Knowledge Resources

Define a vision for software operations upfront and follow sound systems engineering practices for successfully deploying a complex software system. (01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Use simple menu choices for 511 traveler information and realize that the majority of callers are seeking en route information while already encountering congestion.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Beware of the limitations of using toll tags in order to calculate travel time on limited access roadways and arterials. (01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Ensure that experienced staff oversee the development of a complex software system and thoroughly follow systems engineering process. (01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Beware that software development for ITS projects can be utterly complex, which demands avoiding pitfalls by following a rigorous systems engineering process. (01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Establish a well defined process for monitoring and maintenance before expanding the base of field equipment. (01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Ensure that Highway Patrol's CAD system operators enter key information needed by the transportation management center operators.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Develop an accurate, map-based fiber network inventory and engage ITS team in the construction approval process.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Estimate life-cycle cost of ITS technologies as part of procurement estimates in order to assess the range of yearly maintenance costs.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Deploy a variable speed limit system only after the software systems required to support it are mature and reliable. (01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Develop an effective evacuation plan for special event that gathers a large audience and consider co-locating the responding agencies in a joint command center.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

In developing software for automated posting of messages on dynamic message signs, focus on the types of messages that are used often and changed frequently, and also include manual methods for posting.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Assess security risks, threats, vulnerabilities, and identify countermeasures to ensure operations of transportation management centers.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Perform adequate analyses and tests to design, calibrate and validate the capabilities of a bridge security monitoring system in order to reduce false alarms.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Incorporate diagnostic tools to identify and verify problems in the transmission of video in a transit bus security system.(01/30/2009)
Experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Beware of costs, utility, reliability, and maintenance issues in deploying a statewide transportation network monitoring system. (01/30/2009)
Statewide systems implementation experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Ensure compatibility of data format of the field-weather monitoring sensors with the central software in the transportation management center.(01/30/2009)
Statewide systems implementation experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Design traffic video transmission systems around the constraints of bandwidth limitations and provide provisions for remote configuration of video compression hardware.(01/30/2009)
Statewide systems implementation experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Be flexible to use data from various sources, such as the highway police patrol’s incident data, user feedback, and monitoring stations, to develop a statewide traveler information system.(01/30/2009)
Statewide systems implementation experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

To support statewide traveler information services, design and implement reliable interface software processes to capture incident data from the local and highway patrol police’s computer aided dispatch systems.(01/30/2009)
Statewide systems implementation experience from iFlorida Model Deployment

Beware of challenges involved in developing an integrated statewide operations system for traffic monitoring, incident data capture, weather information, and traveler information—all seamlessly controlled by a central software system. (01/30/2009)
Statewide systems implementation experience from iFlorida Model Deployment