FRATIS concept of operations : assess test readiness of FRATIS (task 4).

2012PDFTech ReportFHWA-JPO-12-068DTFH61-11-D-00012Intelligent transportation systemsAdvanced traveler information systemsFreight transportationMobilityPerformance measurementField testsTechnology assessmentUnited StatesUnited States. Department of Transportation. Intelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program OfficeJensen, MarkSchiller, RogerDuncan, TammyMcCormack, EdMcQuillan, EdHilsenbeck, JasonCostello, PeteCambridge SystematicsUnited States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Dept. of Transportation. Research and Innovative Technology AdministrationIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Federal Highway AdministrationThis technical memorandum presents a concise assessment of the key technical and nontechnical issues and limitations related tofield-testing the Freight Advanced Traveler Information System (FRATIS) Dynamic Mobility Applications (DMA) bundle and itsapplications based on a near-term testing window of one year. There are relatively few technology limitations, although private-sector data will be required (and may need to be purchased) to support some FRATIS functionality. Nontechnical issues mainlyrevolve around establishing, maintaining, and leveraging the appropriate relationships with public- and private-sector stakeholders,and developing the right institutional environment for the FRATIS public-private partnership. The memorandum also identifieschallenges and issues related to the near-term performance metrics and goals for FRATIS. Performance metrics are rated based onease of measurement. Testing of FRATIS in the near term should result in relatively easy to measure benefits related to improvedfreight-traveler-information, route-planning, and dynamic-routing functions. Benefits related to eliminating unnecessary truck trips andreducing truck-trip times may be more difficult to measure. It will therefore be necessary to develop a measurement approach thatincorporates field data as well as an analytical approach to estimate \u201cwhat if\u201d benefits of a full systemwide regional deployment.Finally, measurement of truck-trip-safety improvements associated with FRATIS will probably be impossible to measure with anycertainty; it is therefore recommended that the evaluation focus instead on developing estimates of how such a benefit might berealized