Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) represents the application of technology to the nation's transportation system in both rural and urban settings to monitor road/weather conditions, detect traffic, observe incidents, inform travelers, improve route scheduling, provide emergency response, and much more.

Program Management
SEH offers program management and support services to help coordinate large, multi-jurisdictional or cross-functional groups involved in common ITS pursuits. ITS program management entails coordination and collaboration with stakeholders, vendors and other contractors.

Planning
ITS planning promotes strategic, coordinated direction for identifying, selecting and executing projects. SEH professionals can assist with planning and integration; policy, procedure and specification development; concepts of operation; architecture and standards; systems engineering; operations and maintenance; and telecommunications.

Evaluation
The evaluation of ITS projects is critical to understanding value and effectiveness, as well as helping ensure progress toward achieving ITS deployment goals. SEH can help establish project and program evaluation objectives, develop test plans, collect and analyze data, and prepare reports.

• Developing program or grant applications for funding
• Data collection and analysis for local, regional and statewide ITS program planning; scoping; feasibility studies; architecture studies; integration planning; operational concept planning; and program evaluations
• Meeting facilitation, management, documentation and follow-up activities
• ITS program assessments and recommendations
• Preparing and implementing marketing, communications and educational outreach plans

Public Safety and Emergency Management
Public safety and emergency management represents a wide range of systems designed to increase the safety and security of transportation systems, and support the integration of traffic, transit, commercial vehicle and emergency service operations. Successful public safety and emergency management ITS deployments will reduce crashes and fatalities, and enhance the security of transportation infrastructure and services. ITS technologies include:

• Automated vehicle location
• Mobile communication
• Computer-aided dispatch
• Automatic crash notification (Mayday)
• Roadway service patrols
• Emergency vehicle preemption (EVP)

Traveler Information
Traveler information includes details about road and weather conditions, road work, incidents, congestion, travel times, public transportation, parking and more. Whether pre-trip or en-route, information is geared toward helping travelers make decisions about schedules, mode choices or routes. Traveler information tools or systems may include some or all of the following:

• 511
• Internet services
• Changeable message signs (CMS) intelligent transportation systems
• Highway advisory radio (HAR)
• Low-power FM (LPFM)
• Kiosks
• Commercial media services

Traffic and Travel Management
Traffic and travel management takes many forms in both rural and urban areas, and emphasizes forecasting, detecting and managing travel conditions - both recurring and non-recurring. In urban areas, this is predominantly focused on congestion and incident management to optimize roadway capacity. In rural areas, management is more closely aligned with road work, special events and weather influences. Traffic and travel management tools may include:

• Closed circuit television (CCTV) cameras
• Traffic detection
• Computer aided dispatch (CAD)
• Transportation management centers
• Changeable message signs (CMS)