Note: Linked presentations can be downloaded in PDF format which you can read with Adobe Acrobat Reader. The download size is given in parentheses.

• Larry Yermack, ITS America Chairman
• Shelley Row, FHWA Washington DC

Session 2a: Innovations in Transit Priority

• Transit Signal Priority: Theory and Application (449 KB ), Kevin Balke, Texas Transportation Institute
• Priority Traffic Control in Houston, TX, Lloyd Smith, Houston Metro
• Priority Traffic Control in Columbus, OH (1,351 KB ), Glenn Havinoviski, Wilbur Smith Associates
• Downtown Dallas Study for LRT Priority, Dave Carter, Parsons Transportation Group

Session 2b: Developing Traffic Management Centers in Texas

• Al Kosik, TxDOT Traffic Management - State View
• Center to Center Coomunications in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Area. Andy Oberlander, TxDOT Dallas
• Brian Burk, TxDOT Austin
• Edgar Fino, TxDOT El Paso

Session 3a: Tools for Evaluating ITS Benefits

• Traffic Software Integrated System (TSIS) (307 KB ), Grant Zammit, FHWA
• VISSIM - A Tool for Evaluating ITS (350 KB ), Jim Dale, Innovative Transportation Concepts
• Traffic Analysis and SIMulation System (TRANSIMS): Overview and ITS Analysis Possibilities (238 KB ), Larry Rilett, Texas A&M University

Session 3b: ITS Applications Affecting Goods Movement

• Commercial Vehicle Operations In Texas CVO (183 KB ), Roland Merz, TxDOT
• Model Border Inspection, Bill Stockton, Texas Transportation Institute
• Tom Der, International Road Dynamics

Session 4a: Use of ITS in Emergency Response & Special Challenges

• Tropical Storm Allison, a TranStar Success Story. David Fink, TxDOT
• Freeway Service Patrols, a New Approach in Dallas, Captain Gary Lindsey, Dallas County
• "Steer It, Clear It" - Developing New Partnerships, Artee Jones, Houston TranStar
• Special Event Planning, a Cooperative Approach, Linc Wright, Parsons Transportation Group

Session 4b: ITS in Neighboring States

• Fiber Optic Networks for ITS (513 KB ), Jim Sluss, Ph.D. University of Oklahoma
• Arkansas Statewide ITS Strategic Plan, Kenny Voorhies, PB Farradyne

Session 5a: Low Cost Solutions That Work

• HotSpot Traffic Survey: Accessing Human Intelligence with ITS (367 KB ), Carol Walters, Texas Transportation Institute
• Railroad Quiet Zones Wayside Horn Test, Richardson, Texas (476 KB ), Walter Ragsdale, City of Richardson
• Automated Red Light Enforcement: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly (230 KB ), Paul Luedtke, City of Garland
• License Plate Readers: A Tool for ITS (597 KB ), Salvatore D'Agostino, Computer Recognition Systems, Inc.

Session 5b: 511: Can it Ring in Texas?

• SBC 511 Presentation (164 KB ), Jim Jermain, SBC
• 511 Will it Ring in Texas? - TTI View (228 KB ), Melissa Finley, Texas Transportation Institute
• 511 America's Traveler Information Number (334 KB ), Michael S. Sobolewski, National 511 Deployment Coalition Working Committee Member

Session 6 - Closing Session:  TMCs: What Really Works

• What Works In System Integration? (210 KB ), Mike Brown, Southwest Research Institute
• Houston TranStar, John Gaynor, TxDOT
• TransGuide Update (461 KB ), Brian Fariello, TxDOT