Let's talk it over : interagency cooperation facilities success : a case study : the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut metropolitan area TRANSMIT operational test : ensuring integration of intelligent transportation systems products and services

2000PDFTech ReportFHWA-JPO-99-019;FTA-TRI-11-99-14Advanced traffic management systemsAdvanced public transportation systemsMetropolitan areasInteragency relationsIncident managementTransportation operationsDeploymentDemonstration projectsEvaluation/program assessmentConnecticut;New York;New JerseyUnited States. Joint Program Office for Intelligent Transportation SystemsDeBlasio, Allan J.John A. Volpe National Transportation Systems Center (U.S.)United States. Federal Highway AdministrationUnited States. Federal Transit AdministrationNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMSNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-Transit ManagementNTL-INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS-Incident ManagementIntelligent Transportation Systems Joint Program Office;Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Technical Reference Center;Federal Highway AdministrationBy their nature, ITS products and services are most effective when integrated within a metropolitan area. Achieving this integration of systems, however, requires the cooperation and coordination of many jurisdictions and agencies that are responsible for transportation management within the metropolitan area. This case study describes the actions taken in the New York-New Jersey-Connecticut metropolitan area that promoted cooperation among multiple agencies and led to the successful implementation of the TRANSMIT (TRANSCOM's system for managing incidents and traffic) operational test