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California 511 Statewide Workshop #7

Sponsored by Fresno Council of Governments

Caltrans District 6 / Central Region
Verizon Business Systems
Telvent Farradyne

MONDAY MARCH 3, 2008

 

Registration / Informal Meet and Greet

List of Attendees

Session 1        Welcome                                

Local ATIS/511 ObjectivesTony Boren, Fresno Council of Governments; John Liu, Caltrans District 6

511 Statewide StatusDiana Gomez, Caltrans Headquarters

511 National StatusStacy Unholz, PBS&J/ National 511 Coalition

Session 2        Issues and Challenges for the Central Valley’s 511  

ITS Plans/StatusJose deAlba, District 6; Annette Clark, District 10; Markus Heiman, District 3; Warren Tighe
Siemens/ Sacramento Area Council of Governments

511 Plans/StatusTodd Sobrado, Fresno COG; Yvette Davis, San Joaquin County COG; and Warren Tighe;
Siemens/SACOG

Session 3        Building the Central Valley’s 511:  Frank Cechini, FHWA; Todd Sobrado, Fresno COG; and Warren Tighe,
Siemens/SACOG

Using the ITS Systems Engineering process , this group brainstorming exercise helped the Central Valley identify issues and priorities for deploy the best traveler information within their budget.

                       
Session 4      What are the 511 Leaders Doing?
                        San Francisco Bay AreaCarol Kuester, Metropolitan Transp. Commission
                        National LeadersStacy Unholz, PBS&J/National 511 Coalition

 

 

GROUP DINNER HOSTED BY VERIZON BUSINESS


TUESDAY  MARCH 4, 2008

 

Session 5        Recent 511 Deployer Updates/Issues

Session 6        Different Information Needs for Different Markets 

Session 7        Creative Funding
                        What is the latest on making money from advertising & referrals, charging commercial/media companies for traffic data, retail subscriptions, and non-traditional government sources?

Session 8        511 Interoperability:  Helping Travelers get the 511 they need

      • Forwarding Calls To Neighboring 511sWarren Tighe, SACOG
      • Network Telephony and Speech ServicesJeff Gledhill, Verizon
      • Content Sharing and Interstate PostingAhmad Sadegh, Telvent
      • ‘511.CA.gov’ internet map Bill Naddy, Caltrans

Session 9        Traveler Information Data Accuracy and Coverage Needs:
                        Which information, where, how much, and at what cost? Vehicle counts, speed, travel times, weather, cctv, incidents …

Closing            Suggestions and ideas for next California 511 Workshop

 

Thanks to:

Fresno Council of Governments

Caltrans District 6

Verizon

Telvent

Caltrans District 6 / Central Region
Verizon Business Systems
Telvent Farradyne
for their support of the 7th California 511 Workshop