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 Objectives | Tony Boren, Fresno Council of Governments; John Liu, Caltrans District 6; |
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| 511 Statewide Status | Diana Gomez, Caltrans HQ; | |
| 511 National Status | Stacy Unholz, PBS&J/National 511 Coalition; |
| Session 2 | Issues and Challenges for the Central Valley's 511 |
| ITS Plans/Status | Jose deAlba, District 6; Annette Clark, District 10; Markus Heiman, District 3; Warren Tighe, Siemens/SACOG; |
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| 511 Plans/Status | Todd Sobrado, Fresno COG; Yvette Davis, San Joaquin County COG; Warren Tighe, Siemens/SACOG |
| Session 3 | Building the Central Valley's 511: Frank Cechini, FHWA; Todd Sobrado, Fresno COG; 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 Area | Carol Kuester, Metropolitan Transp. Commission; | |
| National Leaders | Stacy Unholz, PBS&J / National 511 Coalition; |
GROUP DINNER HOSTED BY VERIZON BUSINESS
TUESDAY MARCH 4, 2008
| Session 5 | Recent 511 Deployer Updates/Issues |
| Eastern Sierra 511 | Brad Mettam, Caltrans District 9; | |
| Southern California 511 | Ken Coleman, LA METRO; | |
| San Diego 511 | Tom Bruccelari, SANDAG; | |
| San Luis Obispo 511 | Peter Dwyer, ICXTrans; |
| Session 6 | Different Information Needs for Different Markets |
| Rural Travelers | Brad Mettam, Caltrans District 2 and 9; | |
| Urban and Rural | Ali Mortazavi, California CCIT; | |
| Truckers | Bill Tournay, Caltrans Planning; | |
| Cars, Trucks and Transit | Tom Bruccelari, SANDAG; | |
| Emergencies and Disasters | Les Jacobson, Telvent; |
| Session 7 | Creative Funding |
| What is the latest on making money from advertising & referals, charging commercial/media companies for traffic data, retail subscriptions, and non-traditional goverment sources? | ||
| Tom Bruccelari, SANDAG | ||
| Ken Coleman, LA METRO | ||
| Carol Kuester, MTC | ||
| Session 8 | 511 Interoperability: Helping Travelers get the 511 they need |
| Forwarding Calls To Neighboring 511s | Warren Tighe, SACOG; | |
| Network Telephony and Speech Services | Jeff Gledhill, Verizon; | |
| Content Sharing and Interstate Posting | Ahmad Sadegh, Telvent; | |
| 'www.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... | ||
| Doug Finlay, SpeedINFO | ||
| Les Jacobson, Telvent | ||
| Jeff Ban, California CCIT | ||
| 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