICAN PUBLIC WORKS ASSOCIATION; RURAL TRANSPORTATION; SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.; URBAN AREAS; WESTERN TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE

LOAD-DATE: July 30, 2003