SPONSOR: Oregon Department of Transportation and Federal Highway Administration

BUDGET: $344,633

ABSTRACT: This project is a FY 2004 ITS Integration Program earmark for Portland State University. The project objective is to create a regional resource for housing archived ITS data; to serve as an emergency back-up transportation management operations center (TMOC); and to provide resources for regional transportation education, research and training. Earmarked funding and the required match comprise portion of the approximately $60 million total project cost. This earmark contributes partial funding to design, outfit and interior "fit up" for the new regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Laboratory suite to be located in the new $60 million Northwest Center for Engineering, Science and Technology (NWCEST), a major engineering research facility located on the campus of Portland State University in downtown Portland, Oregon. Integration will be achieved through several key strategies: designing and equipping the new ITS laboratory in the NWCEST, including the provision of cable raceways and cable troughs enable the flexible cabling of the lab as technologies evolve; providing physical communications linkages; providing linkages to ITS data sources that will enable the establishment, testing, expansion and use of the regional ITS data archive; and the use of traffic management system software and hardware for training, simulation and educational purposes.

PRODUCTS:

report Robert L. Bertini, "Final Report, FY04 ITS Integration Component of the ITS Deployment Program." VII.J.38a Portland State University Intelligent Transportation Research Initiative, Oregon