Project/Program Name: Regional ITS Architecture Conformance
Description: In 2001, in response to some highly visible failures of federally funded Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects, the US Department of Transportation adopted federal regulations for conformance with National and Regional ITS Architectures. These regulations mandated each federal planning region desiring to use federal highway trust funds to create and adopt a Regional ITS Architecture by 2005. Failure to do so would preclude federal funding for ITS projects. It was left to the individual metropolitian planning regions and grantee agencies to sort out the details. The risks to NJ TRANSIT were significant: there was the risk of delays in funding for numerous federal projects, of course, but worse was the prospect of unique system interfaces for each of the four Federal planning regions served by the company.
Description: In 2001, in response to some highly visible failures of federally funded Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) projects, the US Department of Transportation adopted federal regulations for conformance with National and Regional ITS Architectures. These regulations mandated each federal planning region desiring to use federal highway trust funds to create and adopt a Regional ITS Architecture by 2005. Failure to do so would preclude federal funding for ITS projects. It was left to the individual metropolitian planning regions and grantee agencies to sort out the details. The risks to NJ TRANSIT were significant: there was the risk of delays in funding for numerous federal projects, of course, but worse was the prospect of unique system interfaces for each of the four Federal planning regions served by the company.
Scope: Facilitate development of the transit components of the four required regional ITS architectures in a coordinated way, and integrate ITS architecture conformance and architecture maintenance into the project planning and engineering process at NJ TRANSIT.
Project Owner: NJ TRANSIT
Stakeholder Agencies/Departments/Suppliers: NJ TRANSIT Bus Operations, NJ TRANSIT Rail Operations, NJ TRANSIT Police, NJ TRANSIT Private Carrier Affairs, NJ TRANSIT Information Services, NJ TRANSIT GIS, NJ TRANSIT Capital Programs, NJ Department of Transportation, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Consystec
Involvement: business analysis, system engineering, interagency coordination, facilitation, design review, training (as NJ TRANSIT employee)
Notable Challenges: scope of regulations, changes to business processes, multiple interdepartmental and interagency stakeholders, lack of awareness, regulatory deadline.
Project Owner: NJ TRANSIT
Stakeholder Agencies/Departments/Suppliers: NJ TRANSIT Bus Operations, NJ TRANSIT Rail Operations, NJ TRANSIT Police, NJ TRANSIT Private Carrier Affairs, NJ TRANSIT Information Services, NJ TRANSIT GIS, NJ TRANSIT Capital Programs, NJ Department of Transportation, North Jersey Transportation Planning Authority, South Jersey Transportation Planning Organization, Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission, New York Metropolitan Transportation Council, Federal Transit Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Consystec
Involvement: business analysis, system engineering, interagency coordination, facilitation, design review, training (as NJ TRANSIT employee)
Notable Challenges: scope of regulations, changes to business processes, multiple interdepartmental and interagency stakeholders, lack of awareness, regulatory deadline.
Results Achieved: Met the critical milestone for Regional ITS Architecture development. Acheived a cohesive framework for sustainable statewide ITS development and a successful FTA triennial review, with no delays to project funding.
Critical Actions: Developed a comprehensive compliance strategy, integrated required procedures into the project development life-cycle, created checklists, training materials and documentation templates for project managers, and then led development of a coordinated set of public transit elements for the Regional ITS Architectures for the State of New Jersey.
Period of Involvement: 2004 - 2005