THANKS VERY MUCH, JOCELYN AND LET'S GET RIGHT TO THE PRESENTATIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE A GOOD ONE TODAY. AGAIN, THE TITLE OF OUR WEBCAST IS VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATION OR V.I.I. INITIATIVE. OUR FIRST PRESENTER IS MR. JEFFREY F. PANIATI P.E., ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE FEDERAL HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATION. AND HIS TALK IS APPROPRIATELY ENTITLED VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE INFRASTRUCTURE. HE WAS FHWA'S ASSOCIATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR OPERATIONS IN DECEMBER OF 2002, AND IN THAT ROLE, HE HAS RESPONSIBILITY WITHIN FHWA FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS DEPLOYMENT, CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, TRAFFIC OPERATIONS AND ANALYSIS, FREIGHT OPERATIONS, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, OPERATIONS SECURITY, WORK ZONE OPERATIONS, AND THE MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. HE'S CURRENTLY THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE JOINT PROGRAMS OFFICE, ALSO KNOWN AS I.T.S. J.P.O. PREVIOUSLY JEFF SPENT TWO YEARS AS U.S. D.O.T.'S PROGRAM MANAGER FOR INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS YES LED THE FEDERAL I.T.S. PROGRAM AND DIRECTED THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF THE I.T.S.J.P.O. THE I.T.S. PROGRAM IS FOCUSED ON BRINGING ADVANCED COMMUNICATIONS TO THE MANAGEMENT AND THE OPERATION OF THE SURFACE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM. THE I.T.S. J.P.O. HAS A RESPONSIBILITY FOR PLANNING, DIRECTING, AND COORDINATING THIS PROGRAM ACROSS THE U.S., D.O.T. PRIOR TO BECOMING PROGRAM MANAGER HE SERVED AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE I.T.S. J.P.O. FOR THREE YEARS AND BEFORE COMING TO THE I.T.S. J.P.O., JEFF HELD A POSITION OF CHIEF SAFETY, DESIGN DIVISION IN THE F.H.W.A., IN THIS CAPACITY HE LED THE AGENCY'S EFFORTS TO DEVELOP NEW TECHNOLOGIES, PROCEDURES AND METHODS TO ADVANCE THE STATE-OF-THE-ART AND HIGHWAY SAFETY. JEFF, YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. THANK YOU. AND GOOD AFTERNOON. THOSE OF YOU OUT THERE WILL NOTICE THAT THIS SESSION IS A LITTLE BIT ATYPICAL FOR THE KINDS OF SESSIONS THAT WE HAVE BEEN DOING THROUGH THE INTOC TALKS WEB SITE. WE ARE LOOKING MORE TO THE FUTURE IN THIS PARTICULAR SESSION AND TALKING ABOUT AN INITIATIVE, A MAJOR INITIATIVE OF THE FEDERAL I.T.S. PROGRAM, AND THE POTENTIAL THAT IT HAS TO SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT BOTH SAFETY AND MOBILITY OUT IN THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IN THE FUTURE. SO WE ARE GETTING OUT OF KIND OF CURRENT DAY A LITTLE BIT AND LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE THROUGH THIS DISCUSSION AND THE WEBCAST THIS AFTERNOON. WHAT I WANT TO TRY TO DO IN THIS PRESENTATION IS REALLY ANSWER FOUR QUESTIONS. FIRST, I WANT TO EXPLAIN TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT V.I.I. IS, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY IT'S IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE DELIVERY OF TRANSPORTATION IN THE UNITED STATES, EXPLAIN WHO IS INVOLVED IN THIS EFFORT, AND THEN PROVIDE SOME INSIGHT INTO THE WORK THAT'S BEEN GOING ON AND THE WORK THAT'S UNDERWAY CURRENTLY. FIRST, WHAT IS V.I.I.? WELL, VERY SIMPLY, IT'S ABOUT CONNECTING VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE AND VEHICLES AND VEHICLES AND GIVING THEM THE ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE WITH ONE ANOTHER, AND BY COMMUNICATE, WE'RE TALKING PRIMARILY ABOUT DATA COMMUNICATIONS, AS OPPOSED TO VOICE COMMUNICATIONS. SO THE ABILITY TO SEND INFORMATION FROM ONE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER, OR FROM THE VEHICLE TO THE INFRASTRUCTURE ALONG THE ROADSIDE AND BACK TO USERS, BACK AWAY FROM THE ROAD SIDE. THAT IS THE BASIC CONCEPT BEHIND V.I.I. THE BASIC PREMISE THAT IS BEING CONSIDERED IS THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, ALL NEW VEHICLES WOULD BE EQUIPPED WITH A SHORT RANGE DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAPABILITY, AND THE CAPABILITY WOULD USE WHAT IS CALLED D.S.R.C. OR DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS. ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE SAME BASIC TECHNOLOGY THAT'S BEING USED TODAY FOR ELECTRONIC TOLL COLLECTION. SO IT'S A MORE ADVANCED VERSION OF THAT, BUT SAME BASIC IDEA AND IT WOULD OPERATE AT A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY. IT WOULD OPERATE AT THE 5.9 GIGAHERTZ FREQUENCY AND I WILL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHY THAT'S IMPORTANT LATER. THE OTHER THING THAT WOULD BE BE THOSE NEW -- BE ON THOSE NEW VEHICLES IS POSITIONING CAPABILITY, USING THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM, THE ABILITY FOR THE VEHICLE TO KNOW AT ALL TIMES WHERE IT IS AND TO BE ABLE TO TRANSMIT THAT LOCATION. THE OTHER PART OF THE PREMISE IS THAT A NATIONWIDE ROADWAY-BASED DATA COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK WOULD BE CREATED. SO NOT ONLY WOULD THE VEHICLES BE ABLE TO TALK TO ONE ANOTHER, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO TALK TO AND THAT IS A ROADSIDE THAT'S ABLE TO RECEIVE COMMUNICATIONS AND TOGETHER PUTTING THOSE TWO PIECES TOGETHER, THEY WOULD FORM IN ESSENCE AN ELECTRONIC HIGHWAY OR A 21st CENTURY INTERSTATE THAT ALLOWS THAT COMMUNICATION TO TAKE PLACE BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE BELIEVE IF THIS ENABLING COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE IN BOTH THE VEHICLES ON THE ROADSIDE CAN BE CREATED, IT CAN ENABLE A WIDE RANGE OF SAFETY AND MOBILITY APPLICATIONS TO TAKE PLACE AND WHAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE JUST SOME EXAMPLES OF THOSE CAPABILITIES. IT COULD BE USED, FOR EXAMPLE, AT INTERSECTIONS TO PRESENT WARNINGS TO DRIVERS, OR EVEN AT SOME POINT, TAKE PARTIAL CONTROL OF VEHICLES TO PREVENT COLLISIONS AT INTERSECTIONS. IT COULD ALLOW US TO GATHER SYSTEMWIDE INFORMATION ABOUT WEATHER OR TRAFFIC SPEEDS OR TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND ALLOW THAT INFORMATION TO BE USED IN BETTER MANAGING THE SYSTEM, AND ALSO ALLOW THAT INFORMATION TO BE PROVIDED TO TRAVELERS TO ALLOW THEM TO MAKE BETTER TRAVEL DECISIONS. THESE ARE JUST A FEW OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE POSSIBLE IF V.I.I. CAME INTO BEING AND I WILL TOUCH ON A FEW MORE A BIT LATER BUT JIM SCHULTZ WILL TALK ABOUT SOMETHING CALLED USE CASES WHICH IS ANOTHER TERMINOLOGY THAT'S USED TO DESCRIBE AND CATALOG APPLICATIONS. SO YOU WILL HEAR A LOT MORE ABOUT SOME OF THE POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS THAT -- THAT WE ENVISION THAT COULD COME FROM A VEHICLE INFRASTRUCTURE INTEGRATION SYSTEM. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ABOUT HOW WE GOT HERE AND WHY ARE WE PURSUING THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE AT THIS TIME? THE IDEA OF CONNECTING VEHICLES WITH ONE ANOTHER OR CONNECTING THE VEHICLES WITH THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS CERTAINLY NOT NEW. IT'S AN IDEA THAT'S BEEN TALKED ABOUT PRIOR TO AND CERTAINLY SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THE I.T.S. PROGRAM IN THE LATE '80s AND EARLY '90s AND WE THOUGHT ABOUT IT IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS OVER THAT TIME PERIOD BUT WE BELIEVE NOW THAT THE THAT PROVIDED REAL OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. ONE OF THE REASONS WE BELIEVE IT'S POSSIBLE IS BECAUSE OF SOME OF THE ADVANCEMENTS THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE UNDER THE I.T.S. VEHICLE SAFETY PROGRAM OR INITIATIVE THAT WE HAVE CALLED THE INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INITIATIVE AND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, WE HAD A LOT OF COOPERATIVE WORK GOING ON BETWEEN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, AND I THINK WE CAME TO UNDERSTAND THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE POTENTIAL OF THIS VEHICLE TO INFRASTRUCTURE COMMUNICATION. WE ALSO HAD FIVE YEARS TO DEVELOP A WORKING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY, AND THE GOVERNMENT AND I THINK THAT HELPED US COME TOGETHER AROUND THIS PARTICULAR IDEA. A SECOND PUSH IN THIS DIRECTION HAS BEEN THE GROWING EMPHASIS ON ROADWAY SYSTEM MANAGEMENT AND OPERATIONS SOMETHING THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THROUGH THE INTOC TALKS WEB SERIES AND THE NEED TO MANAGE THE SYSTEM MORE AGGRESSIVELY, THE NEED TO GET MORE OUT OF THE EXISTING SYSTEM AND TO BE ABLE TO DEAL WITH THE GROWING CONGESTION ISSUES AND THEN A THIRD COMPONENT AND VERY IMPORTANT COMPONENT HAS BEEN THE REVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY WE HAVE SEEN HAPPEN IS THE DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATIONS COME ALONG AND BE USED FOR ELECTRONIC CONTROL. WE HAVE THE FCC ISSUE SET ASIDES FOR 75 MEGAHERTZ OF PECK SPECTRUM AT THAT 5.9 GIGAHERTZ AREA, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE PURPOSES OF SUPPORTING THIS TYPE OF COMMUNICATIONS THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. SO IT'S DEDICATED SET ASIDE SPECTRUM THAT CAN ONLY BE USED FOR PUBLIC SAFETY APPLICATIONS, AND TRANSPORTATION APPLICATIONS LIKE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HERE. AND THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO THAT SPECTRUM. AND WE HAVE SEEN A LOT OF GROWTH ON ONBOARD COMPUTING. AND SO ALL OF THIS -- THEY ADVANCEMENTS HAVE COME TOGETHER AND HAVE LAID THE GROUND WORK, THE FOUNDATION, IF YOU WILL FOR THE V.I.I. INITIATIVE. THERE ARE A COUPLE OF DRIVING FORCES HIP THE. D.O.T. AND THE FIRST IS SAFETY. THERE'S A VERY STRONG DESIRE ON THE PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION AS WELL AS THE OTHERS INVOLVED IN THIS INITIATIVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THE TRENDS THAT YOU SEE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. ESSENTIALLY A FLATTENING IN TERMS OF THE FATALITIES, AND THE FATALITY RATE, WHILE THEY HAVE CREPT DOWN SLIGHTLY, IT'S OWN BEEN VERY SLIGHTLY. AND WE BELIEVE IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO DIE OUT ON THE HIGHWAY SYSTEM, AND OCCUR 300 INJURIES AND LOSS AND THAT IF WE ARE GOING TO CHANGE THE TREND, WE NEED TO DO SOMETHING SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT THAN WE HAVE IN THE PAST. AND V.I.I. CAN BE THAT THING THAT'S SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFERENT. AS YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN, A QUOTE FROM JEFF RUNGY, I THINK IT CONVEYS THE PARTICULAR DIRECTION WE ARE TRYING TO GO WITH THE V.I.I. INITIATIVE. AND THAT IS THE DEPARTMENT AND THE INDUSTRY AT LARGE HAS SPENT A LOT OF TIME IN RECENT DECADES WORKING ON CRASHWORTHINESS, ON THINGS LIKE THE VEHICLE DESIGN, IMPROVING SEAT BELT USE, GETTING AIRBAGS INTO VEHICLES ALL VERY GOOD THINGS TO HELP PROTECT OCCUPANTS IN THE CASE OF A CRASH. WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO THROUGH THE V.I.I., IS TO PREVENT THE CRASHES IN THE FIRST PLACE. WE WANT TO TRY TO PREVENT THAT CURVE THAT I SHOWED YOU ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH THE INDUSTRY AND OTHER THE INTELLIGENT VEHICLE INITIATIVE AND FROM THE WORK THAT'S HAND DONE ON THOSE INITIATIVES, IT'S PROVE THAN IT'S A CRITICAL ELEMENT FOR PREVENTING CERTAIN TYPES OF CRASHES PARTICULARLY COLLISIONS AT INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAY DEPARTURE COLLISIONS AND IF YOU PUT THOSE TWO CRASH TYPES TOGETHER, THEY ACCOUNT FOR MORE THAN 50% OF THE CRASHES AND FATALITIES ON THE ROADWAY. SO SAFETY IS A BIG ISSUE. WE BELIEVE THAT THE ABILITY TO COMMUNITY O COMMUNITY IS A KEY TO PREVENT CRASHES. WE BELIEVE IT IS A KEY FOR TWO PARTICULAR TYPES OF CRASHES INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAY DEPARTURE AND IF SUCCESSFUL, THAT THEY CAN MAKE A SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE IN THE SAFETY STATISTICS THAT WE TALKED ABOUT EARLIER. THE IS COMBATING CONGESTION. IF YOU LOOK AT THE SLIDE BEFORE YOU, WHAT WE SEE IS OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS OR SO, THAT THE VEHICLE MILE OF TRAVEL OR V.M.T. HAS RISEN OVER 80% IN THAT TIME PERIOD. AT THE SAME TIME WE HAVE ADDED AROUND 2% OF ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO THE SYSTEM. SO NOT SURPRISINGLY, WE HAVE DELAY STATISTICS FROM THE TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE THAT SHOW THAT THE AVERAGE DELAY PER PERSON IN HOURS OF DELAY WAS ABOUT 20 HOURS BACK IN 1980 AND MOST RECENTLY IN THE MOST RECENT DATA RISEN TO ABOUT 46 HOURS ANNUALLY. SO WE SEE THIS RISE IN CONGESTION, AND WE NEED TO LOOK FOR OPPORTUNITIES TO BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT. NOW, WE'RE NOT SAYING THAT V.I.I. ALONE CAN SOLVE THE CONGESTION PROBLEM, BUT WE BELIEVE IT WILL BE AN IMPORTANT ENABLER TO ALLOW US TO TAKE ON THAT PROBLEM MORE DIRECTLY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT IN THE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS COMMUNITY IS THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING RELIABILITY ON THE SYSTEM. AND WE BELIEVE V.I.I. CAN BE A VERY IMPORTANT SUPPORTING TOOL IN DOING THAT. WHEN WE ARE TRYING TO ADDRESS THINGS LIKE TRAFFIC INCIDENTS WORK ZONES, BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS. ONE OF THE KEYS IS KNOWING WHAT'S GOING ON OUT IN THE SYSTEM IN REALTIME AND WE BELIEVE V.I.I. CAN PROVIDE THAT KIND OF INFORMATION. FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU LOOK AT TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT, OVER THE LAST DECADE OR SO, THROUGH INVESTMENTS, THROUGH THE I.T.S. PROGRAM AND LARGER INVESTMENTS BY THE TRANSPORTATION COMMUNITY, WE CURRENTLY HAVE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTERS DEPLOYED IN VIRTUALLY EVERY MAJOR METROPOLITAN AREA IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THOSE TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTERS HAVE IS THAT IN LARGE MEASURE THEY OPERATE IN THE DARK. AND BY THAT, I MEAN, THEIR ABILITY TO SEE IN REALTIME AND KNOW IN REALTIME WHAT IS HAPPENING ON THE SYSTEM, THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR MANAGING IS VERY LIMITED. THEY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FREEWAY SYSTEM, BUT VERY LIMITED INFORMATION ABOUT ARTERIALS AND OTHER PARTS OF THE SYSTEM. AND WE BELIEVE THAT V.I.I. COULD PROVIDE THE ABILITY TO ESSENTIALLY GIVE THEM REALTIME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON ACROSS THE SYSTEM, THROUGH THE ACQUISITION OF ANONYMOUS INFORMATION FROM VEHICLES TRAVELLING OUT ON THAT SYSTEM AND THOSE VEHICLES COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION ON TRAVEL SPEEDS IS, TRAVEL TIMES, WEATHER CONDITIONS, LOCATION OF INCIDENTS, ET CETERA, AND THEY COULD BE USED FOR A VARIETY OF POLITICS THAT WILL ALLOW THE SYSTEM TO BE BETTER MANAGED. SIMILARLY, WE BELIEVE THAT V.I.I. COULD PROVIDE INFORMATION THAT COULD BE DELIVERED DIRECTLY TO TRAVELERS. REALTIME INFORMATION IN THE VEHICLE THAT WOULD ALLOW THE TRAVELLER TO MAKE APPROPRIATE DECISIONS ON WHEN TO TRAVEL, WHAT ROUTE TO TAKE, WHAT TIME OF DAY TO TRAVEL. IT COULD PROVIDE THE KIND OF DYNAMIC ROUTING THAT WE HAVE AGAIN, ENVISIONED SINCE THE BEGINNING OF THE I.T.S. PROGRAM BUT THAT'S NEVER REALLY COME TO FRUITION AT LEAST IN THE UNITED STATES, LARGELY BECAUSE THE CONTENT, THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON OUT IN THE SYSTEM HAS NOT BEEN READILY AVAILABLE ON A WIDE SPREAD BASIS. AND THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH MORE THAT WE BELIEVE THAT COULD BE ENABLED AND, AGAIN, JIM SCHULTZ IN A FEW MINUTES IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE USE CASES AND HOW THEY RELATE TO SOME OF THE APPLICATIONS THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN RIGHT NOW. BUT WE BELIEVE THAT V.I.I. CAN ACT AS AN ENABLER MUCH AS THE INTERNET ACTED AS AN ENABLER FOR MANY DIFFERENT APPLICATIONS AND USES THAT WE SEE HAPPENING TODAY, THAT -- THE THINGS THAT I TALKED ABOUT SO FAR AND THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN ARE JUST THE THINGS THAT ARE REALLY BEFORE US AND THERE WILL BE MANY THINGS THAT WOULD COME OF THIS ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE BETWEEN VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE, OR DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TODAY. NOW, I HAVE GIVEN YOU THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONCEPT. SO QUESTION IS: HOW DO WE MAKE IT -- SEE IF WE CAN MAKE THIS VISION A REALITY. AND THE GROUP THAT'S WORKING ON TRYING TO DO SO IS CALLED THE V.I.I. COALITION. IT INCLUDES REPRESENTATIVES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF THE TRANSPORTATION, AND CONSISTS OF STAFF FROM ASTO, AS WELL AS REPRESENTATIVES FROM TEN STATE DEPARTMENTS OF TRANSPORTATION, AND STAFF AND REPRESENTATIVES FROM ALL THE MAJOR AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURERS. AND THIS -- THE DISCUSSION IS GOING ON REALLY ON TWO LEVELS THERE. -- A WORKING GROUP OF TECHNICAL SPECIALISTS THAT HAS BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OVER THE LAST 18 MONTHS OR SO, LOOKING AT VARIOUS ISSUES, BOTH TECHNICAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ASSOCIATED WITH THE I.I. AND THEN THERE'S AN EXECUTIVE LEVEL GROUP, CONSISTING AT THE C.E.O. OR VICE PRESIDENTIAL LEVEL THAT'S CHANGING IDEAD AND BEGINNING TO BUILD COOPERATION TO LOOK AT THOSE SAME ISSUES BUT MORE FROM A HIGHER POLICY LEVEL AS WELL. THE FOCUS OF THIS COALITION IS REALLY TRYING TO ANSWER TWO BASIC QUESTIONS. FIRST, IS THE INVESTMENT THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO EQUIP THE VEHICLES AND THE ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THE COMMUNICATION SYSTEM WARRANTED? WILL THE BENEFITS THAT WILL BE ACCRUED OUTWEIGH THE COSTS? OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU HAVE SEEN FROM SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT I HAVE GIVEN YOU PREVIOUSLY WE THINK THERE WILL BE SIGNIFICANT BENEFITS BUT WE REALLY NEED TO GET DEEPER INTO THAT TO DOCUMENT THE BENEFITS AND THE COSTS OF SUCH A SYSTEM. AND THEN THE SECOND QUESTION IS: CAN THE INVESTMENT THAT WOULD NEED TO BE MADE BY BOTH THE PUBLIC SECTOR AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR PRIMARILY IN AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY BE SYNCHRONIZED BECAUSE THIS HAS BEEN THE CONTINUED CHALLENGE WITH REGARD TO COOPERATION BETWEEN VEHICLES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE, IS THAT IT ENABLES -- YOU REALLY HAVE TO HAVE THE INVESTMENT MADE AT THE SAME TIME. YOU DON'T WANT VEHICLES OUT THERE WITH NO INFRASTRUCTURE TO TALK TO. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU DON'T WANT TO BUILD AN INFRASTRUCTURE IF THERE ARE NO VEHICLES TO COMMUNICATE WITH. SO IT IS A CHICKEN AND THE EGG PROBLEM, AND WHEN YOU HAVE TO GET THE TWO SYNCHRONIZED AND THUS THE SECOND QUESTION YOU SEE BEFORE YOU. TO TRY TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONS, WORK IS UNDERWAY IN SIX TRACKS, AND THEY ARE SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. RON HEFT IS GOING TO TALK ABOUT ONE PART OF ONE OF THE TRACKS WHICH IS THE SYSTEM DESIGN WHAT WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? AND HOW WOULD IT COME INTO INCOME AND THAT'S PART OF THE TECHNICAL IMPLEMENTATION WORK THAT'S GOING ON UNDER TRACK ONE. AND RON CAN TALK ABOUT THIS MORE. WE HAVE CONCLUDED THAT WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT DOING HERE IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBILITY. WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AVAILABLE TO DO IT AND HOW WOULD YOU DO IT AND THE ARCHITECTURE BEGINS TO LOOK AT THAT. UNDER THE SECOND TRACT WE ARE LOOKING AT THE COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO DO IT AND THE CREATION OF THAT TECHNOLOGY, THE DEVELOPMENT OF DEDICATED SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION DEVICES THAT WOULD WORK AT 5.9 GIGAHERTZ AND PROVIDE THE FUNCTIONALITY NEEDED TO SUPPORT THE APPLICATIONS. THE THIRD TRACK IS LOOKING AT BUSINESS MODELS, ISSUES OF FUNDING. WHERE WOULD THE FUNDING COME FROM, FOR THE INITIAL INSTALLATION? WHO WOULD PAY FOR THE ONGOING OPERATIONS AND PATE THENCE OF A SUCH A SYSTEM? THE FOURTH TRACK LOOKS AT INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES THINGS SUCH AS PRIVACY, LIABILITY, DATA OWNERSHIP, HUGE ISSUES THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED AND DEALT WITH IN PUTTING THIS KIND OF SYSTEM IN PLACE. THE FIFTH TRACT IS LOOKING AT OUTREACH. IN ADDITION TO THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THE COALITION TODAY, WHO ELSE NEEDS TO BE INVOLVED AND WHEN SHOULD THEY BE BROUGHT INTO THE DISCUSSION. AND FINALLY THE LAST TRACK LOOKS AT A TEST PROGRAM. HOW DO WE GO THROUGH A SERIES OF DEMONSTRATIONS TO PROVE THAT IT IS -- TO SHOW THAT IT IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE AND TO PROVE HOW AND DEMONSTRATE HOW IT WILL BE DONE. ON THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, YOU SEE A SCHEMATIC OF KIND OF THE TIME LINE, 2003 SPENT A LOT OF TIME GETTING ORGANIZED AND UNDERSTANDING THE ISSUES THAT HAD TO BE ADDRESSED OR HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED. IN 2005, WE HAVE WORK GOING ON, ON SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AS WELL AS LOOKING AT A LOT OF THESE INSTITUTIONAL ISSUES, AND THAT WILL LEAD TO A SERIES OF PROOF OF CONCEPT TESTS, FROM THE ENGINEERING SIDE AND ULTIMATELY TO A MAJOR F.O.T. OR FIELD OPERATIONAL TEST IN THE '07 TIME FRAME. THE GOAL IS TO, BY 2008 GET TO A DECISION POINT ON THE TWO QUESTIONS I POSED EARLIER THAT WE DECIDE THAT, YES, THE -- THE BENEFITS DO, IN FACT, OUTWEIGH THE COST AND, YES, WE CAN SYNCHRONIZED THIS AND, YES WE WILL MAKE WHATEVER COLLECTIVE INVESTMENT NEEDS TO BE MADE TO MAKE IT HAPPEN OR, NO, THE TIME STILL IS NOT RIGHT TO MAKE THIS V.I.I. COME INTO BEING. IN TERMS OF PROGRESS TO DATE, JUST SOME BULLETS I THINK ON SOME OF THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS THUS FAR. I BELIEVE THAT A STRONG INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN CREATED AND IT WAS ESSENTIAL TO CREATE THIS PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND THE INDUSTRY TO PROVIDE THE FOUNDATION FOR THE WORK THAT IS GOING ON AND THE WORK THAT IS YET TO COME. WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH OF WORK, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER TO PROVE TO OURSELVES, THAT THIS IS TECHNICALLY FEASIBLE. WE CLEARLY HAVE TO PROVE THAT TO A LARGER WORLD BUT I THINK THE COALITION BELIEVES IT'S FEASIBLE. WE HAVE DONE WORK ON THE INITIAL REQUIREMENTS AND RON WILL TALK ABOUT THE ARCHITECTURE. THERE IS WORK GOING ON TO DEVELOP BOTH THE STANDARDS AND THE TECHNOLOGY NECESSARY TO SUPPORT IT, THE COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN VEHICLE AND INFRASTRUCTURE. WE HAVE IDENTIFIED THE KEY INSTITUTIONAL AND DEPLOYMENT ISSUES AND WORK IS UNDERWAY TO INVESTIGATE AND WORK ON THOSE ISSUES. AND IN FEBRUARY, WE HELD THE FIRST REALLY NATIONAL PUBLIC MEETING. THIS WAS A MEETING THAT WAS HELD SAN FRANCISCO, WAS ORGANIZED BY I.T.S. AMERICA, AND IT INVOLVED OVER 250 PARTICIPANTS THAT CAME TO LEARN, MUCH AS YOU ARE TODAY, ABOUT V.I.I., ASK QUESTIONS, AND IMPORTANTLY, IT WAS -- IT INCLUDED A WIDE RANGE OF PUBLIC -- PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPANTS, FOLKS FROM THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY, FROM THE COMPUTING INDUSTRY, THAT HAD HEARD ABOUT IT OR WERE AWARE OF V.I.I. AND WANTED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT IT. IN TERMS OF NEXT STEPS, CLEARLY THERE'S MUCH WORK TO DO AND THAT'S WHY I SAID AT THE START OF TODAY'S PRESENTATION, THIS IS ABOUT LOOKING TOWARDS THE FUTURE, NOT ABOUT SOMETHING THAT WILL BE HERE THIS YEAR, OR NEXT YEAR. CLEARLY THERE ARE SOME KEY ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED IN TERMS OF BENEFITS AND SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER. WE ARE ALSO LOOKING AT HOW TO EXPAND THE COALITION. IT IS VERY CLEAR, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT THE TOLL AUTHORITIES NEED TO BE INVOLVED IN DISCUSSION. THEY ARE USING TECHNOLOGY DEDICATED TO SHORT RANGE COMMUNICATION TODAY AND WE WANT THEM TO LOOK AT HOW V.I.I. MIGHT ASSIST THEM IN CARRYING OUT THEIR SERVICES TOMORROW. WE ALSO NEED ADDITIONAL REPRESENTATION FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT, AND WE NEED TO FIND A WAY TO BRING IN OTHER INDUSTRY PARTNERS AND THE OUTREACH TASK FORCE OF THE COALITION IS LOOKING AT THESE ISSUES. SO IN CONCLUSION, WE DON'T COME HERE WITH ALL THE ANSWERS TODAY. WE COME HERE REALLY TO GET TO -- EXPOSE YOU TO THE IDEAS THAT ARE BEING TALKED ABOUT UNDER THIS INITIATIVE. I BELIEVE THERE'S NO QUESTION THAT AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, THERE WILL BE COMMUNICATION BETWEEN VEHICLES AND THE INFRASTRUCTURE. I THINK THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THE QUESTION WHEN THAT WILL HAPPEN. WE BELIEVE THAT THE V.I.I. INITIATIVE CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN FASTER, AND THAT IF WE ARE SUCCESSFUL IN MAKING IT HAPPEN FASTER, THE BENEFITS AND THE POSSIBILITIES FROM THAT COMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE ARE TREMENDOUS. AND THAT IS WHY U.S. D.O.T. IS INVOLVED IN THIS PARTICULAR INITIATIVE IN HELPING TO FUND AND FOSTER THE COALITION AND I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT ATTRACTS THE OTHER MEMBERS TO THIS INITIATIVE AS WELL. SO WITH THAT, JERRY, I WILL TURN THINGS BACK OVER TO YOU. OKAY. THANKS VERY MUCH, JEFF FOR GIVING US AN EXCELLENT OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE V.I.I. INITIATIVE IS ALL ABOUT, INCLUDING THE DRIVING FORCES BEHIND IT, AND HOW THE VARIOUS CONSTITUENCIES ARE WORKING TOGETHER THROUGH THE V.I.I. COALITION. AGAIN, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE OUR AUDIENCE MEMBERS TO POST ANY QUESTIONS THEY HAVE AS THE QUESTIONS OCCUR TO THEM IN THE CHAT AREA, IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF YOUR SCREEN. AND WE WILL BE GETTING TO THOSE AFTER THE FINAL PRESENTATION. OUR SECOND PRESENTER IS JAMES SCHULZ P.E., THE PROGRAM DIRECTOR NOT MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND HIS TALK IS ENTITLED "IDENTIFYING HIGH PRIORITY APPLICATIONS THAT COULD LEVERAGE V.I.I.." JIM'S WORK IS DISTRIBUTED BETWEEN THE PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR ALMOST EVENLY. IT IS RELATED TO PLANNING AND OPERATIONS AT BOTH THE STATE LEVEL AND NEW YORK AND MICHIGAN, REGIONAL LEVEL WITH THE SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS OR SIMCOG AND THE OAKLAND COUNTY. HIS PRIVATE SECTOR CENTER ON INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT CONSULTING FOR SEVERAL INDUSTRIES SUCH AS AUTO MANUFACTURERS, FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND DEVELOPERS. IN THOSE ROLES HE ADDRESSED SUCH PROBLEMS AS LOCATION ANALYSIS AND LOGISTICS. JIM HOLDS A BACHELOR'S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, AND A MASTER'S DEGREE IN CIVIL ENGINEERING FROM WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY. HE ALSO PARTICIPATED IN THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM AT CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY. JIM, YOU CAN BEGIN WHEN YOU ARE READY. THANKS, JERRY. BEFORE I BEGIN, I JUST WANTED TO COMMENT ON HOW MY PRESENTATION FITS IN WITH THOSE OF OUR OTHER TWO SPEAKERS. JEFF HAS ALREADY INDICATED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS THAT V.I.I. CREATES AND ENABLES CONNECTING VEHICLES AND INFRASTRUCTURE.