The USDOT has released several new publications highlighting its latest research initiatives and findings and results related to intelligent transportation systems (ITS):

• Integrated Corridor Management: Implementation Guide and Lessons Learned(FHWA-JPO-16-280): This implementation guide is intended for use by adopters of integrated corridor management (ICM) approaches and strategies to address congestion and travel time reliability issues within specific travel corridors. It introduces the topic of ICM and identifies the type of information system, the integrated corridor management system (ICMS) that is used to support transportation network managers and operators in applying ICM. 
  
  The guide discusses typical issues (lessons learned) that arose during the USDOT's research initiative, where the Department partnered with eight transportation agencies in large metropolitan areas (known as "pioneer sites") to research effective means of implementing ICM approaches in their major travel corridors. Each of the pioneer sites used a systems engineering approach to define the needs for ICM within their corridor and the needs and requirements for an ICMS to support it. Two of the original eight pioneer sites were selected to serve as pioneer demonstration sites, where an actual ICMS was built, operated, maintained, and evaluated to assess the effectiveness of ICM strategies in improving the flow of traffic within the corridor. 
  
  The guide offers suggestions for each stage of an implementation effort for an ICMS to assist other agencies. In addition, the guide offers extensive references to other documents and source material that can assist ICM adopters in successfully applying these concepts for their regions. Please note that this Version 2.0 of the ICM Implementation Guide and Lessons Learned supersedes Version 1.0 of the ICM Implementation Guide and Lessons Learned published in February of 2012. At the time the Version 1.0 guide was written, the Dallas and San Diego ICM Pioneer Sites were still in the system definition and design stages of the project lifecycle. This update provides additional lessons learned and examples through the full implementation of the Dallas and San Diego ICM Pioneer Site projects.
   
•  Smart Roadside Initiative Macro Benefit Analysis Project Report (FHWA-JPO-16-285): Through the Smart Roadside Initiative (SRI), a benefit-cost analysis (BCA) tool was developed to evaluate various new transportation technologies at the state level and provide results that could support technology adoption by a state department of transportation (DOT). This BCA tool aims to support state DOT agencies' preliminary decision-making on the cost-effectiveness of implementing freight-related transportation technologies. The tool provides general guidance on the cost-effectiveness of implementing a transportation technology and the use of state resources, and can be used to evaluate a transportation-related technology after development and prototype testing have been completed. The BCA tool evaluates the new technology's economic (to the agency), social (to road users), and environmental impacts. This document presents the benefit and cost method of the BCA tool.
   
• Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 1, Human Use Approval Summary - Tampa (FHWA-JPO-16-317): This document presents the Human Use Approval (HUA) Summary for the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment. The purpose of this report is to document the process used by THEA in the Tampa Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment as required in Phase 1, Task 8, in preparation for deployment involving human subjects - auto drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists, and transit drivers - in Phases 2 and 3. 
  
  Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval of the research protocol is necessary before human subjects can participate in federally-funded Connected Vehicle Pilot research experiments. This HUA Summary document describes the selection of Salus IRB, information used in the IRB application and resolution of comments made by the IRB. Information used in developing the project Research Protocol Document, Informed Consent Documents (ICDs), and IRB application was derived from tasks already complete or ongoing in Phase 1, including Concept of Operations (Task 2), Security Management Operational Concept (Task 3), Safety Management Plan (Task 5), Performance Measurement and Evaluation Support Plan (Task 5), Participant Training and Stakeholder Education Plan (Task 9), and Outreach Plan (Task 11). This information was integrated into a Phase 1, high-level concept Research Protocol and ICDs that safeguard, over the course of the participant's lifecycle, the recruitment, selection, registration, informed consent, training, equipment installation, safety needs, and persona
• Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program Phase 1 Participant Training and Education Plan - ICF/Wyoming - Final (FHWA-JPO-16-294): The Wyoming Department of Transportation (WYDOT) Connected Vehicle Pilot Deployment Program aims to develop a suite of applications that use vehicle-to-infrastructure and vehicle-to-vehicle communication technology to reduce the impl identification security requirements of participants.
  act of adverse weather on truck travel in the I-80 corridor. These applications support a flexible range of services from advisories, roadside alerts, parking notifications, and dynamic travel guidance. Information from these applications are made available directly to the equipped fleets or through data connections to fleet management centers (who will then communicate it to their trucks using their own systems). The pilot will be conducted in three phases. Phase 1 includes the planning for the Connected Vehicle Pilot including the concept of operations development. Phase 2 is the design, development, and testing phase. Phase 3 includes a real-world demonstration of the applications developed as part of this pilot. 
  
  This document is an overview of the pilot's training and education activities. As such, it identifies and describes the needs and approaches that will be used to train various users of the WYDOT Connected Vehicle Pilot demonstration. Users include drivers of various equipped vehicles, back-office personnel at WYDOT and fleet management centers, and other agency personnel who will be involved in the maintenance and operations of the pilot system components. 
• Connected Vehicle Applications: Road Weather Management (FHWA-JPO-17-429): Connected vehicle applications related to road weather management and enabling systems are being designed to collect and take advantage of connected vehicle data and information transmissions to increase situational awareness, improve roadway levels of service, and optimize use of resources and materials. The use of these applications and systems are intended to inform decisions as well as increase the ability to respond quickly and appropriately to adverse weather and roadway surface conditions to reduce or eliminate weather-related crashes and delays. Applications will support advisories, warnings, and vehicle and/or infrastructure controls. This document includes a brief description of the connected vehicle road weather management applications and enabling systems in development or in practice. In addition, the Connected Vehicle Reference Implementation Architecture website ( http://www.iteris.com/cvria/html/applications/applications.html) provides more information about these and other applications. Some applications and enabling systems (e.g., the Vehicle Data Translator) are available via the Open Source Application Development Portal (http://www.itsforge.net).

To learn more about the ITS JPO's research, please visit: www.its.dot.gov.