Regional ITS Architecture
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) issued an ITS Architecture conformity rule that requires all states and metropolitan areas which have used federal funds to finance ITS projects to develop regional ITS Architectures by April 2005. A set of minimum requirements identified by the FHWA must be met by regions affected by the rule. What is an ITS Architecture? It is a roadmap that can be used to plan future ITS, define system requirements, coordinate agency roles and integrate functions across jurisdictional lines. To aid in the development of these architectures, the FHWA has provided a common framework called the National ITS Architecture. An interactive architecture development tool, Turbo Architecture, was developed by the FHWA to assist regions in customizing the national architecture to suit their specific needs, circumstances and operational goals. The effort is guided by a project management group consisting of MPO, NDDOT, FHWA and ATAC staff. Also involved in the process are agencies from each region which own, operate or maintain ITS technologies plus area stakeholders impacted by the operation of the systems. |
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ATAC is assisting the North Dakota Department of Transportation (NDDOT) and the state's three metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) in Bismarck-Mandan, Fargo-Moorhead and Grand Forks-East Grand Forks with the development of regional Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) Architectures.