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The Intelligent Transportation Peer-to-Peer Program
is a Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, and Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration Technical Assistance Program that provides
public sector transportation stakeholders with a convenient method to tap into
the growing knowledge base of ITS experience receive short-term assistance.
Effective
Over 120 ITS professionals lend their technical expertise to the Peer-to-Peer
Program. The USDOT carefully selects each participant based on his/her qualifications,
background, and experience. Most of the program's Peers are public sector transportation
professionals who are active in the planning, design, procurement and implementation
of ITS. Additional private sector Peers supplement the vast technical expertise
of the public sector Peers to ensure the program offers the most complete coverage
of ITS technical issues.
The Peers bring to the program a breadth of experience in the deployment of
the following intelligent transportation infrastructure elements:
| Metropolitan Elements |
Rural Elements |
Commercial Vehicle Operations
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- Regional Multi-modal Traveler Information Centers
- Traffic Signal Control Systems
- Freeway Management Systems
- Transit Management Systems
- Incident Management Systems
- Electronic Fare Payment Systems
- Electronic Toll Collection Systems
- Highway-Rail Crossing Protection
- Emergency Management Services
- Other Related Issues
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- Traveler Safety and Security
- Emergency Services
- Tourism and Travel Information Services
- Public Traveler Services / Public Mobility Services
- Infrastructure Operations and Maintenance
- Fleet Operating and Maintenance
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- Safety Information Exchange
- Credentials Administration
- Electronic Screening
- In-Vehicle Technology for Heavy Vehicles
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For each of the metropolitan, rural, and commercial
vehicle operations infrastructure elements above, the Peer-to-Peer Program offers
assistance in the following technical areas:
| Planning
& Programming
Institutional Issues
ITS Standards
System Design
National ITS Architecture
System Architecture
Operations
Maintenance
Scoping Documents |
Procurement
Resource Materials
Financial Issues
Education
Training
Facilitation
Awareness
Partnerships
Systems Integration |
Modeling
Simulation
Telecommunications
Software Systems
Other Related Topics |
The Peer-to-Peer program continuously updates itself to incorporate new technical
areas and to increase the accessibility to Peers. Nominations for additional
Peers are accepted on an ongoing basis. Just call the Peer-to-Peer program to
receive information on nominating yourself or another transportation professional.
Responsive
Any public agency or group that is involved in planning, evaluating, making
decisions, or operating an ITS system or its components can access the Peer-to-Peer
Program. The program is designed to provide short-term assistance to
address specific, technical issues. The program staff will listen to the requestor's
issues and suggest an approach to provide the assistance. Some issues may be
resolved directly by the program staff; other specific, technical issues may
be addressed through assistance from a Peer.
Requestors across the nation have included:
state DOT headquarters and district offices;
transit authorities;
turnpike and tollway authorities;
metropolitan planning organizations;
city and county transportation and public works offices; and transportation
management agencies.
The Peer-to-Peer Program can be contacted via:
| Telephone: |
1-888-700-PEER or 1-888-700-7337 |
| Fax: |
1-410-571-6400 |
| Email: |
p2p@fhwa.dot.gov |
| US Mail: |
Intelligent
Transportation Peer-to-Peer Program
An FHWA & FTA Technical Assistance Program
c/o Michael Baker, Jr., Inc.
180 Admiral Cochrane Drive, Suite 210
Annapolis, MD 21401 |
The Peer-to-Peer Program supplements the FHWA Resource Centers, FTA Regional
staff, and FMCSA staff who are the primary providers of technical assistance.
The FHWA Resource
Centers or FTA
Regional staff can be contacted concurrently with the Peer-to-Peer Program
to satisfy your short-term and longer duration assistance needs.
Confidential
Peers and the program's national office staff are required to hold all information
confidential within the program. Public release of information (for example
for a newsletter synopsis) is approved in advance by the agencies and Peers
involved.
Free
The Peer-to-Peer Program strives to cover all costs associated with the assistance
efforts, within the limits of program's guidelines and USDOT funding. Recipients
of program services are asked to economize whenever possible to help the program
stretch its resources so it can assist as many agencies as possible.
The Peer-to-Peer Program will pay for travel, accommodations, meals, incidental
expenses, and similar costs associated with on-site and off-site assistance.
Requestors may be asked to assist in securing overnight accommodations, waive
any conference registration fees, provide meeting rooms, and similar assistance
typical for agencies receiving a visitor. Such cooperation enables the program's
resources to be maximized.
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