Final technical memorandum : guidelines for state ITS/CVO business plans

1997Technical memorandumFrietas, MichaelPDFTech ReportDTFH61-92-C-00021Intelligent transportation systems programsCommercial vehicle operationsStatesState departments of transportationPlanningPublic relationsBusiness practicesITSCVOITS/CVODeployment strategy/planningUnited StatesUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationGrenzeback, Lance R.Colman, Carol G.Kaliski, John G.Markert, Molly K.Cambridge SystematicsUnited States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration. Turner-Fairbank Highway Research CenterNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-Commercial Vehicle OperationsNTL-PLANNING AND POLICY-PLANNING AND POLICYIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Federal Highway AdministrationThis technical memorandum was developed as part of the study, \u201cSystems Planning for Automated Commercial Vehicle Licensing and Permitting Systems.\u201d The objective of this study was to define the requirements and develop a plan for a national program to apply Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) to commercial vehicle operations (CVO). A primary recommendation of this project is that the FHWA should encourage each state to develop an ITS/CVO business plan. A state ITS/CVO business plan is a \u201croadmap\u201d to a state\u2019s ITS/CVO program that defines broad goals and objectives, as well as specific projects, milestones, responsibilities, and funding levels. The business plan emphasizes the application of ITS technologies to improve state CVO processes and procedures. The objectives of ITS/CVO business plans are to: provide a framework for identifying problems in current CVO processes and opportunities for applying ITS to address these problems; achieve consensus on the ITS/CVO projects and policies among state agencies and the motor carrier industry; allow ITS/CVO projects to be developed and deployed in a coordinated manner; and serve as a concise program summary that may be distributed to state agencies, legislators, the general public, and other states. This technical memorandum provides a guide to developing a state ITS/CVO business plan. It also reviews the status and results of state ITS/CVO business planning to date. The report is intended for a state department of transportation, or any other agency that has the overall responsibility for developing the state\u2019s ITS/CVO program. It also will assist representatives from the FHWA Office of Motor Carriers who are assigned to support state agencies in developing the ITS/CVO business plans.93